Romantic Opera and Musical Theater to Midcentury
15 important questions on Romantic Opera and Musical Theater to Midcentury
What was the first type of American music to be exported to Europe?
When was the golden age of opera?
By what year did a permanent repertory of opera begin to emerge?
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Which composer came into prominence after Rossini retired and what were his dates?
What were 4 characteristics of French Grand Opera
2. Ballets
3. Choruses
4. Crowd scenes
Who were the main leaders of French grand opera?
Eugene Scribe - librettist
Which opera and composer established German Romantic opera?
What was the most popular form of musical theater in the US?
Who was the French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas Manon and Werther?
Which pieces were inspired by Brahms's Hungarian Dances?
What is the "Spring Symphony"
It is Schumann's 1st Symphony, No. 1 (in B-flat major)
Who wrote an important Treatise on Orchestration in the early 19th century, and who later updated it?
Richard Strauss later updated it with examples from Wagner
In addition to nationalism, what was another common theme in literature and art of the late 19th century?
What is a Mazurka?
What type of genre began to be supplanted by the symphonic poem in the 1850s?
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