The following piano sonata was composed by one of the first female virtuoso performers. Identify this composer.
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Clara Wieck Schumann
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The following difficult piece for the violin was written by one of the few musicians of the time who could play it. Identify this composer.
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Paganini
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According to the text, the Traditionalists were composers of the Romantic era who:
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Held reverence for the music of the masters
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According to the text, which of the following are Post-Romantic composers?
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Rachmaninoff and Holst
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An important Romantic composer founded The New Journal of Music, an influential musical periodical in which this same composer frequently published his own musical criticism and promoted the works of other musicians. His name is:
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Schumann
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Who was NOT a nationalist composer?
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Liszt
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Which of the following excerpts features frequently changing tempos?
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Excerpt B
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Which of the following was not a member of the Five?
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
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Which of the following was NOT known as a composer of choral music?
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Chopin
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Which one of these composers was considered a national hero in his homeland?
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Jean Sibelius
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The melody in this composition is representative of Romantic music because it:
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Is long, flowing, and lyrical
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The composer pictured above, an international artist of Hungarian heritage, decided to become a technical wizard at the keyboard after hearing Paganini playing the violin. What is his name?
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Liszt
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Which of the following excerpts is most likely a composition by Paganini?
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Excerpt C
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During the Romantic period, choral music enjoyed its highest popularity since the Renaissance period.
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True
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The composer pictured above is best known for taking older forms and styles and redefining them in modern ways. Antonin Dvorak was inspired by his Hungarian Dance No. 1. What is this composer's name?
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Brahms
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The dynamics of this excerpt indicate that it was composed in the Romantic period because:
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Dynamics range from extreme soft to very loud
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From the following composers, select the one that best understood the intrinsic nature and potential of the piano as an expressive instrument:
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Frederic Chopin
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The following choral work, based on the German Bible, was written by:
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Brahms
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An important artistic product of the Romantic period was:
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Vincent van Gogh's paintings
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Which of the following composers, upon arriving in Paris in 1831, quickly became closely associated with the most prominent intellectuals, artists, musicians, political activists, and financiers of his day, thus launching his career?
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Frederic Chopin
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Which one of the following is not a general characteristic of Romantic music:
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Compositions were based on logic and controlled feelings.
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According to the text, art of the Romantic period valued emotional restraint and clarity of form.
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False
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In broad terms, music and the other arts of the Romantic period...
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Gave full expression to a wide range of feelings, dreams, and the heroic human potential.
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This excerpt is representative of Romantic music because...
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It expresses strong emotion through extreme loud and soft dynamics, wide pitch ranges, and a variety of timbres.
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The following excerpt is from Chopin's Revolutionary Etude.
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False
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Which of the following statements best describes musical form in the Romantic period?
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Romantic composers worked with traditional forms but expanded them in innovative ways to meet their expressive needs.
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Which of the following is not a composer from the Romantic period?
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Eugene Delacroix
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Which of the following statements best characterizes the "mood" of the Romantic period?
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Rules and logic are less important than the free expression of human feelings. Humans can only "fully become" by exploring their inner feelings.
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The Five was a group of nationalist composers who sought to incorporate elements of ____________ in their work.
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Russian music
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The following selection is from Berlioz's Symphony Fantastique.
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False
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The name of the composer pictured above, who wrote more than 600 art songs (lieder) is:
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Franze Schubert
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During the Romantic period, most composers were:
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Independent business persons, earning their living by performing music, writing music for specific occasions and commissions, and collecting royalties on published music.
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The dance-like characteristics of the following piece indicate that it was written by:
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Chopin
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According to the text, Romantic composers abandoned the principles of unity and variety in pursuit of more innovative and expressive sounds.
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False
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According to the text, composers of the Romantic period were reluctant to stray from the seven tones of the traditional scale (i.e., A, B, C, D, E, F, G)
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False
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Which of the following is an example of increasing tempo (accelerando), and the increasing excitement that goes with it?
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Excerpt D
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This composer pictured above wrote The Blue Danube, arguably the most famous waltz of all time. His name is:
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Johann Strauss Jr.
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Changes in tempo were rarely found in music of the Romantic period, in keeping with Classical period values.
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False
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Notes that don't belong to the traditional scale are known as ______________ alterations.
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Chromatic
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Which of the following composers envisioned operas as "musical dramas" - a combination of all the arts?
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Wagner
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According to the text, which of the following is NOT considered a form of program music?
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Mazurka
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The course places the Romantic period in music between the years:
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1820-1910
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A musical genius, but also someone with strong anti-Semitic views, the man pictured above was one of the most influential composers of the Romantic period. His name is:
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Richard Wagner
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Romantic period
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1820-1900
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Romantic rhythm
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extremely diverse and tempos are flexible
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Romantic dynamics
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changes can be sudden or gradual with extremely wide ranges
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tone color
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wide range of expressive tone color and sensuous sound
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romantic melody
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long, complex, and highly expressive
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chromatic harmony
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harmony utilizing chords built on the five chromatic notes of the scale in addition to the seven diatonic ones; produces rich harmonies
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dissonance
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used more freely in the Romantic period
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Romantic texture
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-predominantly homophonic
-dense and rich
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Romantic form
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Expansion of forms and interest in continuous as well as miniature programmatic forms
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Romantic composer
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independent, working class, studied philanthropic studies
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art song
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a composition for solo voice and piano
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art song theme
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nature, legends, love
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song cycle
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a collection of several songs united by a common textual theme or literary idea
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Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
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He established the German art song (Lied) as an important genre in the 19th century. He wrote over 600 Lieder, as well as song cycles, symphonies, string quartets, sonatas, and Masses. Erlkönig [Lied] 1815
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Franz Schubert music
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composed over 170 songs, 2 symphonies, an opera, and a mass by 20
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Franz Schubert most famous symphony
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unfinished symphony
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Franz Shubert most famous lieder
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erkling
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Lieder
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German art songs
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Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
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German, early/mid Romantic composer. Works intensely autobiographical and have descriptive titles, texts, programs. Gifted writer and music critic. Piano pieces (10 years); 1840 (marries Clara Wieck): art songs. After 1840: symphonies and chamber music.
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Robert Schumann's goal
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becoming a virtuoso pianist
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Robert Schumann's weakness
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his right hand due to some illness
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Married Clara Wieck
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Robert Schumann
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Robert Schumann's first pieces were
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for the piano
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Fredric Chopin (1810-1849)
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1810-1849
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Fredric Chopin wrote for
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piano
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Where did Chopin play?
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saloons
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Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
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Romanticist musician sometimes called the greatest pianist of all time who called his orchestral works "symphonic poetry" because of its break from orthodoxy. Many say that romantic music peaked during his career.
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