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30 Cards in this Set
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Romantic Era
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1800-1900
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Rubato
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"robbed" time; the free treatment of meter in performance
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Romantic orchestra
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strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion
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program music
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nonvocal music written in association with a poem, a story, or some other literary source
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miniatures
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a short, evocative composition for piano or for piano and voice
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grandiose compositions
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Much longer then miniatures, had many movements and were written for larger symphonies, cantatas, and so on
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thematic transformation
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variation-like procedure applied to short themes in the carious sections of Romantic symphonic poems and other works
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lieder
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plural form of lied
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lied
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german for "song". Also a special arrangment of romantic music for pianos
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strophic
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a song in several stanzas, with the same music sun for each stanza; as opposed to through-composed song
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through-composed
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a song with new music for each stanza of the poem; opposed to strophic
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schubert
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wrote music, famous for his lieders but he also composed symphonies and junk
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song cycle
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a group of songs with a common poetic theme or an actual story connecting all the poems.
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Robert Schumann
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Robert was a great pianist, sustained an injury. Later went on to write great piano pieces, mostly "character pieces"
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Clara Schumann
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Roberts wife, better pianist then him, also wrote a few piano pieces
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Character Piece
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short romantic piece that portrays a particular mood
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Chopin
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pianist, wrote many piano pieces and also wrote two conciertos
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Liszt
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piano composer
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Berlioz
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wrote the symphony "fantastic" . His program symphonies he set the tone for grandiose compositions
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Program Symphony
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Symphonies with programs spelled out movement by movement
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Idee fixe
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a fixed idea, an obsession; the term used by Berlioz for a recurring theme used in all the movements of one of his program symphonies. ("fantastic")
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Dies Irae
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"Day of Wrath"; a section of the Requiem Mass...It is used in "Fantastic"
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bel canto
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a style of singing that brings out the sensuous beauty of the voice. Characteristic of Gioacchino Rossini's operas
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Giuseppe Verdi
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dominant figure in 19th century opera houses.
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Wagner
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aside from Beethoven, the most influential of all 19th century composers. He wrote very elaborate and deep opera's.
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music drama
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Wagner's name for his distinctive type of opera
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Gesamtkunstwerk
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"total work of art", wagners term for his music dramas
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Leitmotiv
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a musical motive associated with some person, thing, idea, or symbol in the drama
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concert overture
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resembled an opera overture- but without any following opera
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symphonic poem
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a piece of orchestral "program music" in one long movement
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