Musical Forms

• Composers wrote more emotional and personal pieces.

  • Freedom of form
• It is a piece of music inspired by or evocative of the night?

  Nocturne
• It comes from the french word for nocturnal which means "night"?

  Nocturne
• The form, Nocturne, originated from who?

  John Field?
• who published the first examples of nocturnes in 1814 but peaked during the time of Frederic Chopin, who wrote 19 examples.
• He published collections of the first etudes in the late 18th to the early 19th century?

  Muzio Clementi
• who elevated it into a full musical composition when he wrote 27 études?

  Frederic Chopin/Chopin
• Polonaise is characterized by what?

  Triple time, slow to moderate tempo, and march-like rhythm
• He composed polonaises to connect to his homeland and to make political statements?

  Chopin