The Romantic Era in Music

Romantic composers showed their love of country and the common man by

Enthusiastic and nostalgic about the Middle Ages.

What is program music?

A composition for voice and piano that fuses music and poetry is called

All of the following are associated with the Romantic movement except

Celebrated nature

Swan Lake and the Nutcracker are both

Classical or Romantic? Tchaikovsky

Categorize the composer: Mozart

What is Nationalism?

Romantic music was pretty much the same as classical music.

What is an important world event that takes place during the Romantic Era?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Romanticism?

Characterized by aristocratic patronage of the arts.

Franz Liszt was famous as a performer on what instrument?

Composer most associated with impressionism in music

During the romantic era, the _______________ became a household instrument.

Classical or Romantic? Brahms

Romantic era composers were often fascinated with what?

Held its faith in the power of reason

In the Romantic Era, musicians were finally able to do what?

Classical or Romantic? Liszt

Classical or Romantic? Chopin

During the romantic era, there was great political change.  This was not evident in what music?

Emphasized and celebrated an interest in the unknown and supernatural.

Verdi, Puccini, and Wagner were best known for writing

Emphasized balance, form, structure, symmetry.

Classical or Romantic? Haydn

Saw the natural man as inherently good and noble.

Using folk songs in their compositions showed the composers' nationalism by

Had an enthusiasm for the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome.

Adhered to established methods and rarely broke the rules.

Orchestras were _______ in the Romantic Period than in previous eras.

Expanded dynamic range from pppp to ffff

Loved all things exotic

Wagner wrote a set of operas called "The ____________"