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34 Cards in this Set
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With romantic appreciation for opposite extremes, nineteenth-century composers divided their attention between increasing the size and the effects of the __________ and writing music for solo voice or piano.
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symphony orchestra
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__________ wrote music for the violin, mandolin and guitar and is better known for his showmanship as a violinist.
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Niccolo Paganini
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__________ was born in Hungary, was a contemporary of Tchaikovsky, and toured Europe as a virtuoso pianist at age eleven.
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Franz Liszt
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The close link between literature and music during the Romantic period made the _______ attractive to composers.
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art song
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The __________ composers excelled in the composition of Romantic music for solo voice.
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German
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__________ was an influential and gifted Romantic composer whose life was marred by depression and mental instability.
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Robert Schumann
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__________ was a famous violinist who impressed Robert Schumann with his astonishing virtuosity
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Paganini
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Robert Schumann discovered that the mating of __________ and music in the art song was his ideal mode of expression.
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words
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Compared to the art songs of Schubert, the songs of Schumann are somewhat less emotional and more conservative. |
False
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Robert Schumann wrote several beautiful sets of songs called
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cycles
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Romantic songs in a song cycle are related in all of these ways except through the use of
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chorus and orchestra.
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Robert Schumann wrote in all of the following genres except
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opera.
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The piano part in Schubert's songs is more important than the piano part in Robert Schumann's songs. |
False
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In Robert Schumann's songs, the piano part provides each of the following except
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X vocal significance.
-dramatic significance. -preludes and postludes. -interludes. |
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Schumann's brief career was nonetheless varied, including all of the following achievements except
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-he founded an influential journal of music criticism.
-he wrote a total of four symphonies. X he was a brilliant and well-known concert pianist. -he wrote several highly regarded song cycles. |
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__________ was a child prodigy who was carefully trained as a pianist by Schumann's piano instructor and who established a highly successful career as a concert pianist and teacher at a prestigious conservatory of music.
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Clara Wieck
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The ideal solo Romantic instrument was the
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piano
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(T/F) During the nineteenth century, concert pianists were in great demand.
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True
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__________, the "poet of the piano," was born in Poland, but lived most of his life in Paris, France.
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Frederic Chopin
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(T/F) Chopin's reputation was built on his brilliant piano technique and his astonishing, virtuosic performances.
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False
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__________ created the symphonic poem.
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Franz Liszt
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Short, highly subjective piano compositions are called __________ pieces.
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character
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All of the following are important features of Chopin's style except
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-chromatic harmonies and unusual modulations.
-use of rubato. X short, motivic melodies designed for intense development. -almost exclusive attention to piano music. |
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Chopin wrote all of the following stylized Polish dance pieces except
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polkas
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A term for a romantic rhythmic technique that means "robbing" is
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rubato.
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German art songs were called
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Lieder
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a virtuosic instrumental study or exercise intended for concert performance
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etude
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romantic technique of "robbing" from the tempo at some points and "paying back" at others
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rubato
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relatively short piano piece in a characteristic style or mood, incuding:
-impromptus -ballades -nocturnes |
character piece
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pieces of an improvisatory character
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impromptus
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narrative songs without words
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ballades
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short mood pieces of no prescribed form
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preludes
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pieces thought appropriate to the night
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nocturnes
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German art songs
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Lieder
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