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What important person in history did Beethoven admire?

Napoleon Bonaparte

Which composer was beaten by his father?

Beethoven

Beethoven wrote expressive music & used which element?

Melody

Which composer said "If you remember my melodies, you will remember my music"?

Beethoven

Which composer wrote only 9 symphonies?

Beethoven

Composer who eventually went completely deaf:

Beethoven

5 revolutions happening during the romantic era:

political
Economic
Industrial
Artistic
French

romantic era: who said "we want what they have"?

The middle class

Artists during romantic era:

fended for themselves

music was about what during the romantic era?

self-expression

Music elements of romantic era:
harmonies become "________"
______ over ______
_________ emotional melody
_________ tempo
forms at the mercy of _________

chromatic
drama over balance
singable
rubato tempo
composer

Schubert:
________-tumultuous
____________'s heir
Died young of ________

genius
Beethoven
Syphilis

Berloiz's "Idee fixe":

"fixed idea"; a recurring theme

What composer only wrote for piano?

Chopin

What is robato and which composer often used it?

when notes slow down, then speed up.
Chopin

Which romantic era composer wrote all opera?

Wagner

Which romantic era composer wrote all in German?

Wagner

Composer who launched the field of musicology:

Brahms

Two composers who fought over opera:

Verdi (singable) & Wagner (continuous)

Romantic era composer who had a tragic early life (wife & children dying), then wrote "Nabucco":

Verdi

__________ form was developed from ____________ form

Symphonic from concerto

What form is "four seasons" by vivaldi?

concerto

Main instrument of baroque era:

harpsichord

monophonic (one voice) in which two eras?

Mediaval & Renaissance

Era that focused on the text:

medieval

Era the focused on the texture:

Renaissance

Era with focus on rhythm & medium:

baroque

First movement in a form:

sonata allegro

"Don Giovanni" was an _____

Opera

2 eras with only voices (no instruments):

Medieval & renaissance

Which composer was the "cosmo boy"

Handel

First opera & who wrote it:

"Orfeo"
Monteverdi