Studied by 6 peopleThese were clearly evident in almost all forms of vocal music during the Romantic period.
Parallelisms of Music and Literature
It is is often set at the beginning with piano introduction and concluded with a piano postlude.
Mood
Romantic artists found inspiration in
Landscapes
Vocal music in the romantic period requires singers to perform a
greater range of tone color, dynamics and pitch.
The subjects of romantic artists were
traditional myths, legends and folklore usually dealing with the supernatural, grotesque, and less ordinary.
Important source of musical expressions.
Opera
The place where all the arts converged
Opera House
Lieders were developed to
create a powerful dramatic impact on the listeners.
The proper name for Franz Schubert (german word for songs)
lieder
The last of the Classical composers and one of the first romantic ones.
Franz Peter Schubert
The characters in German operas are ____?
Those of the royal family
The characters of Giuseppe Verdi are _____?
Ordinary people
Where did Giuseppe Verdi study?
Busseto and Milan
Where was Giuseppe Verdi's first opera performed?
La Scala
What was Giuseppe Verdi's first opera?
Oberto
Most of Giuseppe Verdi's works were
serious love stories with unhappy endings.
Giuseppe Verdi completed ____ operas throughout his career
25
He studied at the Milan Conservatory.
Giacomo Puccini
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
What school did Richard Wagner attend?
Leipzig University
He was very much inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Richard Wagner
He introduced new ideas in harmony and in form, including extremes of chromaticism.
Richard Wagner
He explored the limits of the traditional tonal system that gave keys and chords its own identity.
Richard Wagner
Wagner exerted a strong influence on the _________.
operatic medium
_____________ was an advocate of a new form of opera which he called "_______________" where musical and dramatic elements were fused together.
Richard Wagner, music drama
He developed a compositional style in which the orchestra has equal importance in dramatic roles as the singers themselves.
Richard Wagner
The expressiveness is aided by the use of "__________" or musical sequences standing for a particular character/plot element.
leitmotifs
George Bizet was registered with the legal name _________?
Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet
When and where was George Bizet born?
He was born October 25, 1838 in Paris, France.
Bizet's most famous opera was ________?
Carmen
Bizet died on the first round of "Carmen" which happened in
June 3, 1875
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