Romantic Period Music

When was the Romantic period ?

• 1820-1920

• 1825-1925

• 1920-2000

• 1780-1880

Chopin wrote the "Funeral March"

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Romantic era was a time when composers...

• Came up with new ways to compose

• Went back to Baroque music

• Got rid of the orchestra

• Explored the power of music

Some composers composed pieces of extreme difficulty because...

• They wanted to impress their fans

• They wanted to trick people

• They wanted to be awkward

• They wanted to impress their families

Which of these is a Romantic composer

• Tchaikovsky

• Mozart

• Beethoven

• Handel

Which of these is a Romantic composer

• Haydn

• Vivaldi

• Monteverdi

• Wagner

Which of these is NOT a Romantic composer

• Mozart

• Mendelssohn

• Rachmaninoff

• Tchaikovsky

What was the status of the piano at this time

• Less popular

• Very expensive

• Never used

• Popular and affordable to a larger number of people

He was known as the virtuoso pianist, a composer and the busiest musician during the romantic era.

• Hector Berlioz

• Franz Liszt

• Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• Camille Saint-Saëns

What is a love of one's country and the desire to see one's country free from invaders.

• Program music

• Nationalism

• Exoticism

• Impressionism