Romantic Era Review

Who was NOT a Romantic composer of the Romantic Era?

Who composed the Fantastic Symphony?

Who composed Rigoletto?

What are the two most important elements of Wagner’s operatic style?

The composer most responsible for elevating music to a new level of respect during the Romantic era was

What are the functions of a leitmotive?

Which is true of program music?

Romantic melodies had more regular phrase lengths than Classical melodies.

What does the piano introduction of “Erlkönig” bring to mind?

The musical terms that refers to flexibility in rhythm is

The quality most prized by Romantic artists was

Music without singing but derived from a poem, story, or other literary source is called

In German Lied, the singer is accompanied by

Which term refers to a synthesis of many of the arts into one unified work, or “total work of art”?

Compared to the Classical orchestra, the typical Romantic orchestra was

Schubert's “Erlkönig” (German Lied) is a

What are the two basic forms of lieder?

What is a concert overture?

Which of the other arts had the greatest influence on early Romantic composers?

Romantic treatment of form was free and spontaneous.