Studied by 15 peopleWhat does “Chiarina” stand for?
Young Clara
What is a “lasson”?
Brief dramatic introduction
What kind of recording started in the mid 1800’s?
Sound recording
What percussion instruments are featured in 1812 Overture?
Large bells and a battery of cannons
What is a consumptive?
One suffering from tuberculosis
Romanticism might be defined as a cultural movement stressing what?
Emotion, imagination, and individuality
What is absolute music?
Music for the sake of music
Did the Paris public accept or appreciate Berlioz’s music?
No
Who was an African American baritone singer and arranger of spirituals who studied under Dvořák?
Henry T. Burleigh
Who is Baal?
Pagan god
What sought-after recognition did Berlioz earn in 1830?
Prix de Rome
At the age of eighteen, what was Berlioz sent to Paris to study?
Medicine
With what alluring actress did Berlioz become obsessed, and later married?
Harriet Smithson
Berlioz wrote the first comprehensive book in what field of music?
Orchestration
What was name of Berlioz’s autobiography?
Mémoires
What kind of symphony was Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique?
Program symphony
What is Bohemia known as now?
Czech Republic
Brahms was keenly aware of walking in whose shadow?
Beethoven
Which city became Chopin’s adopted home in 1831?
Paris
What are examples of character pieces by Chopin?
Mazurkas, waltzes, nocturnes, etudes, ballades, polonaises, and preludes
For how long did Clara not see her husband before he died?
Over two years and then only two days before his death
Who were important early nineteenth-century composers of German Lieder?
Robert and Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and Franz Schubert
Later in the century, what composers would synthesize and transform opera into an even more dramatic genre?
Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner
What do we call a composition for solo voice and piano that merges poetic and musical concerns?
Art song
At what age did Tchaikovsky enter the newly created Conservatory of St. Petersburg?
Twenty‑three
What was the dominant world power at that time?
England
Where did Dvořák work from 1892 until 1895?
National Conservatory in the United States
From 1870 until 1903, how many operas did Dvořák write?
Ten
What composer recognized Dvořák and encouraged him to devote his energy to composing?
Brahms
What is an event generally held in the home of a well-to-do lover of the arts where musicians and other artists were invited for entertainment and conversation?
Soirée
Most agree that in 1832, the failure of Felix’s application for the position as head of the Berlin Singakademie was partly due to what?
His Jewish ethnicity
Who were some famous continental philosophers of that time?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Georg Wilhem Friedrich Hegel, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
How many compositions did Fanny Mendelssohn write?
More than 450
Who is Faust?
A man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge
What fed the rise of Nationalism at that time?
Continued rise of the middle class as well as the rise of republicanism and democracy
Felix Mendelssohn was well-versed in the musical styles of what composers?
Mozart, Handel, & Bach
What do we call the festive celebrations that occur each year before the Christian season of Lent?
Carnaval
Who followed in Smetana’s footsteps?
Antonín Dvořák
In what form is the third movement of Brahms’ First Symphony?
ABA
What did author Mary Shelley explore in the novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus?
Nature and the supernatural
Who sponsored Franz Liszt with a stipend to pursue his musical interests in Paris?
Group of Hungarian noblemen
Where did Fryderyk Chopin grow up?
Around Warsaw, Poland
What is the name of the grim reaper sort of king of the fairies, who appears to young children when they are about to die, and lures them into the world beyond?
Erlking
In 1831 in Paris, Liszt attended a concert performed by whom?
Virtuoso violinist Paganini
What instrument that is still in use today achieved its modern form in the nineteenth century?
Piano
Johannes Brahms is often thought of as breathing new life into what?
Classical forms
What is La Marseillaise?
French national anthem
What does Largo mean?
Slow
How many symphonic poems did Liszt write?
Thirteen
With whom did Liszt travel to Switzerland for a few years, and have three children?
Countess Marie d’Agoult
What was Liszt’s primary goal in music composition?
