Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Classical Mozart Operas
blah
24
Music
Undergraduate 3
12/02/2009

Additional Music Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
mozarts maturity coincides with what
Definition
the time of opera seria reforms.. gluck etc.
Term
Mozarts Great Seven, chronological
Definition
Idomeneo (1781)
Entfuhrung (1781)
Le Nozze di Figaro (1786)
Don Giovanni (1787)
Cosi Fan Tutte (1790)
La Clemenza di Tito (1791)
Die Zauberflote (1791)
Term
mozart's great seven, by genre
Definition
Seria: Idomeneo, la clemenza di Tito

Buffa: Le nozze di figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte

Singspiel: ent, zauber
Term
Characteristics of Mozart Buff
Definition
- social commentary. mid class outwits upper, esp. figaro, which is all about outwitting upperclass and moving beyond feudalism
- similar musical elements to italian buffa: tuneful arias (not da capo), secco recits, Ensembles (act II finale of figaro), comic bass roles (Leporello, Osmin).
- Clear musical characterization. Example: queen of the night is untrustworthy, lots of coloratura
- important musical element: the ensemble finale, like giovanni act 1 finale
Term
ensemble finale
Definition
large block of music that concludes an act an is made up of continuous smaller numbers differentiated by key, tempo, meter. Mozart creates layering or additive effect with number of singers on stage increase climax
Term
where origins of buff
Definition
early composers primarily Napels, some venice
Term
buffa and principles of modernity, social change
Definition
seria dealt only with noble, mythical subjects, no comedy. buffa does comic scenes, characters of lower classes. dialogue that dumb people can understand, in local dialect
Term
dramma giocoso
Definition
a mixing of serious and comic action: giovanni
Term
how does dramma giocoso apply to the "mixed" character of plot and music of giovanni
Definition
plot (comic elements and character with serious stuff, hell murder). Music of characters: Donna Anna (seria) cf Zerlina (buffa)
Term
Three contrasting bits in Giovanni to show mixed
Definition
Leporello's Catalog aria (buffa). Listing is typical buffa. mozart makes it tuneful.. wants everything to be "music". leporello is comic bass


Donna Anna's "l'onore" (seria): mozart thing: serious music reflects a serious character. seria traits: da capo arias, elevated nobility

Donna alvira's (Ah! chi mi) (Seria / mixed character): seria da capo interruped by buffa interjections.
Term
recitativo secco. define. where found
Definition
recit accomp only by continuo. found in giovanni and figaro but not entfuhrung
Term
singspiel thing?
Definition
humorous germany play w/ musical interpolations. opera w/ spoke dialogue instead of recit. promoted by joseph II as way to establish germ. opera
Term
Unusual Dinner Scene within buffa giovanni
Definition
- not a lieto fine. diminished chords break the rule of "it must be music". minor chords from overture are made diminished. ending was controversial b/c/ is Don Giovanni a heroic character worthy of tragic status? some dramatists yes, some say no unworthy. In most performances followed my questo e il fin, moralizing thing that many say wasn't supposed to be a part
Term
Singspiel democratization
Definition
lots of people could come see it, own langueage, close to their lives (miners, etc)
Term
singspiel and french
Definition
an analogue of opera comique, both w/ characters in natural situations and spoken dialogue
Term
singspiel origins
Definition
develops from elements of English ballad opera and french opera comique. bolstered by joseph II established national singspiel theatre
Term
entfuhrung references to exotic
Definition
Turkish janissary bands - mechanical rhythm, lots percussion, maj min flux.
Term
turkish janissary style music
Definition
european trend: repeated thirds, fifths, driving rhytms etc. austrians had fought turks for half cent. a way of mocking enemy. mozart uses to cariacaturize osmin. also uses it to depict the noble savage (pasha)
Term
Zauberflote librettist
Definition
Schikaneder
Term
Masonic aspence of Zauber deepens into an enlightenment parable how?
Definition
light conquers darkness, ignorance over evil. opera shows believe in reason, ritual.
Term
number symbolism in zauber
Definition
number 3. e flat is reigning key... truth is being told. three spirits guide main characters, three ladies serve queen of night. overture has trip. sounded eflat chord.
Term
New simplicity in zauberflote. examples
Definition
reduce complexity to focus on purity of sound. march of priests. queen aria is opposite.
Term
enlightenment message of Bei Mannern
Definition
man and wife (pamina, papageno) reach divinity together because their union is noble, eb key (truth) anticedent/ consequent structure in duetting. strings and winds separate, then together at end. princess and commoner sing together simply
Term
Der Holle Rache is anti enlightenment. how
Definition
vocal line is coloratura, very different from simple papageno music. instead of taste, balance, restraint, queen sings at extremes of her range. sonata form structure (type 2) distords and disintegrates in its tonal resolution portion. deformation of the model of rational balance. queen= embodiement of anti enlightenment old magic etc.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!