1850 - 1900 Late Romantic Period Forms
Lieder
Composition for solo voice and either piano or orchestra, with German words. Composers included Wolf, Brahms, Richard Strauss & Mahler.
Opera
Secular, staged work for voices and full, extended orchestra. Libretto in German, Italian or French. Composers included Wagner, Verdi, Puccini & Bizet.
Mass
Sacred vocal piece for either service or the concert hall, including the Requiem Mass, usually for choir and orchestra. Composers included Verdi, Faure & Brahms.
Motet / Part-Song
Religious choral work with Latin text. Composers included Bruckner & Brahms.
Chanson
French miscellaneous songs for solo voice and piano. Composers included Faure, Ravel & Debussy.
Symphony
Orchestral piece in 4 movements, just larger and longer than they had ever been before. Composers included Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Bruckner & Brahms.
Concerto
Piece for solo instrument and orchestra, with emphasis on the virtuosity of the soloist. Composers included Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Brahms & Grieg.
Symphonic Poem
Orchestral work in one long movement or many shorter movements, usually with a programme, descriptive music that attempts to paint a picture. Composers included Richard Strauss, Smetana & Saint-Saens.
Concert Overture
Single movement 'showy' piece for orchestra. Composers included Tchaikovsky & Brahms.
Ballet Music
Orchestral pieces specifically written to accompany a ballet dancing performance. Famous examples include Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and the Nutcracker suite.
Orchestral Suite / Incidental Music
Miscellaneous works (often in dance forms) for orchestra. Composers include Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov.
Chamber Music
String Quartets, Piano Sonatas & miniatures continued to be written in their thousands during this time.
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