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Romantic Era MUHIS 200
Romantic Era MUHIS 200 Test
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Music
Undergraduate 2
11/13/2011

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Term
col legno
Definition
using the wood of the bow on the strings
Term
pizzicato
Definition
plucking the strings
Term
idee fixe
Definition
fixed idea
a motive that occurs in every movement
Term
bel canto
Definition
beautiful singing
emphasis on singing not accompaniment
Term
etude
Definition
studies for the piano
Term
rubato
Definition
tempo is free
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program music
Definition
music that has a program
Term
absolute music
Definition
music without a program
Term
why do Mazurka by Chopin and The Moldau by Smetana show Nationalism
Definition
a mazurka is a polish peasant dance
The Moldau is a tribute to his country
Term
exoticism (pieces we studied?)
Definition
exemplifies the Romantic characteristics of love of far-off places
Puccini's Madame Butterfly, Carmen
Term
characteristics of Romantic symphony
Definition
chromatic melodies
harmony that was highly emotional and expressive
phrases that seem to never end or resolve
bigger orchestra and need a conductor
Term
improvements of piano
Definition
thicker strings, soft pedal (una corda), iron soundboard, sustaining pedal (sostenuto)
Term
three ways of setting a poem to music
Definition
strophic - every verse has the same music
modified strophic - some same, some changed to reflect the words
through-composed - every verse has different music
Term
program music genres
Definition
concert overture, incidental music, program symphony, symphonic poem
Term
three new instruments
Definition
piccolo, contrabassoon, tuba, saxophone, english horn
Term
Erlkoenig
Definition
Franz Schubert
Lied
piano and voice
through-composed
four characters/one singer
narrator/father/child/elfking
Term
symphony no. 3, III
Definition
johannes brahms
symphony
ternary form
two themes in the A section
poco allegretto
Term
The Valkyrie, Act III, closing of Scene 3
Definition
Richard Wagner
music drama
second in cycle of four
part of the Ring cycle
4 1/2 hours
has leitmotifs
Term
Rigoletto, Act III, Quartet
Definition
Giuseppe Verdi
quartet
ensemble of 4 people with 4 different emotions
allegro, with agitated movement
dialogue between characters
Term
The Moldau
Definition
Bedrich Smetana
symphonic poem
Ma Vlast (My Country)
nationalist piece about a river running through his country
river theme played by strings
hunting theme played by french horns
Term
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Definition
Beethoven
symphony
introduces three new instruments into the orchestra: trombones (3), contrabassoon, piccolo
uses motive in all four movements
transition from third to fourth movement without a break
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