Romantic Period Unit Study Guide

Question 1

A genre in the arts that refers to the heroic prose and art that was popular during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

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Romance

Question 2

Known as Strauss the Elder, he wrote mostly waltzes.

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Johann Strauss

Question 3

Often accompanied by a strong sense of pride and connection with one’s particular group.

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Nationalism

Question 4

Those who retained the classical forms and guidelines.

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Conservative Romantic composers

Question 5

A piece in which dancers tell a story through their movements and the music.

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Ballet

Question 6

Those who were more innovative and creative in the form and style of their works.

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Full Romantic composers

Question 7

A single, continuous movement that reflects a poem, story, or painting

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Symphonic poem

Question 8

Was famous all over Europe for his performing skills, was noted that he had great showmanship during performances.

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Franz Liszt

Question 9

Those who used the ethnic and national folk traditions in their work.

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Nationalist Romantic composers

Question 10

His work is more conservative and traditional than most of the other composers of the period.

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Felix Mendelssohn

Question 11

The use of notes outside the scale that the music is using

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Chromaticism

Question 12

Began in the early nineteenth century and ended in the early twentieth century.

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Romantic period

Question 13

Instrumental music that tells a story or gives the impressions of poems, literary works, and so on.

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Programme music

Question 14

Works that adhere to the typical symphonic form, but which also add in choirs and soloists.

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Choral symphonies

Question 15

One of the most noted composers for piano music in the history of music.

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Chopin

Question 16

Known as the Waltz King; slightly more well-known than his father.

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Johann Strauss II

Question 17

He is also the most “Classical” in his music, reflecting many of the techniques of the Baroque and Classical periods.

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Brahms

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