Music Test 5

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The Industrial Revolution spurred what in music?

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Spurred many technical advances in musical instruments making them more affordable.

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What did romantic composers used to exotic subjects?

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Folklore

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What was established across Europe and the Americas that broadened educational opportunities?

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Conservatories

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The orchestra grew in size and sound when new and improved instruments were introduced; in response compsers demanded new levels of what?

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Expression

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Romantic music is characterized by what?

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Memorable melodies, richly expressive harmony, and broad expanded forms.

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The romantice era saw the rise of what?

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Virtuosos (BEST) soloist and of amateur music-making.

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Women musicians achieved an elvated status in society as what?

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Performers, teachers, composers, and music patrons.

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Typical Romantic song structures included what?

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Strophic and through-composed forms.

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The german art song for solo voice and piano was called what?

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Lied (Means song in German). This was a favored Romantic genre.

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Composers wrote _____ _____ that unified a group of songs by poem or theme.

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Song Cycles.

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The poetry of the Lied used themes of love and nature. The favored poets were?

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Goethe and Heine

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The Viennese composer ______ _______ was a gifted song writer who created more than six hundred Lieder and several famous song cycles.

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Franz Schubert

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A through composed Lied (Song) based on a German legend set in a dramatic poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was called what?

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Erlking, it was one of his most famous songs. It was composed by Franz Schubert.

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Schubert died young and impoverished, in part because of his what?

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Bohemian lifestyle.

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The Nineteenth Century Timeline?

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1820-1900

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Viennese composer ____ ____ was a transitional figure between eighteenth –century Classicism and the new spirit of Romanticism.

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Franz Schubert

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Both Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck Schumann were what?

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Were very accomplished composers.

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Who became the foremost interpreter of Robert’s music, as well as the music of Johannes Brahms and Frederic Chopin.

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Clara Wieck Schumann

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What increased interest in folk songs and dances of composers native lands?

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Folklore

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What used melodies, harmonies and rhythms of composers’ native lands?

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Nationalism

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Composers writing about far-away lands such as Asia and Far East was called what?

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Exoticism

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Song Cycle means what?

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There are mulitiple pieces of music

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Strophic Form

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The same music is reapeted with every stanza.

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Through Composed Form

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Composed from the beginning to end without repetions of large sections.

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In the lovely month of may was in what Genre?

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Lied(German for song), from a song cycle
Music by Robert Schumann and written by Heinrich Heine.

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Nocturne, from Music for an Evening Entertainment was composed by?

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Clara Wieck Schumann Ternary Form

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Clara Schumann: Pianist and Composer Clara was a virtuoso pianist and composer know for what?

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She is known for her songs, piano music and chamber music.

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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was know for what?

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Known for her piano, Lieder and chamber music compositions; Sister of Felix Mendelssohn

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Who was the first internationally acclaimed American composer of classical music?

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk

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Gottschalk's music draws inspiration from?

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African-American, Creole and Latin American folk songs and rhythms, and often quotes familiar tunes, particulary from Stephen Foster songs like camptown races.

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The Banjo by Gottschalk was in what Genre?

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Fantasy: Evokes authentic banjo-playing styles the young Gottschalk heard in New Orleans Congo Square.

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Who rediscoverd Bach?

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Felix Mendelssohn

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During the Romantic Period what became both a popular instrument for the home as well as the favored solo instrument for virtuosos?

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The piano

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Who was called the “poet of the piano”.

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Frederic Chopin (Doc Holliday)

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The Polonaise in A major was written by who?

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Frederic Chopin in ternary form

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Who was an innovative writer for orchestra, introduced new colors (timbres) and instrumental techniques to the orchestra? His treatise on orchestration is still studied today.

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Hector Berlioz

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What Uses “Idee fixe” (fixed idea) as motive (motif) throughout all five movements of symphony to represent the man’s lover?

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Symphonie Fantastique: (Hector Berlioz) – Uses “Idee fixe” (fixed idea)

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Idee fixe appears in variations of what?

