Music Appreciation - Test 4

What medical condition did Beethoven suffer from?

Deafness

Beethoven composed in two different musical periods. What were they?

Classical and Romantic

Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony was written in honor of a political figure. Who was
it?

Napoleon

What genre/type of music is Beethoven associated with?

Symphony

Why did Beethoven stop performing?

He went deaf

Which form of art coined the term “romantic?”

Literature

What were two of the main goals/characteristics of Romantic music?

Emotional and individual

What was the main venue for performances during the Romantic era?

Concert halls

What is chromaticism?

using all 12 notes

What musical term was applied to flexibility of rhythm?

Rubato

What is the term for organized music that follows a story/poem/theme?

Program music

True or false; Romantic treatment of form was free and spontaneous

True

Miniatures were generally written for what?

Piano or piano and voice

In class we listened to the piece Erlkönig. Who was the composer of that piece?

Franz Schubert

What did the piano part of Erlkönig symbolize?

A horse galloping

What do we call the 19th century German genre of music that was based on
German poetry, written for piano?

Lied

Schubert wrote much of this, specifically 700 pieces of

Lieder/Lied

In the 19th century, what instrument was most commonly used for small

pieces/short compositions?

Piano

What is another name for a night piece?

Nocturne

Which of the piano composers that we discussed was regarded as the most

flamboyant composer?

Franz Liszt

Who composed the orchestral piece Romeo and Juliet?

Tchaikovsky

Who was the composer of Pictures at an Exhibition?

Musorgsky

Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty are all ballets. Who composed

them?

Tchaikovsky

Composers from what country were most known for the use of nationalism in

music?

Russia

What late Romantic composer wrote in a style that called back to the Classical

Era?

Brahms

Which composer in the Romantic period wrote more in the traditional Romantic

style?

Mahler

What do we call music written for a small group of instruments or a small

ensemble?

Chamber music

What type of ensemble was one of the most popular forms of chamber music?

String quartet