IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MUSIC OF THE CLASSICAL AND ROMANTIC PERIODS

1.Write the correct number: CLASSICAL MUSIC 1 ROMANTIC MUSIC 2

BALANCE 1MUSIC NOT TOO LOUD OR TOO SOFT 1ARTISTIC FREEDOM2PASSION REASON2CONTROL 1MUSICAL STORYTELLING2NOTHING DONE IN THE EXTREME 1IMAGINATION 2CONTRAST 1EMOTION RULING THE ARTS 2

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 2VERY STRUCTURED 1 EMOTIONS CONTROLLED 1BRAHMS 2CHOPIN 2MOZART 1 WAGNER 2 BEETHOVEN 1BERLIOZ 2 LISZT 2TCHAIKOVSKY 2

2. Size of the orchestra in the Classical period.The orchestra was small, usually with no more than 40 musicians. 

3. Definition of SONATA and SYMPHONY.Sonata (also called ABA)--was the most important musical form used during the Classical period.  The beginning and the ending sections are the same.  The middle section is different.   This form gives you balance (beginning and ending) and contrast (middle). 

The symphony is a huge musical work in four movements. 

4. What is a “virtuoso”?This is a musician who "shows off" his talents by playing a very difficult section of the music.  The most famous of these piano virtuosos  was Franz Liszt. He was as popular as today's rock stars.

5. The instruments in the Romantic period.

The piano was the most popular instrument during the Romantic period.  

Old instruments were improved and new instruments were invented.  The tuba, saxophone, and celeste were three new instruments that were invented during this time.   

character Music writing

Finantial status

First symphony

Married? Family?

Death

MOZART happy, cheerful, and not very responsible with money.

neat and was almost always completed in his head before he ever wrote it down.

had to depend on royalty to pay his wages.  

had already written almost 40 symphonies when he was 30.

married, had children.

died penniless at 35, and was buried in an unmarked grave.

BEETHOVEN moody, ill-tempered, and handled business very well. 

sloppy and he was always making corrections.

could support himself by writing music for the public rather than kings and queens.  His music didn't have to be for parties or entertaining, like composers before him.

when he was 30.

never married nor had children.