Unit 5 Romantic Music

What was the time period of the Romantic era in music?

• 450 -1450

• 1450-1600

• 1600 -1750

• 1820 -1900

What older time period brought a renewed fascination for the Romantics?

• Ancient Greece

• Medieval (Middle Ages)

• Baroque

• Renaissance

Romanticism coincided with the _______________________ Revolution

• Industrial

• American

• French

• Technical

This type of music was based on folk songs, dances, legends, and history of the composer's homeland.

• Program music

• Nationalism

• Exoticism

• Impressionism

This type of music was composed using material from foreign lands

• Program Music

• Nationalism

• Exoticism

• Impressionism

This type of music is associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene.

• Program Music

• Nationalism

• Exoticism

• Impressionism

The Romantic orchestra increased in size. What was added to the orchestra to make it larger?

• More strings

• Electric guitar and drumset

• Colorful instruments such as banjo and mandolin as well as more clarinets

• Colorful instruments such as piccolo and english horn, as well as more brasses

Romantic Composers wrote mostly for

• The Aristocracy

• The Church

• Themselves, and the middle class

• Their significant other

The ______________________became a fixture in every middle class home during the Romantic period.

• Violin

• Piano

• Guitar

• Clarinet

During the Romantic era, becoming a musician was passed down from one generation to another.

• True

• False