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Harmony, meter, rhythm, tempo, dynamics, register and instrumental color (timbre).

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French composer and conducter Hector Berlioz wrote ____ ____ a five movment symphonie, while living in Italy.

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Symphonie Fantastique.

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The five movements of Symphonie Fantastique are unified by a ____ ____ representing his beloved.

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Recurring Theme (idee fixe)

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Hector Berlioz had a infatuation with Harriet Smithson which inspired ____ ____?

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Symphonie Fantastique.

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What uses folklore, folk melodies, celebrated national heroes, events or places?

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Nationalism

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Who was the first Czech composer to gain international prominence?

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Bedrich Smetana

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Political unrest throughout europe simulated what?

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Nationalism

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Who wrote the three ballets, "Swan Lake", "The Sleeping Beauty" and "The Nutcracker" still favoried today, as well as the "1812 Overture

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Peter IIlyich Tchaikovsky

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What Bohemian master wrote nationalistic music about his homeland including a set of six symphonic poems entitled The Moldau?

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Bedrich Smetana.

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What was Bedrich Smetana most famous these?

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The Moldau

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Who stands along side Semetana as the founder of the Czech national school?

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Antonin Dvorak

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Antonin Dvorak: drew musical resources from homeland of?

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Czechoslovakia

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Antonin Dvorak played ____ in the Czech National Theater under the baton of Bedrich Smetana

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Viola

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Who left the Conservatory of Prague and went to New York City to teach at the National Conservatory of Music?

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Antonin Dvorak

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The two types of German Lieder are?

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Strophic and through-composed.

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While traveling in the United States this composer visited Spillville, Iowa. During his travels he collected many folksongs including "Going Home" which he used in his "New World" Symphony. This composer was?

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Antonin Dvorak

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In the German lied, "The Erlking", the “Erlking” represented?

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The Spirt of death.

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The opera "Aida" was commissioned in 1870 to to celebrate the?

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The ruler of Egypt to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal.

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What was Bedrich Smetana finest achievement in the field of orchestral music?

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The Moldau

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Favored vocal genres in the Romantic Period included?

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Part songs, the oratorio, the Mass and the Requiem Mass.

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Who attended Conservatory of St. Petersburg and served as director of Moscow Conservatory for 12 years; invited to attend the opening of Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1891?

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Peter IIlyich Tchaikovsky

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The two important movements took place at the turn of the twentieth century were?

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Post-Romanticism in Germany and Austria.
The Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Eras in France

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What was a French movement developed by painters who tried to capture their “first impression” of a subject through the use of light and color; used terms such as “hazy”, “diffused”, “opaque”, “shimmering"?

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Impressionism

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Claude Debussy’s best-known orchestral composition was?

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“Afternoon of a Faun”

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Program music for orchestra, in one small movement, with contrasting sections to develop a poetic idea, suggesting a scene or create a mood is called what?

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Symphonic Poem

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Hungarian composer Franz Liszt created the?

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Symphonic poem and the technique of thematic transformation.

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Fanny Mendelssohn was what relationship to Felix Mendelssohn?

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Sister

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Clara Wieck Schumann remained close friends with whom after the death of her husband, Robert.

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Johannes Brahms

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The Romantic Period was a time of emotions, mood, atmosphere and an interest in the bizarre and macabre whereas the Classical Period was a time of?

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Emotional restraint and balance.

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During the Romantic Period what became both a popular instrument for the home as well as the favored solo instrument for virtuosos.

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Piano

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During the Romantic Period musicians relied on the___ ___ for income
and support.

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Middle Class

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The Symphonie Fantastique uses the “Idee fixe” (fixed idea) as a motive (motif) throughout all five movements of symphony to represent the man’s lover. This composer was?

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Hector Berlioz

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A Romantic Period American composer that was active as a pianist, composer and music educator was?

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Amy Beach

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The favorite keyboard instrument during the Romantic Period was the?

