Music 101- Unit IV: The Nineteenth Century

Study Guide and Homework

10 Points-Due on Exam Day!

Chapter 15: Beethoven (if you haven’t printed it out already0

Chapter Learning Objectives:

• Familiarity with the life of Ludwig von Beethoven (Classical and Romantic composer)
• Composition habits, personal life, health, major works composed
• Become familiar with sound and style of the three Beethoven periods
• Learn about Beethoven’s contributions to the Symphony (cyclical motivic elements, scherzo,
voices in the 9th)

Listening:
1. Beethoven, Piano Sonata #14 in C-Sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, “Moonlight Sonata” (will study in
class-not in book) (1801)
2. Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (1808)
3. Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (1824) (will study in class-not in book)
4. Beethoven, String Quartet in F, Op. 135, second movement (Vivace) (1826)

Study Questions:

1. Beethoven suffered from what physical condition which eventually caused him to stop
performing on the piano:

2. Beethoven writes in both the __________________ style and the _____________________

style.
3. Beethoven’s music is divided into how many periods?

4. Which political event in French motivated Romanticism in music and the arts:

5. In which genres did Beethoven write:

a. Which one of these is he most associated with?

6. How many symphonies did Beethoven write:

7. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 is based on what (hint: a short musical idea?)

8. In Beethoven symphonies the minuet is replaced with the (hint: it means joke):

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 Music 101- Unit IV: The Nineteenth Century
Study Guide and Homework
10 Points-Due on Exam Day!

Chapter 16 Prelude (Music after Beethoven: Romanticism)

Chapter Learning Objectives

• Learn the origin of the term Romanticism
• Become familiar with Romantic aesthetics in painting and literature
• Become familiar with Romantic musical traits (melody, harmony, tempo, forms, tone color major
composers)
• Become familiar with new rhythmic term: rubato
• Become familiar with new harmony: chromaticism
• Become familiar with the tone color of the Romantic orchestra
• Become familiar with the new term: program music
• Become familiar with the new term to describe short musical pieces: miniatures or character pieces

Listening: (None in Chapter 16)

Study Questions:

1. The term Romanticism was first used by ___________________ and was later adopted by
musicians in the 1820’s.

2. Which composer was responsible for elevated music as an art form:

3. Romantic music was mainly concerned with emotional expression/emotional restrain/clarity

and simplicity: (circle)

4. True or False: Romantics preferred strict forms and genres.

5. Name one Romantic work that explores the supernatural:

6. What two domestic musical genres started to be performed on the concert stage:

7. Romantic rhythm that is handled flexibly uses (hint: it means “to rob”):

8. Romantic melodies are: regular and folk-like/irregular, expressive and spontaneous sounding
(circle)

9. A style of harmony that freely uses all twelve tone of the chromatic scale:

10.Instrumental music written in association with a poem, story or other literary source is called:

11. A new Romantic genres that was very short-lasting only a few minutes or less is called:

12. Which is usually longer: the Romantic symphony or the Classical symphony?

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 Music 101- Unit IV: The Nineteenth Century
Study Guide and Homework
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Chapter 17: The Early Romantics

Chapter Learning Objectives:

• Learn about the life of Franz Schubert and his contributions to the new vocal genre: the Lied
• Listen to an example of Lied and learn about the two major forms of the Lied
• Learn about the life of Robert Schumann and his contributions to new solo piano pieces that are very
short: miniatures or character pieces
• Become familiar with the life and works of Frederic Chopin
• Learn about the genre Nocturne and listen to an example by Chopin and hear rubato in action!
• Learn about the new symphonic genre: “Program Symphony” and listen to a famous example by
Hector Berlioz, Fantastic Symphony

Listening:
1. Franz Schubert: The Erlking (1815)
5. Robert Schumann, Carnaval (1833-35): “Eusebius” “Florestan” and “Chiarina”
6. Frederic Chopin: Nocturne in F-sharp, Op. 15, No. 2 (1831)
7. Hector Berlioz: Fantastic Symphony, 5th Movement

