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Details Title: Music Literature - Art Song Description: Quiz I Total Flash Cards: 14 Created: 02/07/2005 15:31:27	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 Art Song Definition Poem set to music by a composer. A composition for voice and piano. Term Folk song Definition Unknown composer. Songs of a certain culture or people that are handed down by generation. Term The Erlking (Erlkonig) Definition -poetry by Goethe, composer Schubert -German mythology story used to explain death to children -characters: Father, son, Erlking, Narrarator -triplet in accompiament represents child's heartbeat or horse hooves Term Franz Schubert Definition 1797-1828. German. Composed 600 Art songs before death @ 31. Trained as choir boy, violinist, pianist. As adult, trained to be teahcer, like father, only lasted for one year. Wrote 9 symphonies. Term Art song forms Definition 1) Strophic form: same music repeated, each time with different words 2)Through-composed form: when the music and words change throughout a song Term word painting Definition when a word or phrase is vividly described in the music Term Heidenroslein (Rose Upon The Heather) Definition -strophic form -Schubert Term Difficulties in preforming art song Definition 1) portraying charcaters 2)words-memorized, diction(different languages 3)facial expression, body language Term An Silvia (To Silvia) Definition -poetry by Shakespeare, translation by Bauernfeld, composer Schubert -strophic -words from play: Two Gentlemen of Verona Term Translation types Definition 1)literal - precise translation of every word 2)syllabic - imprecise translation but with right number of syllables per line to allow it to be sung in a different language Term Robert Schumann Definition 1810-1856. pianist, studied with Friedrich Wieck. married Wieck's daughter, Clara, against his wishes. ruined right hand, started composing. tried to kill himself in Rhine, died in asylum. Term Johannes Brahms Definition apprenticed to Schumann. got with Clara after he died, but didnt marry. Term Dedication (Widmung) Definition Schumann. through-composed. literal translation. word painting. poet Friedrich Ruckert. Term Futile Serenade (Vergebliches Standchen) Definition Brahms. Futile: unsuccessful. literal translation. strophic.