Romantic Era

As orchestras employed more skilled performers, composers were able to write more ___ music.

Romantic composers began to compose in ___ styles as a way to show their patriotism.

Composers during this period wanted to express their innermost ___ and ___ through their music

A composer might earn income through touring as a ___ throughout Europe and North America.

The term Romantic, when applied to this era pertains to music with an imaginative, ___ appeal.

The symphonic poem was a fairly long (as long as an hour) work for orchestra in ___ movement(s).

Classical composers wrote very ___ music

Often a symphonic poem attempted to tell a ___ or paint a musical picture.

The orchestra truly became the composer’s ___ during this era.

By ___, the emotional music of the Romantic era gave way to the composers of the 20th century.

Composers were not only more free ___, they were also more free as individuals.

Music in the Romantic era frequently represented, ___ or described something.

The music drama was a kind of ___ using an enormous cast and a large orchestra.

Composers began to use the ___ of the orchestra in much the same way that an artist uses colors

Descriptive music is called ___ music.