Chapter 6: Nineteenth Century Music and Romanticism

He was inspired by Paganini's style and showmanship.

He was buried next to Beethoven.

She published 6 songs without the permission from her husband and brother.

His father was a brewer and violinist.

This piece uses several Leitmotivs.

This composer died at a young age of 31 years old.

This composer's father was an innkeeper and butcher and nota trained musician.

Because this composer's fingers and hands became weak, they turned to music and journalism.

The finale of this piece is often played during fireworks on the 4th of July.

They merged their liders and he published many cycles.

Choose the following statement that is NOT true of Wagner's music.

Choose the following statement that is NOT true of the 1812 Overture.

They were both virtuosic pianists.

He was born in France.

They were both born in Berlin, Germany

He was sopnsored by noblemen to pursue music in Paris.

His "Great" Symphony remained unpublished until Robert Schumann discovered it and published it in 1838.

This European composer to moved to America and influenced American composers to discover American's own music.

Titles came in several forms

Which of the options is NOT true of the The Erlking?

This composer was born in Leipzig, Germany in 1813 and died in Venice, Italy.

What is NOT true of symphonic poems.

He was born in Hungary.

One was more of a virtuosic pianist than the other.

He moved the piano sideways so that the hands, the face, and emotion of a performer could be seen.

Clara Schumann is known for her embellishments in her music. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

This composer wrote 26 operas in addition to other large-scale works.

Fascination with another culture.

What is NOT true of a Mazurka?

This composer was sponsored by a wealthy benefacteress Nadezhda von Meck and even dedicated his 4th Symphony to her.

Dvorak was born in 1841 and died in this country in 1904.

This piece has subtle shifts between recitatives and arias.

This composer did NOT perform at the young age of 5 or 6

He played performances of his own compositions in homes of friends and acquantances call Schubertiades.

This composer wrote the New World Symphony in Spillville, Iowa in 1893.

He was born in Warsaw, Poland.

"Character pieces" with names that reflected emotional mood, state, or reference.

Choose the following statement that is NOT true of Sousa.

Brahms formed a deep friendship with these composers that lasted the rest of their lives.

This composer did not compose symphonic poems or program music.

In Robert Schumann's "Chiarina" from Carnaval, "Chiarina" refers to whom.

He started composing at the age of 17

He composed mostly piano music.

The Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 was composed by which composer?

She had 8 children.

They were born of Jewish ethnicity.

Art songs

Absolute music is music for the sake of music.

Choose the following statement that is NOT true of Verdi's music.

The Symphonie Fantastique has how many movements?

Smetana composed The Moldau written between 1874 and 1879. What is NOT true of the composition.

Choose the answer that is NOT true of Brahm's Symphonies.

This composer lived in Sweden for some time but was born and died here.

He never married but went on to have 3 children, one of whom married Wagner.

He did not care for the newer songs of Liszt and Berlioz and related his music to the styles of Bach and Handel.

Pride in one's culture.

Virtuosic performers became less important during the Romantic Period.

This piece is the official National March of the United States.

Artistic philosophy

Brahms was born here, but later in life was spent in Vienna.

This composer was inspired by Beethoven's 9th symphony and this led him to writing vocal music.

This composer was born in Washington D.C.

Felix Mendelssohn's well known oratorio that we covered in class is called

Symphonic Poem

Choose the statement that is FALSE of the Romantic Period.

When this composer was 13 he tried to run away to join a circus band.

This composer was born and died in Italy.

His father sent him to Paris to study medicine.

The composer's father wanted him to be a butcher, so when he was 11 he left school to learn the trade.

The Symphonie Fantastique was composed by which composer?

At 20, this composer was invited by Eduard Remenyi, a violinist, to be his piano accompanist on a concert tour.

The Mazurka in F minor was composed by what composer?

This composer was born in Russia in 1840.

He suffered psychosis and stayed at an asyluym for 2 years.

Nationalism is expressed in several ways. Choose the one that is not true of Nationalistic music.

This composer started performing and teaching to support her family after her husband died.

Choose the statement that is FALSE of the Romantic Period.

This composer wrote 600 leiders that were 1.5-5 minutes long.