Ch 33: Schubert

A Lied is an art song for solo voice and piano sung in ______.

A group of Lieder unified by a descriptive or narrative theme is known as a(n):

A song form in which the same melody is repeated for each stanza, often heard in popular music, is known as:

A song form that is composed from beginning to end without repetitions of whole sections is called:

According to legend, a child touched by the Elfking must die.

How is the character of the Elfking differentiated musically in the song?

Lieder composers often set the same text as other Lieder composers.

Romantic Lieder texts often speak of love and/or nature.

Schubert died at a young age from:

Schubert wrote approximately_____ songs.

Schubert wrote symphonies based on the forms established by Classical composers.

Schubert's Elfking was written:

The art song became a popular repertory for amateur and professional musicians in the nineteenth century.

The composer normally writes the lyrics for the Lied.

The piano was declining in popularity at the time of the Romantic Lied.

The text of Elfking was written by:

Two prominent German Romantic poets whose texts were often set to music were Heinrich Heine and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

What expressive technique does Schubert use in the boy's cry, "My father, my father" in Elfking?

What is the form of Schubert's song Elfking?

What might the triplet rhythm in the piano symbolize in Elfking?

Which best characterizes the range for the father's character in Elfking?

Women composers wrote Lieder in the Romantic era.