The Romantic era produce some of the most incredibly complex, fiddly, and beautiful piano music, written by some of emotionally inspired genius composers of this period.

Composers of the _______________ wrote a fait amount of program music, especially for the harpsichord, including works such as Martin Peerson’s The Fall of Leafe and Willian Byrd’s The Battell.

Probably the most famous work of the _____________ era is Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, a set of four concertos for violin and string orchestra that illustrates the seasons of the year with rain, buzzing flies, chilly winds, treading on ice, dancing peasants, and so on.

He was a Polish-born pianist and composer of matchless genius in the realm of keyboard music.

He was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer. He studied and played at Vienna and Paris and for most of his early adulthood toured throughout Europe giving concerts.

He was a French composer chiefly remembered for his symphonic poems – the first of that genre to be written by a Frenchman – and for his opera Samson et Delila.

The __________ became the most popular single instrument. It became a musical symbol of Romanticism, and was enlarge to give it a wider range and more tonal power.

Program music particularly flourished in the ___________ era. A significant reason for this was the influence of literature and folklore on composers in the 19th century.

Program music was less often composed in the __________ era. At this time, perhaps more than any other, music achieved drama from its own internal resources, notably in works written in sonata form.