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Survey Of Music 2116
Unit 1 Test Chpt 18 & 19
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Undergraduate 2
02/10/2009

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Term
The Enlightenment
Definition

(1685-1789)

 

Term

Pre-Classical Style

 

characterized by ______ _______

 

instead of _____ ______

 

absorbed into mature classical styles of what two composers?

Definition

(1700-1750)

 

accompanied melody

 

complex polyphony

 

Mozart and Hayden

Term

Style Galant

 

was also called:

 

was considered for what class:

 

characteristics:

Definition

 

 

Rococo

 

 salon & aristocracy

 

simple melodies, slow harmonic rhythm, pleasing

 major tonality preffered

Term

Empfindsamer Stil

 

also called: 

 

german equivalent to:

 

characteristics:

 

Definition

 

 

Sensitive Style

 

Style Galant

 

simple, expressive melodies in short phrases

 

Term

Sturm und Drang

 

also called:

 

characteristics:

Definition

 

 

Storm & Stress

 

dramatic, frightening, shocking, highly emotional

 

Term

Pre-Classical Formal Structure

 

vocal forms: 

 

instrumental forms:

Definition

 

 

ABA da capo aria and AB "Cavatina"

 

Binary (old AB form): tonic-dominant; 

dominant-tonic (with repeats)

 

Rounded Binary (precursor of Sonata-allegro form)

A;BA

 

 

Term

Sonata-Allegro Form

 

also called:

 

Definition

 

 

Sonata or First Movement form

 

 

Term

Multi-movement Sonata

 

describe:

Definition

 

 

 

3 movements; fast-slow-fast

 

Term

Domenico Scarlatti

 

worked in:

 

known for:

 

 

Definition

(1685-1757)

 

Rome

 

 555 keyboard sonatas

(played with harpsicord)

Term

The Pre-Classical Concerto

 

established by:


the 3 standard movements:

 

Bach's sons influenced:

Definition

 

 

Vivaldi

 

Allegro; melodic Andante; Finale

 

 Haydn and Mozart

Term

Carl Philip Emanuel Bach

 

 made 3 types of music:

 

 symphonies used:

Definition

(1714-1788)

 

 Keyboard, Orchestra/Chamber Music, Vocal

 

 flutes, oboes, horns, bassoon, 5-part strings

Term

Development of the Symphony

 

developed from:

 

 standard form:

 

concert symphony instruments:

Definition

 

 

italian opera overture (sinfonia) + trio sonata & concerto grosso

 

3-movement form

 

2 oboes, 2 horns, strings

Term

Johann Stamitz

 

used what model in music?

Definition

(1717-1757)

 

3- movement with added minuet

 

Term

Vienna

 

known for:

Definition

 

 

italian opera, chamber music, symphonies

 

 

Term

Paris

 

 music was dominated by:

 

important composer:

Definition

 

 

opera

 

Gossec

Term

Mid-18th Century Musical Treatises

 

J.J. Quantz wrote what?

 

Emanuel Bach wrote what?

 

Leopold Mozart wrote what?

 

Giuseppe Tartini wrote what?

Definition

 

 

Essay on playing the transverse flute

 

Essay on the true art of playing keyboard

 

Essay on the fundamental principles of violin playing

 

Treatise on ornaments in music

Term

Pre-Classical Italian Opera

 

also called:

 

opera could only be:

Definition

 

 

opera seria

 

 tragedy and comedy

Term

Pietro Metastasio

 

was:

 

standardized:

 

 

Definition

(1698-1782)

 

18th century dramatist and poet for opera seria

 

characters of voices

 

prima donna/seconda donna (sopranos)

primo uomo/seconda uomo (castrati)

 

some duets and hardly large ensembles used

 

 

 

Term

Prima Donna

 

Primo Uomo

Definition

sopranos

 

castratis

 

Term

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

 

best known for:

Definition

(1710-1736)

 

 La Serva Pardrona

Term

Johann Adolph Hasse

 

studied where?

 

occupation:

 

worked closely with:

Definition

(1699-1783)

 

 italy

 

Opera Composer

 most famous in Europe

 

 Pietro Metastasio

Term

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)

 

did:

Definition

 

 

wrote gallate-style

Term

Intermezzo

 

had 3 characters:

Definition

comic interlude between acts; opera seria

 

soprano, bass, and a mute

Term
Commedia dell'arte
Definition

 

improvised comic drama

Term

Opera buffa

 

 also called:

 

used chain finale

Definition

 

comic opera

Term

Dramma Giocoso

 

also called:

 

 

Definition

 

 

jocular drama

 

incorporated tragedy and comedy

Term

Opera comique

 

 

Ballad Opera

Famous operas:

 

 

Singspiel

 

 

Zarzuela

Definition

France

ensemble finales were important

simple music and political

 

England

used existing songs with new words

Beggars Opera and Threepenny Opera

 

Germany

spoken vernacularly

Vaudevill final was typical

W.A. Mozart composed operas here

 

Spain

Term
Stylus Mixtus
Definition

operatic arias, choruses with accompaniment

old style with instrumental doubling

Term

The Classical Period

 

includes what famous composers:

 

characterized by:

Definition

(1750-1825)

 

Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert

 

clarity, balance, and restraint

Term

Musical Forms of Classical Period

 

forms used:

 

 

Definition

 

multi-movement

 

usage of sonata-allegro form

 

rondo

 

theme & variation

 

Term

sonata

 

for what instrument(s)?

Definition

 

 

solo keyboard or with additional solo instrument

 

 

Term

symphony

 

describe structure:

Definition

 

 

4-movement 

 

sometimes adagio intro to first movement

Term

concerto

 

describe:

 

describe the movements:

 

established by:

influenced:

Definition

 

 

3-movement

 

allegro, andante, rondo allegro

 

JC Bach;

 Haydn and Mozart

 

 

 

Term

String Quartet

 

 evolved from:

 

credited with creation:

 

structure:

Definition

 

 

trio sonatas: add viola and drop keyboard

 

Haydn

 

 3 movement and minuet finale

 

Term

Chamber Music with Piano

 

 

Definition

1780

 

piano is established as equal instrument

Term

Divertimento

 

replaced:

 

how many movements?

 

terms for movements:

 

Mozarts best known:

Definition

 

 

Baroque concerto grosso

 

5-movements

 

Allegro, Minuet, Andante, Minuet, Allegro

 

Ein kleine Nachtmusik

 

Term

Symphonie concertante

 

describe:

 

form resembled:

Definition

 

orchestra with 2 or more virtuoso soloists

 

 3-movement concerto

 

Term

Christoph Willibald Gluck

 

best known for:

 

Orfeo ed Euridice had what unified?

Definition

(1714-1787)

 

reformation of operas

"reform operas"

 

drama, music, ballet

Term

Christoph Willibald Gluck

 

4 reformation ideas:

Definition

 

(1714-1787)

 

1. simplify music and express drama

2. let aria forms fit the situation

3. avoid secco recitative and reduce contrast

4. relate the overture to drama

 

Term
Singspiel
Definition

sung play

 

germany

Term

Franz Joseph Hayden

 

how many symphonies?

Definition

(1732-1809)

 

 104

Term

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 

treated opera like:

 

influenced by:

 

there's so much more

Definition

(1756-1791)

 

multimovement musical form

 

JC Bach and Haydn

Term

Antonio Salieri

 

students were:

Definition

(1750-1825)

 

 Beethoven, Czerny, Liszt, Schubert

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