Romantic Era Review

What were the significant historic events that happened during this time?

Person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit.

What was NOT one of the main genres of music from this era?

How did the Romantic Era differ from the Classical Era? (Hint: think theme and writing style)

Which of our composers utilized different instruments and varied percussion giving ideas to other composers.

Which of our composers wrote 4 connected operas in a cycle whose full performance would last 14 hours total?

Who was one of the important composers from this era?

What was the major change in music during this time?

Who introduced new subject material to the opera and utilized a director approach to composing?

Musical introduction to an opera. Usually made up of small segments of the main songs pieced together.

Small keyboard instrument in which felted hammers strike a row of steel plates suspended over wooded resonators, giving

What dates of history does this era encompass?

Who was the driving force in shaping the opera into what it is today, despite being thought to have no musical ability?

Recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.

A piece of orchestral music, typically in one movement, on a descriptive or extravagantly emotional theme.

What is a celeste and how did it work?

Which of our composers was a master of every type of music and influenced later composers through the pieces he wrote?

Which of our composers utilized military artillery in his composition "1812 Overture?"

Who showed other composers and musicians how expressive the piano can be played?