The Nineteenth Century

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Cards In This Set

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Beethoven's roots were
Classical
Beethoven was a student of
Haydn
What is the symphony that goes DUN DUN DUN DUN
Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
Scherzo
Fast, rushing movement in triple meter in the basic minuet-trio form ABA
What did Beethoven replace the traditional minuet with
Scherzo
Fragmentation
Two middle pitches of the bridge theme are isolated and echoed between high wind instruments and lower strings
Beethoven's years
1770-1827
Who named the Romantics
Themselves
What dominated the presentation of music in the 19th century
Concert hall and opera house
Lieder
German song
Rubato
Rhythm is handled flexibly; the meter itself may waver, or else the beat is maintained strictly in the accompaniment while the melody is played or sung slightly out of phase with it. improvised rhythmically
Describe romantic melody
More irregular in rhythm and phrase structure, more spontaneous, range more widely than the orderly, restrained tunes of the classical era, more emotional effusive and demonstrative
Describe romantic harmony
Great technical advances, go hand in hand with melody to bring out emotionality
Chromaticism
Style that liberally employs all twelve notes of the chromatic scale- expand the expressive range of both their melodies and their harmony
Describe Romantic tone color
New combinations of instruments, blended orchestra sound, instruments went through major technical developments