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What were the dates of the romantic era?
This era was 1770-1990
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What was the Romantic Era?
This era was reaction to classicism
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What is a ballad?
- This is long poem with
- -Romantic adventures
- -Supernatural events
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What did Schubert invent?
He invented the lieder
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What were some of Schuber's works?
- Some of his works include
- Gretchen am Spinnrade
- Der Doppelganger
- Song Cycles
- -Swwanengesang (last song)
- - Winterreise
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Gretchen am Spinnrade is a type of what?
This is a lied
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Gretchen am Spinnrade was composed in this type.
- This Schubert piece is through composed (ABACADA')
- -rondo
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What are some musical components of Gretchen am Spinnrade?
- In this Schubert piece there is
- A constant whir of spinning wheel in piano
- Gretchen's agitation
- Up and down figuration represents the treadle
- 16th stop for the memory of Faust's kiss
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Who was Schubert's successor?
Robert Schuman was his successor
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What did Robert Schuman write?
- He wrote
- Dichterliebe (song cycle of unrequited love)
- Frauenliebe un leben ("Woman's love and life")
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What did the Neve Zeitschrift fur Musik do?
This was essays and reviews that furthered the careers of other composers
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What were the characteristics of Dichterliebe, Op. 48 Im wunderschonen Monat Mai
- This Schuman piece was written in 1840
- The words were written by Henrich Heine
- It is written out strophically
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What did Clara Schuman do?
- She was a
- composer of piano music
- lieder
- romances for violin and piano
- Quit composing early to promote music of Robert
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When did the piano come in?
- This came in 1800
- It had 7 octaves
- Felt-covered hammers
- Metal plates and braces
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What were the schools of piano?
- These two taught the schools
- Johann Nepumuk Hummed
- Ludwig van Beethoven
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What were the characteristics of Johann's Nepumuk Hummed's piano school?
This piano school taught clear textures and fluent techniques
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What were the characteristics of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano school?
This piano school taught full tone, dynamic range, orchestral effects, and virtuosic display
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What is the purpose of piano music?
- This music was for
- Teaching
- Amateur enjoyment
- Performance
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Who were some of the teachers of piano music?
- These teachers were
- Clementi: Gradus and Parnassum
- Czerny
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What did people use the piano for in amateur enjoyment?
- People used this for
- Dances
- Songs
- Character pieces
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What were the piano performance pieces called?
These pieces were called bravura pieces
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When did Franz Schubert live?
He lived from 1797-1828
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What did Franz Schubert write?
- He wrote
- Wanderer Fantasie, D. 760
- Sonatas
- Impromptus
- Moments Musicaux, D. 789
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What did Felix Mendelssohn write?
- He wrote Lieder ohne Worte
- Songs without words
- 48 pieces
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What are the characteristics of Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 85, No. 4 in D Major
- This piece has
- Melody over an accompaniment figure
- Melody and accompaniment in the same hand
- Sustain Pedal
- Dynamics
- Continuous sixteenths
- Modified strophic form
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What were Robert Schumann's character pieces?
- Papillons (Butterflies)
- Carnaval
- Phantasiestucke (Fantasy Piece)
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What were the characteristics of Phantasiestucke, No. 2, "Aufschwung"
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When did Fryderyk Chopin live?
He lived from 1810-1849
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What was Fryderyk Chopin?
- He was a
- Polish born composer
- Wrote almost exclusively for piano
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What were someof Chopin's other piano works
- He wrote
- Etudes (exercies)
- Preludes (brief mood pieces)
- Dances
- Nocturnes - "Night Piece"
- Ballades
- Scherzo - Joke or jest
- Sonatas
- Concertos
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What are the listening notes for Schubert's Gretchen am Spinnrade?
- This listening is
- Through Composed
- Constant whir of spinning wheel in piano - Gretchen's agitation
- Up and down figuration reptresents the treadle
- 16ths stop for the memory of Faust's kiss
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What are the listening notes for Schumann's Im wunderschonen Monat main from Dichterliebe?
- This listening is
- Song cycle
- Strophic
- Poem by Heinrich Heine
- Unrequited love
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What are the listening notes for Schumann's Fantasiestucke, "Aufschwung" or "Soaring"?
- This listening is
- Characterpiece
- Ternary Form
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What are the listening notes for Chopin's Nocturne in D-flat Major?
- This listening is
- Rubato (robbed time)
- Chromatic
- Turns, trills, gracenotes
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What are the listening notes for Liszt's Un sospiro "A Sigh" from Trois etudes de concert?
- This listening is
- Technical etude
- Both hands play the melody among running arpeggios
- Forces the performer to use the pedal to bring a melody out from the accompaniment
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What are the listening notes for Gottschalk's Souvenir de Porto Rico?
- This listening is
- Theme and 7 variations
- Use of Afro-Carribean rhythms
- European virtuoso figurations
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What were Chopin's Polish dances?
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What are the characteristics from Chopin's Mazurka in B-flat Major, Op. 7 No. 1
- This piece has
- 4 measure phrases
- Simple 3/4 accompaniment
- Form AA//:BA://:CA://
- Rubato - robbed time
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What are Chopin's (Field) Nocturnes modeled after?
These are modeled after Irish Pianist John Field
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What was Chopin's (Field) "Night Piece" meant for?
This piece was meant for a small, intimate gathering
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What are the characteristics of Chopin's Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2
- This piece has
- Rubato - robbed time
- Chromaticism
- Turns, trills, gracenotes
- AB T A'B' T A"B" T Coda
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Where was Franz Liszt from?
This composer was from Esterhazy, Hungary
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Who was Franz Liszt's piano teacher?
Carl Czerny was his piano teacher
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What was Franz Liszt's nickname?
He was nicknamed the Greatest Pianist of the 19th century
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What did Franz Liszt incorporate into some of his works?
- He incorporated
- Hunganian elements
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What were Liszt's piano works
- He wrote
- 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies
- Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Melodies
- Etudes d'execution transcendante
- Totentanz
- Annees de pelerinage
- Nuages gris
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What were the characteristics from Liszt's Un sospiro from Trois etudes de concert?
- This piece is
- Technical etude
- Both hands play the melody among running arpeggios
- Forces the performer to use the pedal to bring a melody out from the accompaniment
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What was special about Louis Moreau Gottschalk?
He was the first American composer with an international reputation
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Where was Gottschalk born and when?
He was born in New Orleans in 1829
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Where did Gottschalk study?
He studied in Paris
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When was Gottschalk's debut and when?
His debut was in New York in 1853
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What are the characteristics of Gottschalk's Souvenir de Porto Rico?
- This piece is
- Theme and 7 variations
- (2 part theme)
- Use of Afro-Carribean rhythms
- European virtuoso figurations
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Who are some other composers that were mentioned in the Romantic Era?
- The other composers of this era are
- Modest Mosorgsky
- Famy (Mendelssohn) Hensel
- Clara (Wieck) Schumann
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