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Which 2 musical periods did Beethoven occupy?
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Classical and Romantic. He was commited to the principles of Classicism but not the mood behind it.
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The Romantic movement began as a ______ movement with poetry and literature.
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Literary
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Why was the French Revolution significant?
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It compelled artists to express their symphonies with ideas of freedon in their music.
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Eroica symphony was orginally titled ______ in honor of Napoleon before he crowned himself emperor of France.
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Bonaparte
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A fast rushing movement in triple meter, in the basic Minuet and Trio form. Means "joke" in Italian.
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The Scherzo
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______ ______ became the goal of Romanticism.
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Emotional Expression
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Artist's concepts in The Romantic period included what 5 things?
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Individual feeling + striving for a higher state of being, revolution, supernatural + appreciation of world, musical experimentation, Gesamtkunstwerk.
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What does Gesamtkunstwerk mean in German?
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"Total art work". Meant blending of artistic genres.
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What 2 places were most likely places where music was presented?
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Opera House and Concert Hall
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T/F? Almost every town had a symphony association
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T
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T/F? genres that performed in private spaces were still not allowed to perform on the concert stage
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False. All genres presented on the concert stage including String quartets and Lieder concerts (German song recitals)
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Why were some composers stifled and disturbed while playing?
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Audiences wanted to hear music they knew or understood and therefore was a level of conversation during some performances.
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This means to handle the rhythm felxibly
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Rubato
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What was the melody like in the romantic period?
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Emotional, effusive, and demonstative. Climaxes are built up to and are more irregular in rythm and phrase length to make it sound spontanrous/original.
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What was the tone color like in the Romantic period?
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Very enthusiastic with many instruments mixing.
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