Romantic Music Characteristics: Quiz and Flashcards

Study Notes

Music

Romantic music portrays literature, history, emotional, and nature.
Characteristic of romantic music is nationalism, which values emotion over reason, individualism, and freedom of expression.
Fredric Chopin, a Polish composer, is regarded as the "Poet of the Piano" and showed nationalism in his compositions.
Heroic Polonaise is a dance composition for piano and is famous in Poland.
Niccolo Paganini is a transitional composer between the Classical and Romantic eras.
Ludwig Van Beethoven bridged the Classical period to the Romantic era.
Program Music is an instrumental composition that conveys an image, scene, or story without text or lyrics.
Types of music that are not characteristic of the Romantic period: song cycle, incidental music, and counterpoint.

Arts

Arabesque is an intricate design that uses leaves and flowers, commonly seen in wood carvings, stone reliefs, textiles, and decorated books.
Glazing is the fusion of substances to the body of ceramics using fire.
Landscape painting became more popular due to people's romantic adoration of nature.
Neoclassical art pieces generally portrayed Roman History.
The Neoclassical movement coincided with the 18th century Age of Reason, also known as the Age of Enlightenment.
The word "neoclassic" came from the Greek "neos" meaning new and the Latin "classicus" meaning first class.
Antonio Canova was well known for his concepts throughout his works of art, featuring mythological creatures and nude flesh.
Neoclassicism highlights the decorative and visual arts of the ancient Roman and Greek civilizations.
Neoclassicism was originally a reaction against the Rococo style.

Festivals

Panagbenga Festival is celebrated every February in Baguio City, where performers wear colorful costumes and props full of flowers.
Ati-atihan, Dinagyang Festival, and Sinulog Festival are celebrated in honor of Sto. Niño.
Festival dancing activities help one achieve a personally active lifestyle, contribute to the enhancement of community awareness, and develop one's awareness of his own and others' culture.
Festival dancing is an excellent way to reduce or maintain one's weight, as it burns calories depending on the intensity of the activity.
Festival dancing contributes to one's fitness and well-being, maximizing energy use and enhancing cardiorespiratory health.

Health

First Aid is the immediate care given to an injured person before the arrival of a physician.
The objective of First Aid is to prolong life.
When a first aider does not alarm a victim, it shows tactfulness.
The first thing to do in assessing an emergency situation is to check the vital signs of a victim.

Description

Test your knowledge on the characteristics of Romantic music, such as its portrayal of literature, history, emotions, and nature. Learn about composers like Fredric Chopin, known as the "Poet of the Piano", and the concept of Program Music that conveys images and stories through instrumental compositions.