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| Was Robert Schumann ever institutionalized? |
Yes |
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| What was Berlioz’s nickname? |
Father of the Modern Symphony Orchestra |
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| Did Mendelssohn write incidental music for a play by Shakespeare? |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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| Who damaged his fingers while trying to stretch them with a mechanical device? |
Robert Schumann |
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| How many movements did Symphonie Fantastique have? |
Five |
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| Who were Brahms friends with? |
Robert and Clara Schumann |
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| How did Brahms earn money as a youth? |
Playing in bars. |
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| What inspired Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”? |
exhibition of paintings of late friend Victor Hartmann |
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| What was the nickname of the five big Russian composers? |
Mighty Handful |
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| What was Chopin's instrument? |
piano |
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| french art song |
Chanson |
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| slowing down and speeding up within a phrase |
rubato |
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| a motive associated with a person, object, or thought |
Leitmotif |
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| music to be performed before and during a play |
incidental music |
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| non-program music |
absolute music |
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| different music for each stanza |
through-composed form |
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| a stately dance for polish nobility |
polonaise |
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| a song for voice and piano, both are equal partners |
art song |
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| a motive that unifies all of the movements |
idee fixe |
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| "study" piece, designed to help performer with technical challenges |
etude |
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| "night piece", a slow lyrical intimate composition for piano |
nocturne |
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| a collection of art songs, meant to be performed as a set |
song cycle |
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| some music for each stanza, like a hymn |
strophic form |
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| a piano section at the end of an art song |
postlude |
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| title tells you what the song is about |
program music |
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| composer uses colorful musical material from foreign lands |
exoticism |
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| composer uses material from his homeland |
nationalism |
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