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