Romantic Era

The transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States.

Strains of thought that arose in opposition to the Classical Era's emphasis on logic and rationality.

Music of the Romantic Era was expected to communicate to the audience.

Romantic Era composers used new or previously uncommon musical structures.

A song cycle was typically written for...

A group of individual songs meant to be performed in a sequence as a unit.

Orchestras of the Romantic Era added all of these EXCEPT

Which of these did NOT play an important role in the Second Phase of the American Industrial Revolution?

Opera did not change at all during the Romantic Era.

By the end of the Romantic Era, opera had become a combination of all of these EXCEPT:

The American Civil War was the largest and most destructive conflict in the Western world between 1815 and 1914.

Strong pride for one's country

Music of the Romantic Era grew closer to all of these EXCEPT:

Program music had been around since the Renaissance, but flourished in the Romantic Era.

Instrumental music accompanied by a written program describing the music's story, mood or idea.

Romanticism promoted strong emotion and imagination.

A war between the North and South in the United States.

Romantic Era composers believed that the form of music was more important than its emotional content.

A one-movement orchestral work evoking a story or suggesting an extramusical idea.

Orchestras became larger during the Romantic Era.

Romantic Era music did NOT emphasize melody.