1. Early Romantics were influenced most by which composer: which literary movement:

2. A German song that was one of the most important “miniature” genres of the Romantic era:

3. Who is considered the master of the lied-who composed close to seven hundred songs:

4. A type of lied with multiple stanzas that are set to the same music (“Joy to the world”):

5. A type of lied with music that changes as the as the poem stanzas progress:

6. A short Romantic piece that sets a mood is called:

7. Robert Schumann’s Carnaval is a collection of:

8. A piano piece that is a “night piece”:

9. Chopin composed ___________________ and __________________ but no __________________.

10. A symphony with a program (or story) spelled out movement by movement is called a:

11. Who inspired Berlioz’ Fantastic Symphony is about:

12. Berlioz’s Fantastic Symphony contains a ________________ which recurs throughout the entire

five movement symphony.

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 Music 101- Unit IV: The Nineteenth Century
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Chapter 18: Romantic Opera

Chapter Learning Objectives:

• Learn about what kinds of stories are featured in Romantic opera libretti
• Listen to an example of bel canto opera
• Become familiar with the life and works of Richard Wagner
• Learn about the concept of music drama and Gesamtkunstwerk
• Learn about leitmotif technique and listen to examples from Die Walküre

Listening:
1.Guiseppe Verdi: Rigoletto, Act III, “La donna e mobile”
2.Richard Wagner: Die Walküre, Act I Scene i, Sigmund and Sieglinde

Study Questions:
1. Romantic operas were based mainly on literary sources including:

2. The style of opera based on writing beautiful, Romantic melodies and catchy tunes:

3. After Beethoven _____________________ was the most influential of all nineteenth century

composers.

4. Who wrote the librettos to Wagner’s operas (music dramas)?

5. What special name did Wagner give to his operas:

6. The combination of music, poetry, drama, philosophy, stage design and acting is called:

7. A guiding or leading motive associated with a person, thing, idea or symbol in the drama.

8. Wagner wrote a famous cycle of four music dramas called:

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 Music 101- Unit IV: The Nineteenth Century
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Chapter 19: The Late Romantics

Chapter learning objectives:

• Learn about the new symphonic genre: symphonic poem
• Become familiar with the life ands works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Listen to an example of a symphonic poem: Romeo and Juliet
• Learn about nineteenth century nationalism and exoticism
• Listen to a Russian Nationalistic work: Pictures at an Exhibition
• Become familiar with the life and works of Johannes Brahms
• Listen to an example of the music of Brahms
• Become familiar with the life and works of Gustav Mahler
• Listen to a late-19th century symphony by Mahler

Listening:
1.Tchaikovsky: Overture-Fantasy, Romeo and Juliet (1869, revised 1880)
2.Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)
3.Johannes Brahms, Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 (1878)

Study Questions:
1. Why is 1848 an important year?

2. A one- movement orchestral composition with a program in a free musical form:

-Who was the first composer to compose in this genre?

3. Name three ballets by Tchaikovsky:

4. A movement in music that incorporated folk music into concert pieces, songs, and operas

-Name one work that is an example:

5. Which composer rejected many of the innovations of the Romantics and returned to the Classical

genres, forms and style:

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 Music 101- Unit IV: The Nineteenth Century
Study Guide and Homework
10 Points-Due on Exam Day!

Short answer: 10 points-Study these questions to help you prepare for the exam
1. Define the term Romantic and give the source of the term. Then select two pieces (one classical and
one Romantic) and compare and contrast them in terms of melody, harmony, rhythm, form and tone
color.

2. Romantic composers often wrote “miniature” pieces. Define “Lied” and then describe Schubert’s
most famous Lied, The Erlking, commenting on the way Schubert sets the story in terms of vocal range,
mood, mode, and piano accompaniment. What is your favorite modern song that tells a story and what
makes it dramatic?

3. The symphony developed in the Classical period as one of the most instrumental genres for concert
halls. How did the symphonic form change during the Romantic period? State three important changes
that Beethoven had made, and then give and example of how Berlioz continues some of Beethoven’s
changes in Fantastic Symphony? What is your favorite part of Fantastic Symphony and why?

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