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Historiography II
Test 2
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Music
Undergraduate 2
03/28/2010

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Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Finale
Definition
Sounds like evil witches, creeping up, then a fight, minor, screeching violins
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Mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Definition
Opening winds chords, then rushing violin, Other theme might be the donkey *hee-haw*
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Schubert- Erlkönig
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Baritone singer, 4 Characters- Erlkönig, