Romantic Period Test Review

Composed Scenes from Childhood that shows his love for family:

Instrumental music that tells a story is called:

Who is called the "Poet of the Piano"?

Was the best friend of the Schumanns:

What is Puccini's opera La Boheme about?

Especially known for nationalistic ideals expressed through music:

Puccini composed both La Boheme and Madame Butterfly

Choose which two composers bridged the Classical and Romantic Periods:

Who composed Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2?

One of these is NOT a miniature genre created by Chopin:

The Nutcracker Suite was composed as an opera.

Extroverted composer who invented the symphonic poem:

Composer of The Elf King (Die Erlkonig)

Who created the art song?

A symphonic poem is a miniature symphony.

Puccini's operas are very dark and heavy; orchestration is prominent

Who wrote Flight of the Bumblebee?

Sued for emancipation to get married:

Composer of Hungarian Dance No. 5

This composer developed mental illness later in life:

Parents wanted him to become a lawyer instead of a composer

Swan Lake is about a princess who has a spell cast on her in an attempt to take her kingdom.

Composer of Nocturne in E-flat Major

Wrote his Symphonie fantastique because of his obsessive love:

Composed operas that had intense orchestrations and were about Viking gods