Romantic Music Study Guide

Question 1

One of the greatest tenors

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Pavarotti

Question 2

I'm a beloved Italian composer best known for my operas

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Verdi

Question 3

Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene

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program music

Question 4

Composer of Hall of the Mountain King

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Edvard Greig

Question 5

A collection or group of lieder in a unified group:

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song cycle

Question 6

The dies irae shows up in what piece?

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Dream of the Witch's Sabbath

Question 7

The Romantic era witnessed a shift in political power from the aristocracy to

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middle class

Question 8

Composer of Romeo and Juliet

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Tchaikovsky

Question 9

A piece in triple meter that originated as a stately processional dance for the Polish nobility

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polonaise

Question 10

Program music that contains multiple movements

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program symphony

Question 11

Franz Schubert wrote approximately how many lieder?

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over 600

Question 12

This instrument was used by Berlioz to represent his mistress in the Fantastic Symphony

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clarinet

Question 13

I am the most famous Russian composer

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Tchaikowsky

Question 14

The composer of Die Moldau

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Smetana

Question 15

The composer of The Blue Danube Waltz

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Strauss

Question 16

Composer of The Erlking

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Schubert

Question 17

Composer of Carmen

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Bizet

Question 18

Program music that was meant to be performed during a play

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incidental music

Question 19

Verdi and Puccini were known primarily for their

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operas

Question 20

Bizet's, Carmen and Puccini's, Madame Butterfly are both examples of

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exoticism

Question 21

Which of the following pieces features a cadenza?

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Concerto for violin and orchestra

Question 22

I was the first female American composer to compose a large scale symphonic piece

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Amy Beach

Question 23

This instrument was used by Berlioz to begin the Dies Irae in his Fantastic Symphony

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tuba

Question 24

Composer of Romance for Violin and Piano

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Clara Schumann

Question 25

Composer of La Donna e Mobile, from Rigoletto

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Giuseppe Verdi

Question 26

The composer of Hungarian Dance #5

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Brahms

Question 27

Composer of The Banjo

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Gottchalk

Question 28

The expressive device that resulted in the gradual speeding up or slowing down of the tempo.

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rubato

Question 29

The composer of Flight of the Bumblebee

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Rimsky-Korsakov

Question 30

I am a Romantic era composer who wrote almost exclusively for the piano

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Frederick Chopin

Question 31

The pas de deux, a central part of classical ballet means:

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dance for two

Question 32

The composer of Romeo and Juliet

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Tchaikowsky

Question 33

What piece does a little boy die at the end?

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The Erlking

Question 34

Composer of The Nutcracker March, from The Nutcracker

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Peter Tchaikovsky

Question 35

The most performed ballet in Western Countries

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The Nutcracker

Question 36

The Italian composers, Bellini, Rossini, and Donizetti, are famous for their contribution to:

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bel canto opera

Question 37

Program music that consists of one movement not in sonata form

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tone poem

Question 38

Romantic artists were drawn to:

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Fanciful and the passionate

Question 39

Song structure that uses a repeated refrain

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strophic

Question 40

19th century musical life in America was dominated by

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European music and musicians.

Question 41

Composer of Polonaise in A Flat Major

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Chopin

Question 42

Composer of Symphonie Fantastique

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Berlioz

Question 43

Composer of Un bel di, vedremo, from Madame Butterfly

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Puccini

Question 44

Lieder that did not feature repeated refrains

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through composed

Question 45

The dates of the Romantic Period

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1825-1900

Question 46

I am a Viennese composer famous for composing waltzes

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Franz Strauss

Question 47

One of the characteristics of the Romantic period was the unprecedented emphasis placed

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self-expression and individuality of style.

Question 48

Composer of In the Lovely Month of May

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Robert Schumann

Question 49

Composer of The New World Symphony

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Antonin Dvorak

Question 50

recurring theme that represents a person, place or idea

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leitmotiff

Question 51

The poetry of the Lied exploited themes

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love and nature

Question 52

I was the premier female composer of the Romantic Period

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Clara Schumann

Question 53

I mixed Creole music and African-Carribbean rhythms and folk songs in his piano compositions

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Louis M. Gottschalk

Question 54

The Italian term, "bel canto," means:

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Beautiful singing

Question 55

Music by composers who wrote works based on stories of far away lands and people

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exoticism

Question 56

The composer of Die Walkure (Ride of the Valkyries

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Wagner

Question 57

Program music that consists of one movement in sonata form

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concert overture

Question 58

How were new orchestras created during the Romantic period able to stay afloat financially?

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They sold subscriptions

Question 59

The Romance could be associated with being the instrumental equivalent of the:

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Art Song

Romantic Music Study Guide

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Romantic Music Study Guide

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