Romantic Music

The Romantic era was a time when composers...

• Came up with new ways to compose

• Went back to Baroque music

• Got rid of the orchestra

• Explored the power of music

Some composers composed pieces of extreme difficulty because...

• They wanted to impress their fans

• They wanted to trick people

• They wanted to be awkward

• They wanted to impress their families

Composers began to use elements from

• Their own national traditions

• Other composers music

• Other composers national tradiations

• They didn't use anything new

Which of these is a Romantic composer

• Haydn

• Vivaldi

• Monteverdi

• Wagner

What was the status of the piano at this time

• Less popular

• Very expensive

• Never used

• Popular and affordable to a larger number of people

What happened to the orchestra during this time

• It expanded to include brass and percussion instruments

• It got rid of the string section

• It got smaller

• It expanded but got rid of the conductor

The Romantic period developed

• New composition styles

• New instruments

• There were no developments

• A new way of writing music notation

What was the time period of the Romantic era in music?

• 450 -1450

• 1450-1600

• 1600 -1750

• 1815 -1848

What older time period brought a renewed fascination for the Romantics?

• Ancient Greece

• Medieval (Middle Ages)

• Baroque

• Renaissance

Romanticism coincided with the _______________________ Revolution

• Industrial

• American

• French

• Technical