WorksheetsRomantic Music Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
The drama in a concerto is between the _______ and the _______
Conductor, Orchestra
Soloist, Orchestra
Concert Master, Orchestra
Conductor, Soloist
This person was a top composer for choral music, specifically small groups
Clara Wieck Schumann
Johann Sebastian Bach
Richard Wagner
Hector Berlioz
This genre was not generally programmatic
Opera
Concerto
Symphony
String Quartet
Four-part choral music was originally written for
Concert performances
Performances for wealthy
Music competitions
Social gatherings
The 19th Century was the age of great instrumental ________
Composer-Virtuoso
Composer-Performer
Composer-Librettist
Composer-Listener
_______ became more prominent as part of the education curriculum in Europe
Equal participation
Standard notation
Music literacy
New composers
Who began writing concert overtures once the became independent of operas?
Giuseppi Verdi
Felix Mendelssohn
Gioachino Rossini
Ludwig van Beethoven
Singspiel is from which country?
England
Italy
France
Germany
Who was the most prominent composer of Italian Opera in the 19th Century?
Verdi
Rossini
Beethoven
Weber
What happened to the status of the composer in the 19th Century?
Their status decreased
Their status ceased to exist
Their status increased
Their status did not change
The philosophical idea behind music in the Romantic - " ______ should not descend to the level of ______"
Words, music
Strings, brass
Music, words
Woodwinds, Strings
Romanticism values ______ and ______
Imagination and personal expression
Science and reason
God and church
Technology and passion
The term Romantic comes from which literary genre?
Science Fiction
The Romance
Biography
Action and Adventure
Some called the first three decades of the Romantic the "Age of Beethoven", however, it should be considered the "Age of Beethoven and ______"
Verdi
Weber
Wagner
Rossini
Beethoven rejected the concert overture because
They were unmusical
It exposed everything from the opera
They were too easy to write
Too many people were already writing them
Operettas were a ______ scale the operas
Smaller
Larger
Simpler
Harder
Beethoven's concert overture for _____ helped move the genre forward
Fidelio
Rigoletto
Der Freischutz
Tristan and Isolde
Operettas were typically _____ and _____
Dark or scary
Light-hearted or humorous
Deep or emotional
Happy or light
The concert overture grew out of the tradition of
Grosso concertos
Cantatas
Opera overtures
String quartets
Who developed the leitmotiv?
Bach
Verdi
Mozart
Wagner
Who is considered the heir to Beethoven's writing?
Berlioz
Grieg
Strauss
Schumann
Who better synthesized music and drama?
Weber
Wagner
Mendelssohn
Beethoven
Which instrument was used for special effects?
Trumpet
Piccolo
Clarinet
Violin
Which of Beethoven's compositions was prohibited because it spoke out against the government?
Ninth Symphony
Moonlight Sonata
Concerto no. 1
Fidelio
By 1800, the _____ had established itself as the most prominent instrumental genre.
Concerto
String Quartet
Synphony
Sonata
The _____ was a meeting place for socialites and buisnesspeople
Concert hall
Opera house
Theater
Arena
What instrument was used regularly in the Romantic Period?
Trumpet
Piccolo
Trombone
Contrabassoon
Which is a result of larger concert halls?
Smaller instruments
Smaller ensembles
New instruments
Less seating
Who wrote Mazurkas and Polonaises to celebrate his country?
Beethoven
Wagner
Weber
Chopin
The listening public sought insight into the ______ of composers as never before.
Working methods
Daily schedule
Family history
Religious practices
