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miniatures
pieces that are a few minutes long, or shorter
glorification of love
overarching theme in Romantic literature and music
chromaticism
the use of all 12 notes of the chromatic scale
orchestration
the use and combination of the instruments of the orchestra
thematic transformation
short themes freely varied at relatively wide/unpredictable intervals of time
grandiose compositions
very long and impressive pieces
program music
instrumental music written in association with a poem, a story, or some other literary source
rubato
term that showed rhythm would be “handled flexibly” in performance; means “robbed time”
Gesamtkunstwerk
Wagner's idea of "total artwork," combining/blending artistic areas
how did the term "Baroque" come about?
adopted from art historians in the 20th century
how did the term "Romantic" come about?
it was uniquely used by the Romantics themselves
highest goal of Romantic music
emotional expression
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