Romantic - Genres

string quartet

noun

1. a chamber music ensemble consisting of first and second violins, viola, and cello.

   • a piece of music for a string quartet.

   
   

string quartet

noun

1.

a musical composition, usually in three or four movements, for four stringed instruments, typically twoviolins, viola, and cello.

piano quintet. Group of 5 players—usually pianist, 2 violinists, violist, cellist—or work written for them, but one of the most famous works, Schubert's ‘Trout’ quintet, is for pf., vn., va., vc., and db.

lied

liːd,-t/

noun

1. a type of German song, especially of the Romantic period, typically for solo voice with piano accompaniment.

Schubert, Schumann, Wold, Brahms

concerto

noun

1. a musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra, especially one conceived on a relatively large scale.   - Piano Concerto Very popular!

symphony

noun

1. an elaborate musical composition for full orchestra, typically in four movements, at least one of which is traditionally in sonata form.

Liszt, Berlioz, Richard Strauss

symphonic poem

noun

1. another term for tone poem - 

   a piece of orchestral music, typically in one movement, on a descriptive or rhapsodic theme.    (e.g. Debussy prelude a le apres midi du unfaune - Romanticism)

concert overture

noun

1. a piece of music in the style of an overture but intended for independent performance - 

   an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, play, etc.  (Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - Romanticism)

opera

noun

1. a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.

Verdi, Weber, Wagner Meyerbeer, Gounod, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Richard Strauss