Term
|
Definition
Symphony No.9 (1824)
Last movement
Exerpt #1(orch)=It's like a little "drama" with contrabasses repeatedly interrupt with a "recitative."
Exerpt #2(voice)=First human voice heard in a symphony for the first time in history. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
"Symphonie Fantastique" (1830)
Timbre: Romantic orchestra
Eb clarinet depicts witches' dance.
Hints of Dies Irae
Story of young man watching a witches' dance in hell. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Prelude to Tristan and Isolde (1859)
Movement: Prelude
Epitome of Romanticism and has extreme chromaticism, almost atonal. Made up of leit motifs. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
"St. Anthony of Padua's Sermon to the Fishes"
(1892)
-Folk like poetry
-Humorous with satire
-Female voice singing lightly like a joke
-Orchestra paints picture of water |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Symphony #2 (1895)
Movement: #3
-No singer, which is why it hints it is Symphony #2
-Similar to "St.Anthony" but without the voice part and "morphs" into something grotesque halfway through. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
"Three Places in New England" (1903)
Movement: The Housatonic at Stockbridge
-Music is layered
-impressionistic blur
-dissonaces
-bell sounds |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
"Gymnopedie No.1" (1887)
-A piano "character piece."
-Opposite of Germanic music. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Jeux (Games) (1912)
-Orchestral Ballet score
____(needs more info here) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
"Introduction and Allegro" (1905)
-Chamber music
-In this piece, Ravel combines the timbres of instruments and his experimentation with new and exotic scales.
-Harp and strings bring in a stationary blur. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
"The White Peacock" (1884-1920)
-Orchestral tone poem
Lush string orchestration helps create an atmospheric sound with some sounds of dissonance. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
"Flute Song" (1963)
-"Cool" Jazz
-Influenced by Impressionists.
-Exotic scale patterns
-Overlapping and irregular rhythm structures.
-Interesting instruments featured in this piece are alto flute and saxaphones with slight electric sound. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
"The Voice of the Wood Dove" (1901)
-Serialism
-Uses extreme chromatic harmonic language of the late 19th century. Female opera voice. |
|
|
