Romantic Era

3. A short work that is meant to sound pretty, lyrical, and romantic
6. Any group of singers or instrumentalists combined
8. A short piece with a pretty melody and simple accompaniment, also usually for piano
9. This composer is considered to "bridge" the gap between Classical and Romantic music
12. the name of the musical era that uses all of these terms
15. A short work (usually for piano) that is meant to sound free and improvised

1. "To play" -- A solo for one instrument
2. A set of songs about one particular person, place, thing, or concept
4. Also known as tone poem, but is one programmatic song that is for symphony orchestra and is written based on literature/writing
5. This allowed instruments to become more common/higher quality because of the development of technology
7. "To sing" -- A solo for one singer
10. A large set of works that involves staging, costumes, props, etc
11. This instrument developed to include 88 keys
13. A large set of works for band, choir, orchestra
14. A roadmap or structure of a piece of music