Romantic Period of Music Quiz

Which is NOT a type of program music?

• Opera

• Absolute Music

• Program Symphony

• Symphonic/Tone Poem

What was stressed in society by the Romantics?

• Balance and structure

• Light, happy stories

• Emotion, imagination, and individualism

• Conforming to previous norms and forms

What is NOT a characteristic of the Romantic period?

• Expressive Tone

• Colorful Harmony

• Following Strict Musical Form

• Expanded Range of Dynamics, Pitch, and Tempo

1. A type of German song, especially of the Romantic period, typically solo voice with piano accompaniment.

• Leitmotif

• Lied/Lieder

• Absolute Music

• Idee Fixe

Instrumental music having NO intended association with a story, poem, idea, or scene.

• Program Music

• Lied/Lieder

• Opera

• Absolute Music

A vocal form in which there is new music for each stanza of a poem.

• Through-Composed

• Strophic

• Program Music

• Absolute Music

1. A group of art songs unified by a story line that runs through their poems, or by musical ideas linking the songs.

• Lied/Lieder

• Program Music

• Song-Cycle

• Through-Composed

A vocal form in which the same music is repeated for each stanza of a poem.

• Through-Composed

• Strophic

• Program Music

• Leitmotif

Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, or scene.

• Leitmotif

• Absolute Music

• Lied/Lieder

• Program Music

1. A short musical phrase that recurs and is associated with a given character, situation, or emotion in an opera.

• Lied/Lieder

• Idee Fixe

• Strophic

• Leitmotif