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1
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What is a leitmotif

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a snippet of music made for the specific intention of evoking an image or

2
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What was the cult of individual feeling?

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the premium placed on feelings above religion, custom or anything else

3
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What marked the Romantic movement’s history

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  1. Libertarian politics

2. Breach of aristorcacy, rise of other classes

4
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What did Romantic artists think of barriers?

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NOTHING

5
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What did Romantic artists think of other arts?

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tried to integrate their messages into music

6
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What is distinctive of Romantic melody?

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more emotion in higher climaxes and more variance in rhythm

7
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What is Romantic Chromaticism?

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Pursuing all 12 notes of the chromatic scale

8
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What is thematic unity?

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Each movement of a piece is a variance of the other

9
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What does idee fixe mean (Berlioz)?

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obsession within a piece

10
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How does the idee fixe play out in symphony fantastique?

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Berlioz’s slow struggle to reach higher and higher pitches within the piece

11
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What is the principle behind Gesamtkunstwerk?

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Music should have drama and a telos behind it Example of Tristan and Isolde

12
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What are Debussy’s three nocturnes?

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clouds, festivals, sirens

13
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What is a nocturne?

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piece evoking a night scene