Pure expression through the idiom of tone
What became the literary genre of choice in the nineteenth century?
Novel
What is a mazurka?
Polish dance
Mendelssohn descended from a family of prominent intellectuals of what faith?
Jewish
Where was Mendelssohn’s music very popular?
England
What were some new important miniature genres and forms in the nineteenth century?
Lied and short piano composition
What is the Moldau?
Main river in Bohemia
By the end of the nineteenth century, who were some of the most famous personalities of their time?
Traveling virtuoso performers and composer
What are musical motives that are associated with a specific character, theme, or locale in a drama?
Leitmotiv
Name one of the ways through which Nationalism was expressed:
Songs and dances of native people; mythology; celebration of a national hero, historic event, or scenic beauty of country
Who were some naturalists of that time?
John James Audubon, John Muir, and Charles Darwin
What is the nickname of the theme from the second movement of the New World Symphony?
Coming home theme
What is the nineteenth century called in music?
Romantic Era
To how many children did Clara give birth?
Eight
What is the official march of the Marine Corps?
Semper Fidelis
After joining the Oratory of the Madonna del Rosario and taking minor orders, by what name did he become known?
Abbé Liszt
Who commissioned and premiered the New World Symphony?
The New York Philharmonic
What were private musical gatherings in Vienna featuring the songs of Schubert called?
Schubertiade
When did Realism become prominent in art and literature?
1850’s
What is a recurring theme representing and ideology or person that provides continuity through a musical work?
Idée fixe
In what year did Felix Mendelssohn lead a revival of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion?
1829
What do we call the robbing of time from one note to give it to another?
Rubato
How did Robert & Clara Schumann get acquainted?
After Robert moved to Leipzig and started studying piano with Friedrich Wieck, Clara’s father
When Robert Schumann suffered weakness of fingers and hands, what did he shift to?
Music journalism and music composition
Name three Russian nationalist composers:
Modest Mussorgsky, Alexander Borodin, and Nicolai Rimsky‑Korsakov
Where did Schubert spend his entire life?
Vienna
What kind of work did Schubert do until his late teens?
Teaching school
What is Schubert’s greatest legacy?
His more than 600 Lieder, or art songs
What are the sections of a march called?
Strains
What were short piano compositions described as?
Character pieces
At what age did Smetana begin giving public piano performances?
Six
What is the name of Smetana’s cycle of six symphonic poems?
My Country
Sousa conducted the Marine band for twelve years under the administrations of what presidents?
Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Chester Arthur, & Benjamin Harrison
How many marches did Sousa write?
136
What did Stravinsky say about Tchaikovsky?
“He was the most Russian of us all!”
Who succeeded Giacomo Rossini as the most important Italian opera composer of his days?
Giuseppe Verdi
By the end of the century, how long might a typical symphony be?
Hour long
What tragedy, with profound lasting effect, happened to Tchaikovsky at age 14?
His mother died of cholera
Who was Tchaikovsky’s benefactor – a widowed industrialist?
Nadezhda von Meck
How long did Tchaikovsky’s marriage last?
Less than a month
Where did Romanticism begin before spreading to art and music?
Literature
How many music dramas are featured in The Ring of the Nibelungen?
Four
What are two of the leitmotivs from the conclusion to The Valkyrie?
Wotan’s Spear, Loge’s music, Sleep, Siegfried’s Sword, & Fate
What are three sub-categories of Romanticism?
Realism, nationalism, and exoticism
What form utilizes transformation of a few themes through the entire work for continuity?
Symphonic poem
What is a literal translation of the word verismo?
Realism
What were two famous novels by Victor Hugo?
The Hunchback of Notre‑Dame (1831), & Les Misérables (1862)
Who were some visual artists of that time?
Caspar David Friedrich, Eugène Delacroix, & Francisco Goya
What voice type is the role of Elijah?
Bass‑baritone
What made Wagner decide to become a composer at age 13?
He heard the music of Beethoven
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