Romantic Test 9 ACE

Italian opera composer; "William Tell Overture"

An art song is a setting of a poem for solo voice and ORCHESTRA.

Russian composer; "The Nutcracker"

The approximate dates of the Romantic era:

One who exhibits great technical brilliance on a musical instrument is a virtuoso.

Instrumental music which suggests something extra-musical, something tangible or real, with a very descriptive title.

Which composer is NOT one of the "3 B's" of music history:

During the Romantic era, music moved from the ____ to the ____.

Composer credited with building the bridge from the Classical era to the Romantic era:

"Adagio" would be an appropriate title for the second movement of a concerto.

Operas of the Romantic era become far more serious and grand.

Which of the following is NOT a shorter piano form from the Romantic era?

Symphonic poem; "Hungarian Rhapsody"

French composer; "Symphonie Fantastique"

Appropriate title for the 4th movement of a Symphony:

Beethoven was known for his many revisions while composing.

"Fugue in G Major" is an example of absolute music.

Approximate size range of the Romantic orchestra:

Appropriate title for the 3rd movement of a concerto.

Russian composer; "Night on Bald Mountain"

"Flight of the Bumblebee" is an example of program music.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Romanticism?

The Romantic orchestra ALWAYS includes a piano and does not include a conductor.

Virtuoso piano music; "Minute Waltz"

This form is an expansion of Beethoven's concert overture; Liszt is credited with its developement:

Italian opera; "La Traviata"

Russian composer who composed "Pictures at an Exhibition".

Romantic era dynamics return to terraced dynamics, much like the Baroque era.

Orchestration and composition are exactly the same.

Opened her own music salon; Known for her piano music.

The only instrument family that does not increase in size in the Romantic orchestra is the string family.

Transitional composer; "Moonight Sonata"

German "music drama"; "Ride of the Valkyries"

The assigning of a melodic theme to a person, place, thing, or emotion is "leitmotiv."

Romantic era composers take a far more emotional approach, as opposed to an intellectual approach, to compositions.

The first true, fully Romantic composer; crosses the bridge to Romanticism; known for his many art songs.