Romantic Era

What characteristic is typical of Romantic music?

• Music was balanced and symmetrical

• Music expressed intense feelings

• Piano music was simple and easy

• Composers only used a small range of notes

Type of instrumental music that was composed based on an external source such as a poem or image

• Sonata

• Concerto

• Program Music

• Suite

19th century music style based on folk songs, dances, and legends of composer's homeland.

• Program Music

• Nationalism

• Opera

• Cantata

Which of these instruments appeared in the Romantic era?

• piano

• drum

• saxophone

• flute

A period in Western music that utilizes and expresses the human emotions and experiences as inspiration of the music.

• Baroque

• Classical

• Romantic

• Modern

Composer of the music used in the famous ballet, The Nutcracker

• Clara Schumann

• Chopin

• Tchaikovsky

When was the Romantic Era

• 1620-1720

• 1720-1820

• 1820-1920

• 1920-2020

In the Romantic era, composers began to use elements from

• Their own national traditions

• Other composers' music

• They didn't use anything new

Select the three Romantic era composers

• Tchaikovsky

• Chopin

• Mozart

• Clara Schumann

True or False. The orchestra became much smaller in the Romantic era.

• True

• False