Romantic

• Augmentation


  Notes spread out and last longer.
• Diminuition


  Notes decrease in length and get shorter.
• Tierce de Picardie


  The final chord of a piece in a minor key is changed to major.
• Through-Composed


  Music changes throughout every section.
• Tremolando


  Trembling. Rapid repetition of a note (stringed instruments) or rapid alternation of two notes (any instrument).
• Lied


  German love song with piano
• Lied/Lieder


  Works for solo voice and piano in the Romantic period. Sung in German.
• Song cycle


  Group of songs linked by a common theme or within a text written by the same author. Tends to be lieder and therefore in German text.
• Leitmotiv


  A theme occurring through the work which represents a person, event or idea. Linked to the story with a person, object or idea.
• Sprechgesang


  German for speech song. This is a style of singing that is halfway between speech and song.