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Music Lit Exam 2
Classical Period
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Music
Undergraduate 3
03/06/2007

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classical period
Definition
(1750 - 1825) characterized by the qualities of order, objectivity, and harmonious proportion
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First Vinnese School
Definition
Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven
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Patronage system
Definition
nobel families sponsor musicians. gave musicians economic security
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absolute music
Definition
form is important. music is a story. large scale works have overall form
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program music
Definition
instrumental music endowed with literary or pictoral assiciations
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serenade
Definition
instrumental genre combines elements of chamber music and symphony often performed in the evening or at social functions
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symphony
Definition
large work for orchestra, generally three or four movements
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sonata
Definition
instrumental genre in several movements for soloist or small ensamble
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sonata allegro form
Definition
opening movement of mulitmovement cycle. Expo - devel - recap
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theme and variation
Definition
theme is stated, then altered in successive statements occurs as an independent piece or as multimovement cycle
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binary form
Definition
two part form (AB) where each section usually repeats
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ternary form
Definition
three part form (ABA) based on a statement contrast and repition
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minuet and trio
Definition
an ABA form in a moderat triple meter often the third movement
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rondo
Definition
form in which the first secion repeats itself usually in the tonic. sometimes repeats in the last movement
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cyclical form
Definition
musical material such as a theme presented in one movement, returns in a later movement
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opera buffa
Definition
Italian comic opera sung throughout
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opera seria
Definition
tragic Italian opera
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Singspiel
Definition
comic German opera with dialouge. the predecessor of Romantic German Opera
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The London Symphonies
Definition
Haydn's 12 best symphonies. Salomon funded, lived in London
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double exposition
Definition
in the concerto twofold statement of the themes once by the orchestra and once by the soloist
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cadenza
Definition
virtuous solo passage in the manner of inprovisation, performed near the end of an ario or movement of a concerto
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