Romantic Composers - Part 2

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Across
  1. 4. - Czech composer who wrote of Bohemia's beautiful landscapes
  2. 5. - Berlioz's book explains how instruments should help tell story by their tone/timbre
  3. 6. - Tchaikovsky wrote this famous Christmas ballet
  4. 8. - the name of the symphony that included music from Native Americans and African American spirituals
  5. 10. music - music for the sake of music, like a waltz or concerto
  6. 12. - French Grand opera composer and author
  7. 14. music - background music, does not contribute to the story of the play like an opera does
  8. 16. - the March King, father to all marching bands in the United States
  9. 17. - Tchaikovsky used these because percussion wasn't loud enough for the 1812 overture
  10. 20. - the ______ and Stripes in an American march dedicated to the flag
  11. 21. - these 3 nasty smelly instruments are the dangerous wolves
  12. 22. - this instrument is the duck swimming through the water
  13. 25. - this Russian composer used Russian folklore to teach children about the instruments of the orchestra
  14. 26. - the _________ Post is an American march dedicated to the 1st president
Down
  1. 1. - the 5 act play of Norwegian folklore, includes the Hall of the Mountain King
  2. 2. - this Russian folklore is a great example of giving character's distinct melodies (4 words no spaces)
  3. 3. - 1 of 4 opera's in Wagner's "Ring Cycle" about the Norse mythology
  4. 7. - Italian opera composer of Figaro Figaro Figaro
  5. 8. - using a nation's landscape, event, hero, or icon in a musical composition to honor it
  6. 9. - Rossini opera tale of a father's challenge to shoot the apple of his son's head
  7. 11. - composer of absolute music, counterpoint, and compared to German Lutheran Bach
  8. 13. - Vltava is a Nationalist composition describing the Moldau _________
  9. 15. - composer asked to come start the National Conservatory for the United States and write the great American symphony
  10. 18. - German opera composer who crossed over into modern music era with chromaticism
  11. 19. - this Russian composer was depressed, conquered stage fright & died of cholera
  12. 23. - this is the practice of giving each character their own distinctive melody
  13. 24. - composer of Peer Gynt