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AS Unit 3 Responding to Music
Quick questions on Music for Orchestra 1700-1900: Baroque, Classical and Romantic orchestral style - CCEA A-Level Music
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What is the Romantic orchestra (about 1820 to 1900)?Show answer
The Romantic period expands everything. The orchestra grows much larger, adding trombones, tuba, more woodwind (including piccolo, cor anglais, bass clarinet, contrabassoon), a fuller horn section, harp and an enlarged percussion section. Music becomes more expressive and personal: long, lyrical melodies, rich chromatic harmony, a very wide dynamic range, expressive rubato, and programmatic ideas (music that tells a story or paints a scene). Composers such as Berlioz, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Dvořák wrote symphonies and tone poems for these forces.
What is q1?Show answer
Name the orchestral genre that contrasts a small group of soloists with the full ensemble in the Baroque period. [1 mark]
What is q2?Show answer
State two features that distinguish Romantic orchestral music from Classical. [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
In a major-key sonata-form exposition, in which key does the second subject usually appear? [1 mark]
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