Chapter 14 Quiz

. For Romantics, "sublime" ___________.

. In nineteenth-century music, the ___________ repeatedly encroached on the realm of the ___________.

. For many Romantics, instrumental music was valued more highly than vocal music.

. In music, a defining characteristic of Romanticism is ___________.

. The body of masterworks in the permanent repertory is called ___________.

. Which composer was the figurehead of musical Romanticism?

. ___________ was an early Romantic thinker who wrote the essay, "Beethoven's Instrumental Music."

. In keeping with the original meaning of the word-"judgment"-symphonic movements labeled "Scherzo" are often dark, laborious, and fraught with sorrow.

. In the nineteenth century, music's importance ___________ in relation to the other arts.

. Which of the following is a feature of the Romantic aesthetic?

. Organicism refers to the practice of "growing" a longer piece, like a symphony, out of musical "seeds" sown in the opening measures.

. Which of Beethoven's pieces opens with a "terror fanfare?"

. What was Beethoven's first published composition?

. Beethoven's Sixth Symphony is an example of ___________.

. In dominant Romantic thought and music, ___________ culture was promoted as universal.

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