unit 5 ch. 16-19

Romanticism is often defined as a revolt against the Classical adherence to:

• balance and symmetry

• aristocratic privilege

• reason and tradition

• religious devotion and individualism

What change occurred in the way audiences (and society at large) perceived music and composers during the Romantic period?

• music was transformed from entertainment to art

• the composer was now seen as a demigod rather than a hired employee

• concerts were no longer social events, but musical experiences that required careful listening

• certain works were deemed as worthy of continued performance

• all choices listed

Which term describes a performer momentarily altering the tempo to enhance the expressive quality of the music?​

• rubato

• syncopation

• glissando

• diminuendo

What was the average size of the orchestra during the Romantic period?

• about 25

• usually around 60

• musician’s unions required a minimum of 467

• close to 100

What is the term used to indicate an instrumentalist or singer with a highly developed technical facility?

• prima donna

• cadenza

• virtuoso

• troubadour

Which art form was particularly important to Romantic composers?

• painting

• literature

• dance

• architecture

Which country cultivated the art song cultivated with the greatest intensity?

• Germany

• Italy

• France

• Russia

Who was the most prolific composer of nineteenth-century Lieder?

• Brahms

• Schubert

• Berlioz

• Wagner

A tightly structured group of individual songs that tell a story or treat a single theme is known as a:​

• etude

• nocturne

• Schubertiad

• song cycle

A child prodigy on the piano, she made her debut performance in Leipzig at the age of eleven; a concert tour of Europe soon followed, and the Austrian emperor named her “Royal and Imperial Chamber Virtuosa,” the first teenager and Protestant to be given that title.

• Musorgsky

• R. Schumann

• C. Schumann

• Chopin