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Piano

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Richard Wagner revolutionized the genre of opera by using what musical devices throughout an opera or series of operas to represent a person, place or ide?

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Motives/leitmotifs.

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Peter IIlyich Tchaikovsky composed what type of overture?

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Festive Overture.

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What composer was invited to attend the opening of Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1891?

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Peter IIlyich Tchaikovsky.

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In the composition, "1812 Overture", used at least two unique instruments. They were?

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A large triangle (struck with a large metal rod) and 2 harps.

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The dates of the Romantic Period are from ___________ to ___________.

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1820-1900

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What consists of an overture and a series of pieces to be performed between the acts of a play and during important scenes; still used today as background music for films and television?

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Incindental Music

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What were Colleges or universities where musicians studied privately on their instrument or voice and took all forms of music classes called?

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Conservatories

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What was the favorite orchestral medium of music?

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Symphony

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What is . “music for the sake of music”; no story or pictorial association called?

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Absolute Music

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What is varying the melodic line, harmony, or rhythm through means of loud to soft/soft to loud, major to minor keys/minor to major keys, rhythmic variations, slow to fast/fast to slow, theme goes to various sections of the orchestra (strings to brass to woodwind, etc.) called?

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Thematic transformation

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Composers writing about far-away lands such as Asia and Far East is called?

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Exoticism.

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Bedrich Smetana composed a cycle of six symphonic poems about Czech Republic, one of which is in the Listen Guide. This piece is entitled?

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The Moldau

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The size of the orchestra in the Romantic Period, compared to the size of the orchestra in the Classical Period was?

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Much larger

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A one-movement orchestral piece that serves as an introduction to a play or an opera is called?

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Concert Overture

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Who was Born in Brooklyn, studied music in Paris, wrote music for orchestra, ballet, jazz, movies, piano, and chamber music; won an Academy Award for music in movie “The Heiress”?

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Aaron Copland

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Who wrote the Ballets – “Billy the Kid”, “Rodeo” and “Appalachian Spring”

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Aaron Copland

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Who wrote the film scores for” The City”, “Of Mice and Men”, “Our Town”, “The Red Pony” and “The Heiress"?

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Aaron Copland

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Who composed numerous operas in the "exotic“ style writing about far-away places (especially Spain, Bohemia, China and Japan)?

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Giacomo Puccini

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Who composed numerous operas in the "exotic" style - writing about far-away places (Mostly Spain)?

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Georges Bizet

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Who composed 28 operas that embodied the spirit of the Romantic Period drama and passion?

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Giuseppe Verdi

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Whos opera "Aida" was commissioned in 1870 by the ruler of Egypt to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal?

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Giuseppe Verdi

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What developed into distinct national styles in France, Germany and Italy?

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Romantic opera

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Both opera ____ and opera ____ were favored in Italy.

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Opera Sirra, and Opera Buffa

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Who is remembered for his role in reviving J. S. Bach's music from the Baroque Period?

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Felix Mendelssohn

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As a composer who retained many of the Classical Period forms in his orchestral, keyboard and vocal compositions?

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Felix Mendelssohn

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What maintains the Classical three-movement form (fast-slow-fast) but uses standard forms (sonata-allegro, etc.) more freely?

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Romantic concerto

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What was a vehicle for the virtuoso performer to display his/her talents?

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Romantic concerto

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What is a multi-movement orchestral work that tells a story or represents a picturesque scene?

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Program Symphony

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Standard four-movement symphony of the Classical Period is expanded and frequently not rigidly adhered to; some symphonies now have 5 movements and expanded Sonata-Allegro structure. This was the ____ Symphony?

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Romantic Symphony

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Who followed Classical traditions of Beethoven; good friend of Robert and Clara Schumann (continued to be supportive of Clara after Robert’s death)?

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Johannes Brahms

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Whos music is Impressionistic in its inspiration and Neoclassical in its structure and entered the conservatory at age 14?

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Maurice Ravel