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43 Cards in this Set
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What term was used by Romantic composers to indicate a flexible tempo that was to be determined by the performer?
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Rubato
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What was the most important 'instrument' of the Romantic period?
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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?
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Miniature
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What is the musical term for 'robbed time'?
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Rubato
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What is the musical term for writing that involved the use of various instruments to produce an effective and total orchestral sound?
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Orchestration
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What piano genre is a Polish national dance?
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Mazurka
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Which of the other 'arts' had the greatest influence on the early Romantic composers?
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Literature
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Which country produced Romantic nationalistic music?
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Russia
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Who were three early Romantic composers of piano miniatures?
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Chopin, Schumann, Liszt
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In Berlioz's autobiographical first symphony, what is the term he used for the recurring theme that represents Harriet Smithson?
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Idee Fixe
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How would you describe Berlioz's first symphony?
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Autobiographical
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Who is the early Romantic composer who expanded the orchestra?
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Berlioz
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Consider the following list: piano concertos, nocturnes, mazurkas, and symphonies... which of these four did Chopin not compose?
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Symphonies
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Who is the German composer known for his piano miniatures and large symphonic works?
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Schumann
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Compare Schumann's miniatures with those of Chopin
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Schumann's were 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?
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Clara Wieck
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What is the musical term for orchestral program music that is performed in one long music?
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Tone Poem
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Who started the idea of the tone poem?
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Liszt
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What type of new opera did Wagner develop?
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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?
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Leitmotif
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What is the title of Wagner's four related operas that takes more than 20 hours to perform?
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Dering Desof Nibelung (The Ring Cycle)
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What is equally combined in the making of a music drama?
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Poetry, music, drama, scenery, and acting.
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Who wrote three of the most popular ballet in music history?
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Tschaikovsky
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What are the three titles of Tschaikovsky's most famous ballets?
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Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty
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How did Tschaikovsky die?
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Drank unboiled water and developed cholera.
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Who orchestrated one of his symphonies in Spillville, Iowa?
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Dvorak
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What Dvorak symphony was influenced by American Indian music as well as by the Negro Spiritual?
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New World Symphony
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Who is the late Romantic German composer who did not write program music?
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Brahms
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What two types of composition is Richard Strauss best known for?
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Tone Poems and Operas
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Who is best known as the last romantic?
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Mahler
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Who wrote Sleeping Beauty?
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Tschaikovsky
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Who wrote Der Ring Des Nibelung
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Wagner
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Who wrote symphnie Fantastiquel
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Berlioz
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Who wrote New World Symphony?
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Dvorak
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Who wrote Nutcracker Suite?
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Tschaikovsky
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Who wrote Salome?
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Strauss
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Who wrote Revolutionary Etude?
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Chopin
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Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
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Tschaikovsky
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Who wrote Til Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks?
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Strauss
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Who wrote Tristan and Isolde?
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Wagner
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Who wrote Das Liede von der Erdel?
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Mahler
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Who wrote 1812 Overture?
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Tschaickovsky
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Who wrote Also Sprach Zarathustral?
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Strauss
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