- A composition setting a poem to music
- Generally for one solo voice and piano accompaniment
- In German it’s called a lied
Art song
Use of “colorful”, dissonant pitches, that are included in the key of the composition
Chromaticism
Individual who leads an orchestra
Conductor
- A famous melody that appears in all five movements of Berlioz’s, Symphonie Fantastique
- Represents the beloved from the program
Indèe Fixe
- “guiding motive”
- associated with a specific character, theme, or locale in a music drama
- first associated with Richard Wagner
Leitmotiv
A Polish dance in triple time, with emphasis on beat two
Mazurka
Pride in one’s nation, or cultural identity, often expressed in art, literature, and music
Nationalism
- Ending of a composition that consists of a IV cord moving to a I cord,
- most often associated with church music
Plagal Candence
Program music in the form of a multi-movement composition for an orchestra
Program symphony
- The momentary speeding up, or slowing down of the tempo within a melody line
- taking time from one note to give it to another
Rubato
- 19th century operatic combination of a recitative (“scena”) plus aria
- Here the aria generally has two parts: a slower cantabile, and a faster Cabaletta
Scena ad aria
Collection of art songs that are unified by poet, narrative, music, style, or composer
Song cycle
A composition that uses the repetition of the same music for successive texts
Strophic
- Program music in the form of a single movement composition for an orchestra
- Sometimes called a tone poem
Symphonic poem
- Multi-movement composition for orchestra
- Often four movements
Symphony
- Which composer is known for composing the cycle of six nationalism symphonic poems (“My country”)
- these poems, art program, music, representing the beautiful bohemian countryside, bohemian folk, dance, and song, rhythms
- nationalist
Bedrich Smetana
In Franz Schubert’s “The Erlking” the father successfully saves the son
False
Romanticism may be defined as the cultural movement that stresses
Emotion, imagination and individuality
In the 19th century middle class, families attended concert to get the children piano lessons
True
Brahm’s music was known for
Breathing new life in the classical forms
Many Romantics strove toward the unification of poetic, visual, and musical arts
True
