Romantic Review

Johannes Brahms

As a writer and critic, Schumann

Which of the following operatic masterpieces was NOT composed by Verdi?

A very important part of every middle-class home during the romantic period was the

Smetana's most popular opera is

Folk music of Russia sounds different from that of Western Europe because it is often based on

Dvorak traveled to _____, where he became the director of the National Conservatory of Music.

The orchestra in the Romantic period

Which of the following operas was NOT composed by Puccini?

The high point of Mendelssohn's career was the triumphant premiere of his oratorio ______.

Schubert's primary source of income came from his

Clara Wieck Schumann was

A _____ is an instrumental composition in several movements based on a story line or picture.

Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene is called

The composer who developed the symphonic poem was

An artistic trend in which operas dealt with ordinary people and true-to-life situations was

Absolute music is also known as

An art song is a musical composition for

A slow, lyrical, intimate composition for piano, associate with evening & night time is the

During the 1840s, Liszt toured Europe as a virtuoso

The German master _____ recommended Dvorak's music to his own publisher.

The slight holding back or pressing forward of tempo in music is known as

Which of the following is NOT a ballet by Tchaikovsky?

Romantic style flourished in music during the period

The word _______ is commonly used for a romantic art song with a German text.

Verdi mainly composed his operas

Brahms composed masterpieces in all the traditional musical forms except

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of romanticism?

Mendelssohn rekindled an interest in an earlier composer's music by conducting a performance of

A study piece, designed to help a performer master specific technical difficulties, is a(n)

Schubert's songs number approximately

Movements of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique are unified by the recurrence of a theme known as

As one of the first great _____, Berlioz influenced a whole generation of musicians.

Music performed during a play to set the mood for scenes or highlight dramatic action is

Chopin expressed his love of Poland by composing mazurkas and

Composers expressed musical nationalism in their music by

Most of Wagner's librettos were written by

Tchaikovsky's "Romeo & Juliet" is