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WorksheetsRomantic Era
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 2hrs 39mins
Pick the correct term: a staged drama set to music made up of vocal pieces with accompaniment
Recital
Opera
Leitmotif
Aria
I am known for writing various piano works such as nocturnes, polonaises, and mazurkas, which are inspired by my homeland. Who am I?
Berlioz
Tchaikovsky
Verdi
Chopin
Which of the following is the closest estimation of the Romantic period?
1800 - 1900
1810 - 1900
1827 - 1900
1820 - 1920
Music that follows a story line or narrative is called...
Absolute music
Real music
Programmatic music
Incidental music
Music that does not follow a story line or narrative is called...
Programmatic music
Real music
Absolute music
Incidental music
What is Nationalism in music?
compositions using the word "nation" in them
belief that your country is the best
Music identified with a specific country or region
I am known for composing German "lieder," or short vocal songs. I was also very popular and had many friends. Who am I?
Tchaikovsky
Beethoven
Schubert
Brahms
I'm a composer who was incredibly inspired by my native homeland of Poland, though I lived in Paris most of my life. Who am I?
Brahms
Chopin
Berlioz
Beethoven
Pick the correct term: someone who excels greatly in a field, specifically music
Libretto
Aria
Virtuoso
Recital
Pick the correct term: a reoccurring motif used to represent a character through an opera
Leitmotif
Libretto
Opera
Opera House
Franz Liszt is known for writing...
Italian Operas
German Operas
Ballets
Piano Works
An ideological movement in the 19th century in which composers wrote music about the love of their nation, its history, and its culture
Nationalism
Exoticism
Idealism
Impressionism
A child prodigy, one of the best pianists of all time, developed the symphonic poem
Liszt
Chopin
Debussy
Saint-Saëns
What is a lied?
Program music
Miniature
Art song
a piano piece
Which Classical composer really pushed the boundaries of Classical form and helped usher in the Romantic Era?
Mozart
Haydn
Beethoven
Scarlatti
A collection of poems by the same poet all set to music is called:
Song Cycle
Multi-movement Cycle
Lieder
Song Group
This composer wrote over 600 German Art Songs.
Franz Schubert
Robert Schumann
Mozart
Beethoven
Art Songs exercised the practice of text painting, which is:
using the music to describe what's happening in the poem.
using another art medium to depict the poem.
using poetry as the libretto for an opera.
using poems to inspire other art forms.
This Hungarian composer was a famous virtuoso pianist who wrote showy music for himself to perform on tour. Some people regard him as one of the first real "rock stars" of music history.
Franz Schubert
Franz Liszt
Robert Schumann
Maurice Gottschalk
This composer moved from Warsaw, Poland to Paris, France where he me other famous composers of the Romantic Era. His music had a Polish flavor to it. Most people are familiar with his Nocturnes and Piano Etudes.
Franz Liszt
Frederic Chopin
Franz Schubert
Robert Schumann
A Nocturne is a piece of music that is supposed to represent the calm emotions of...
The Spring
The Night
The Day
Church music
The word Etude means:
Study
Attitude
Art Song
Night Music
More and more common people were able to afford musical instruments because:
Jobs were better.
The Industrial Revolution helped lower production costs of instruments.
The Industrial Revolution made people want to spend more time on music rather than work.
People cared about music more than the other arts during the Romantic Era.
Franz Liszt wrote a collection of one-movement symphonic pieces that depicted different stories/images/scenes. These symphonic works are called:
Programmatic Symphonies
Symphonic Poems
Symphonic Lieder
Pictorial Symphonies
The focus of the Romantic Era was...
Evoking love
Evoking extreme emotions
Reinventing sacred music
an emphasis on humorous pieces
Most popular instrument of the Romantic Era
Sousaphone
Violin
Guitar
Piano
What song form was king in the Romantic Era?
Chamber music
Symphony
Symphonic poems
Opera
Languages that operas are most often written in are.....
French, German, Italian
Italian, German, Russian
French, English, German
Italian, French, Russian
Operas can be....
Tragedies, Comedies, Dramas
Tragedies, Comedies, Romances
Romances, Action, Comedies
Any genre
The person who directs the singers and musicians during the performance
Conductor
Producer
Musician
Director
The piece of music played before the show starts
Overture
Encore
Entreacte
Trailer
What are the songs of an opera called?
Aria
Recitative
What is the dialogue of an opera called?
Aria
Recitative
The Libretto is the text of an opera.
True
False
What do the actors and actresses wear?
Costumes
Scenery
Set
Overture
What makes the setting come to life on stage?
Set
Duet
Overture
Chorus
What is Symphony No. 8 considered to be?
Great
Unfinished
Wrong
Nothing
True or False:
Franz Schubert was popular during his lifetime.
True
False
