3 BDF Romantic Test

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

Virtuoso piano music; "The Minute Waltz"

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

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

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

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

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

Master of orchestration; Part of the "Russian Five"

The approximate dates of the Romantic era.

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

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

During the Romantic era, music moved out of the ___ and into the ____.

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

Appropriate title for the 4th movement of a symphony:

Russian composer, master teacher, composed "Flight of the Bumblebee."

Orchestration and composition are exactly the same.

The Romantic era orchestra ALWAYS includes a piano.

Approximate size range of the Romantic era orchestra:

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

French composer; "Symphonie Fantastique"

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

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Romanticism?

Italian opera composer; "William Tell Overture"

Italian opera; "La Traviata"

Transitional composer; "Moonlight Sonata"

Symphonic poem; "Hungarian Rhapsody"

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

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

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

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

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

Appropriate title for the 3rd movement of a concerto:

Beethoven was known for his many revisions while composing.

Russian composer; "The Nutcracker"

"Adagio" would be an appropriate title for the 2nd movement of a concerto.

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