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What term was used by Romantic composers to indicate a flexible tempo that was to be determined by the performer? |
Rubato. |
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What was the most important 'instrument' of the Romantic period? |
Symphonic Orchestra. |
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What is the musical term for a short Romantic piece, lasting only a few minutes, and is usually written for piano or voice? |
Miniature. |
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What is the musical term for 'robbed time'? |
Rubato. |
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What is the musical term for writting that involved the use of various instruments to produce an effective and total orchestral sound? |
Orchestration. |
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What piano genre is a Polish national dance? |
Mazurka. |
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Which of the other 'arts' had the greatest influence on the early Romantic composers? |
Literature. |
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Which country produced Romantic nationalistic music? |
Russia. |
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Who were three early Romantic composers of piano miniatures? |
Chopin, Schumann, and Liszt. |
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In Berlioz's autobiographical first symphony, what is the term used for the recurring theme that represents Harriet Smithson? |
Idee Fixe. |
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How would you describe Berlioz's first symphony? |
Autobiographical. |
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Who is the early Romantic composer who expanded orchestra? |
Berlioz. |
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Consider the following list: piano concertos, nocturns, mazurka's, and symphonies..... Which of these four did Chopin not compose? |
Symphonies. |
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Who is the German composer known for his piano miniatures and large symphony works? |
Schumann. |
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Compare Schumann's miniatures with those of Chopin. |
Schumann's are warmer. |
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What composer is credited for composing some of Schumann's piano compositions even though Schumann's name appears on them? |
Clara Wieck. |
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What is the musical term for orchestral program music that is performed in one long movement? |
Tone Poem. |
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Who started the idea of the Tone Poem? |
Liszt. |
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Who is considered to be the greatest pianist of the Romantic era? |
Liszt. |
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What type of music did Wagner develop? |
Music Drama. |
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In Wagner's operas, what is the term for melodic fragments which are used to identify characters, situations, objects, and emotions? |
Leitmotif. |
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What is the title of Wagner's four related operas that takes more than 20 hours to perform? |
Der Ring des Nibelung. |
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What is equally combined in the making of a 'music drama'? |
Poetry, Music, Drama, Scenery, and Acting. |
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Who wrote three of the most popular ballets in music history? |
Tchaikovsky. |
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What are the tree titles of Tchaikovsky's most famous ballets? |
Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker. |
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How did Tchaikovsky die? |
He drank unboiled water and contracted cholera. |
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Who orchestrated one of his symphonies in Spillville, Iowa? |
Dvorak. |
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What Dvorak symphony was influenced by American Indian music as well as by the 'Negro Spiritual'? |
New World Symphony. |
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Who is the late Romantic German composer who did not write program music? |
Brahms. |
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Who wrote Sleeping Beauty? |
Tchaikovsky. |
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Who wrote Der Ring des Nibelung? |
Wagner. |
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Who wrote Symphonie Fantastique? |
Berlioz. |
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Who wrote New World Symphony? |
Dvorak. |
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Who wrote Nutcracker Suite? |
Tchaikovsky. |
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Who wrote Salome? |
Strauss. |
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Who wrote Revolutionary Etude? |
Chopin. |
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Who wrote Romeo and Juliet (ballet)? |
Tchaikovsky. |
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Who wrote Til Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks? |
Strauss. |
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Who wrote Tristan and Isolde? |
Wagner. |
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Who wrote Das Liede vonder Erde? |
Mahler. |
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Who wrote 1812 Overture? |
Tchaikovsky. |
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Who wrote Also Sprach Zarathustra? |
Strauss. |
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Whose music did Wagner consider to be dull and boring? |
Brahms. |
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What was Wagner's nickname for Brahms? |
Holy Johannes. |
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In Brahms' music, what was the overall perception of his musical compositions? |
The classic ideal of pure and objective music. |
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What 'feeling' did Brahms' music have? |
Romantic feeling in Classic and Baroque forms. |
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What two types of compositions is Richard Strauss best known for? |
Tone Poems and Operas. |
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Who is best known as the 'last Romantic'? |
Mahler. |
