Music History

Define "Strophic form"

• German art song

• Same music is repeated with every stanza

Define "Lied"

• Comic German drama

• German art song

• Borrowed time, slower

Define "Rubato"

• Music written for dramatic works

• German art song

• Borrowed time, slower

Define "Program symphony"

• Shape determines pitch, aid in reading music

• German art song

• Multi-movement programmatic orchestral work

A part-song for several voices, especially one of the Renaissance period, typically arranged in elaborate counterpoint and without instrumental accompaniment. Originally used of a genre of 14th-century Italian songs, the term now usually refers to English or Italian songs of the late 16th and early 17th c., in a free style strongly influenced by the text is a(n)...

• Chanson de geste

• Vision

• Ballad

• Madrigal

Select significant composers of the Romantic Period

• Verdi

• Wagner

• Liszt

• Bizet

Music of the Romantic period is characterized by…..

• memorable melodies

• intense feelings

• richly expressive harmony

• fueled by emotion

What 19th century composer focused primarily on piano compositions?

• Bizet

• Berlioz

• Verdi

• Chopin

By the Romantic era, concerts had moved from the aristocratic palace to the public concert hall.

• True

• False

Define "Program music"

• Instrumental music with literary/pictorial association

• Multi-movement programmatic orchestral work