MUS 100 Test #3 Review (Romantic Era) PDF

MUS 100 Test #3 review Romantic Era – Chapters 8-10 Definitions (Matching) Programmatic music Leitmotif Art Song/Lieder Absolute Music Symphonic/Tone Poem Passacaglia Character Piece Other ideas/composers to study Chapter 8 Romantic traits of Beethoven Beethoven’s “heroic” phase Beethoven used a lar...

MUS 100 Test #3 review Romantic Era – Chapters 8-10 Definitions (Matching) Programmatic music Leitmotif Art Song/Lieder Absolute Music Symphonic/Tone Poem Passacaglia Character Piece Other ideas/composers to study Chapter 8 Romantic traits of Beethoven Beethoven’s “heroic” phase Beethoven used a large-scale progression from minor to major in his _____ Symphony. Beethoven added vocal soloists and chorus to the finale of his _____ Symphony. Beethoven added the instruments, ______ and ______, to the finale of his 5th Symphony. Chapters 9-10 Instrument changes Character piece Gustav Mahler Through-composed Robert Schumann Song-cycle Weber Brahms Berlioz Franz Liszt General Romantic traits music drama Tchaikovsky (nationalism) rubato Listening Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 – 1st movement – “Symphony” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLYHNLKp4RU Schumann – “Dreaming” from “Scenes from Childhood” – “Character piece” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RmuTuVWXy4 Brahms – Symphony No. 4 – 4th movement – “Symphony” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asQca995uxs Schubert – “Die Forelle” - “Art Song/Lieder” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDmfCE57R7Q Liszt – Transcendental Étude No. 10 in F Minor – “Solo Piano” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDbZ-AcgmDE I will play a clip from a selection of these pieces, all of which have listening guides in REVEL, and you will be asked to identify which piece you are hearing. Make sure you listen to the full works, as I may not play from the beginning of the track. Your best way to properly identify the works is by focusing on unique elements such as instruments used, tempo, language of the text, etc… Essay Questions – Prepare 2 questions as thoroughly as possible 1. What new musical elements did Beethoven include in his Fifth Symphony that set the stage for Romanticism and the artist’s subjective point of view? 2. Discuss the transformation of opera through the romantic era, including major composers, important trends, and other developments. 3. Discuss, using specific examples, how Romantic era composers explored the “extremes” of musical composition.