Romantic period music

What is an art song ?

Composition for solo and piano.
What is a song cycle ?

Art song grouped in a set
What is symphonic poem ?

Oneoven wet movement orchestral composition based to some extent on literary or pictorial ideas.
What is a concert overture ?

One movement, usually in sonata form ,establishes mood.
What is program music?

Instrumental music associated with a story proem, idea, or scene.
Who wrote "Symphonie Fanatstique?"

Hector Berlioz
what is idee fixe ?

Fixed idea, single melody
What is nationalism?

Romantic composers deliberately created music with a specific national identity.
What is verismo opera?

Dramatic opera supposed to be more realistic. Women always dies
What is leitmotif?

short musical idea associated wit a person, object, or thought in the drama.
Who was Franz Schubert ?
- (1797-1828)
- from Vienna
- father was a school teacher
- he didn't like reaching so he lived a very artistic lifestyle.
- Wrote and published (income)
- Died of syfilis
Who was Robert Schumann ?
- (1810-1856)
- from Germany
- planned to go into law but changed to convert pianist.
Who ruins there hand after using a device to play the piano?

Robert Schumann
Who founded a music journal?

Robert Schumann
Who was Clara Schumann?
- Daughter of Roberts teacher
- runs off an marries Robert
- after Robert diEd she went back to become a concert pianist and began to teach
Who is one of the most well known female composers?

Clara Schumann

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Romantic period music

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Romantic period

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2013-04-14T20:05:46Z