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

Chopin, who was born in Poland wrote music based on

• Polish songs

• Polish dances

• Polish poems

• Polish stories

Which of these is a Romantic composer

• Tchaikovsky

• Mozart

• Beethoven

• Handel

Which of these is a Romantic composer

• Haydn

• Vivaldi

• Monteverdi

• Wagner

Which of these is NOT a Romantic composer

• Mozart

• Mendelssohn

• Rachmaninoff

• Tchaikovsky

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

What section played the important parts during the Romantic period

• The string section

• The woodwind section

• They all played important parts

• The brass section