Question: what is program music and did it originate in the romantic era?

Answer: program music is instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene, often found in the romantic period. it did not originate in the romantic period but it was during this time period that it became particularly prominent.

Question: what are the characteristics of the romantic period?

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Question: what is an idee fix and what composer is associated with it?

Answer: single melody used in several movements of a long work to represent a reoccurring idea; it is associated with hector berlioz

Question: name the composer and composition, one section of this work is based on a song about a fish…

Answer: Trout quintet, franz schubert

Question: name the composer and composition, a symphonic poem about a river…

Answer: the moldau, bedrich smetana

Question: what are the characteristics of smetana’s music and what influenced his style?

Answer: his music is highly programmatic and nationalistic, nature and pride in his country would influence his style.

Question: in the early 19th century, why could arisocrats no longer afford to maintain private opera houses, orchestras and composers in residence?

Answer: the french revolution and the napoleonic wars

Question: what audience did romatic composers primarily write for and why?

Answer: middle class audience because the size of the audiences and people had increased due to the industrial revolution

Question: what different type of concert became common during the 19th century and what are some examples?

Answer: subscription comcerts such as the london philharmonic society and new york philharmonic

Question: which composer impressed hungarian nobles so much that they presented him with a jeweled sword and a torchlight parade?

Answer: Liszt