Romantic Era Music

A bachelor, the only woman he was in love with was Clara Weber Schumann.

What are the approximate beginning and ending dates of the Romantic Era?

Music that was used in between scenes in a play to cover set changes and set the tone.

Dynamics were used to help tell a story.

Music that is written to tell a story or paint a mental picture is called

Which composer is known as the transition composer from Classical to Romantic?

He introduced "leitmotif," a theme that introduces characters each time they go on stage.

Symphonic Poems are also known as tone poems.

He spent the last two years of his life in an insane asylum, visited daily by his wife Clara.

Because his hands were so large pianists have a hard time playing his music.

Who coined the Idee Fixe?

Composers of the Romantic period followed strict compositional rules.

This French composer wrote "Symphonie Fantastique" based on opium dreams.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Romantic Era music?

How many movements are in a Romantic Era symphony?

His final symphony, "Pathetique," leads us to believe that he may have committed suicide.