Music in the Romantic Period

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. How was the Romantic approach to dynamics different from the Classical?

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. Which composer's work represents the critical stage of development of the various innovations of the Romantic era?

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. How is Chopin's Prelude in D minor an example of the Romantic approach to melody?

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. Which is NOT a character type represented in Liszt's "Faust Symphony"?

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. One of the many new genres on display in the Romantic era is the character piece, a free-standing movement for orchestra often inspired by a non-musical subject.

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. Franz Liszt's By Lake Wallenstadt begins with lines from a long narrative poem by Lord Byron entitled Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.

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. During the Romantic era, composers drew increasing support from the growing middle class.

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. Unlike their Classical counterparts, Romantic composers viewed tonality as an orderly, rational system of musical planning rather than another agent of expression.

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. Match each term to its definition.

Ritard

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Accelerando

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Rubato

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