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Details Title: Critical Listening Final Quiz Description: Stravinsky & Schoenberg Total Flash Cards: 27 Created: 12/03/2006 23:27:09	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Igor Stravinsky Definition 1882-1971; 3 works before WWI Firebird Suite, Petrushka, Rite of Spring (ballets); changes meter often; driving rhythms; not so much on melody; meticulous; architect (of sound); used coronets not trumpets Term Sergei Diaghilev Definition artistic director of Ballet Russe; discovered Stravinsky with the Firebird Suite Term Vaslav Nijinsky Definition Ballet Russe dancer; Petrushka in its original production Term biggest differences between modern and other periods Definition tonality and rhythm Term Petrushka Definition Stravinsky's second famous ballet; four tableaux; puppets Term Arnold Schoenberg Definition 1874-1951; Austrian; one of most important modern composers before WWI; began as Romantic, changed; 1st true atonal composer; expressionism; Erwartung; Pierrot Lunaire (used sprechstimme); experimental; 4 string quartets Term expressionism Definition reaction to impressionism; "shriek of the soul"; portrayed inner emotions Term Erwartung Definition Schoenberg opera for one singer; means "expectations" Term Pierrot Lunaire Definition Schoenberg song cycle; uses "sprechstimme" Term sprechstimme Definition "speaking voice" (used by Schoenberg) Term string quartet Definition 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello (violoncello) Term chamber music Definition 1 person for each part; more for the performer than the listener Term tessitura Definition range of a particular instrument Term pedal point Definition note in bass held over other parts - always tonic or dominant Term Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2 Definition last tonal piece, ends in F# major chord; some consider it atonal Term pizanti Definition heavy Term allargando Definition louder and slower Term dolente Definition pathetic Term etwas Definition somewhat, rather Term langsam(er) Definition slow(er) Term mit dampfer Definition with mute Term nicht zu rasch Definition not too quick Term ruhig Definition calm Term sehr Definition very Term so stark wie moglich Definition as strong as possible Term viel langsamer Definition much slower Term viel rascher Definition much quicker/heavier