These were clearly evident in almost all forms of vocal music during the Romantic period.
Parallelisms of Music and Literature
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It is is often set at the beginning with piano introduction and concluded with a piano postlude.
Mood
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Romantic artists found inspiration in
Landscapes
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Vocal music in the romantic period requires singers to perform a
greater range of tone color, dynamics and pitch.
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The subjects of romantic artists were
traditional myths, legends and folklore usually dealing with the supernatural, grotesque, and less ordinary.
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Important source of musical expressions.
Opera
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The place where all the arts converged
Opera House
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Lieders were developed to
create a powerful dramatic impact on the listeners.
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The proper name for Franz Schubert (german word for songs)
lieder
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The last of the Classical composers and one of the first romantic ones.
Franz Peter Schubert
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The characters in German operas are \____?
Those of the royal family
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The characters of Giuseppe Verdi are \_____?
Ordinary people
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Where did Giuseppe Verdi study?
Busseto and Milan
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Where was Giuseppe Verdi's first opera performed?
La Scala
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What was Giuseppe Verdi's first opera?
Oberto
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Most of Giuseppe Verdi's works were
serious love stories with unhappy endings.
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Giuseppe Verdi completed \____ operas throughout his career
25
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He studied at the Milan Conservatory.
Giacomo Puccini
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He belonged to a group of composers who stressed realism, therefore, he drew material from everyday life, rejecting heroic themes from mythology and history.
Giacomo Puccini
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What school did Richard Wagner attend?
Leipzig University
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He was very much inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Richard Wagner
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He introduced new ideas in harmony and in form, including extremes of chromaticism.
Richard Wagner
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He explored the limits of the traditional tonal system that gave keys and chords its own identity.
Richard Wagner
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Wagner exerted a strong influence on the \_________.
operatic medium
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\_____________ was an advocate of a new form of opera which he called "\_______________" where musical and dramatic elements were fused together.
Richard Wagner, music drama
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He developed a compositional style in which the orchestra has equal importance in dramatic roles as the singers themselves.
Richard Wagner
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The expressiveness is aided by the use of "\__________" or musical sequences standing for a particular character/plot element.
leitmotifs
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George Bizet was registered with the legal name \_________?
Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet
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When and where was George Bizet born?
He was born October 25, 1838 in Paris, France.
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Bizet's most famous opera was \________?
Carmen
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Bizet died on the first round of "Carmen" which happened in
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