1. Which music carries a narrative suggested directly by the composer?

2. What was the name given to the group of composers from Russia who promoted Russian music and culture in the middle of the 19th century?

3. What were separate songs woven together with a theme called?

4. This music emphasized the importance of a sense of place.

5. Which idea led to instruments becoming bigger and louder, musical groups becoming grander, and pieces becoming longer?

6. What short and popular piano works depicted whatever the composer wished?

7. Since the patronage system waned, _______ were a means of creating the financial backing necessary for survival.

8. This was the belief that art was created by a tortured genius who, much like Beethoven, was poor, giving up life’s pleasures in pursuit of their craft.

9. What is a single-movement work for orchestra that borrowed a narrative from some other place?

10. By the late 19th century, ______ became a major trend in France.

11. A _______ is an operatic performance featuring a huge cast, spectacular sets, and powerful soloists.

12. What term described the weight of the musician's artistic endeavor as art began to replace religion in European society?

13. Which works were generally based on stories from folklore, and often tied to the German past?

14. What term describes using some element to tie together all four movements of a symphony?

15. What term described artists' incorporations of "distant lands" in their work?

16. What term has been coined by scholars to explain how elements of sonata form change over time?

17. What single musical idea can represent either a person, a feeling, or an object?

18. What term describes the rise of prominent musical contributions from composers beyond Western Europe?

19. In what genre did many composers write songs usually to poetry that was already published?

20. Which music carries no outward signs of a story?

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