Music History - Composers
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- Chopin's music for the piano combined a unique rhythmic sense ____
- rubato
- Robert Schumann's style of music
- Romantic
- Did Schubert follow his dad's dream?
- No
- What is the nickname which Chopin is most associated with?
- Second Mozart
- Which one of these symphonies did Liszt compose?
- Faust Symphonie
- What year was Robert Schumann born?
- 1810
- Which of the following instruments did Franz study as a kid?
- Violin, piano, and organ
- What genre of music did Liszt create?
- Symphonic Poem
- How many pieces of music did Fanny compose?
- 466
- Chopin was a ___ composer and pianist
- French
- What country was Liszt born in?
- Hungary
- What instrument was Liszt famous for playing?
- Piano
- Where was Fanny Mendelssohn raised?
- Berlin
- When was Schubert's dark period?
- 1822
- Who did Fanny write the Lied for?
- Her Father
- When did Chopin first publicly perform?
- 1817
- How old was Schubert when he was producing piano pieces?
- 17
- Chopin was a full time student at what school?
- Warsaw Conservatory
- Did Schubert live till he was 50?
- No
- Fanny died in what year?
- 1847
- Fanny's piece Mountain Yearning is inspired by folk poems
- True
- In 1820, where did the Liszt family move?
- Vienna
- Clara's work was characterized by her poetic spirit and depth of _____
- feeling
- Robert created opus in C Major in
- 1836
- At what place did Liszt become the court conductor?
- Wiemar
- What disease was Schubert diagnosed with?
- Syphillis
- Robert wrote how many symphonies after 1850?
- 1
- Chopin was the first western classical composer to incorporate ___
- Slavic Elements
- Robert wanted to become ____ but the death of his father led him to start creating music
- Poet
- Was Schubert born in Germany?
- No
- What technique did Liszt base his music off of?
- thematic transformation
- What instrument played a dominant role in all of Chopin's pieces?
- Piano
- Schubert's 9th symphony was nicknamed...?
- The Great C Major
- Who did Fanny marry?
- Wilhem
- Instead of performing due to his health what did Chopin prefer?
- Teaching and Composing
- Fanny mainly composed music for the violin
- False
- Clara's mother was a _____
- concert pianist
- Fanny gave only one public performance in her lifetime
- true
- Chopin's music is considered the peak of what era?
- Romantic
- Which one of these composer's was not a major influence in Liszt's musical career?
- Brahms
- In 1828, what society was Schubert elected into?
- Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
- What is Fanny's first surviving work?
- Lied
- Robert was perceived as having a ____ with his musical illustrations
- Literary ideas
- What year was Liszt born?
- 1811
- Chopin was the first to write ___ and ____ as individual pieces?
- Ballade and Scherzi
- When was Franz Schubert born?
- January 31, 1797
- What movement was Liszt a central figure in?
- Romantic Movement
- What was Fanny's final composition?
- Mountain Yearning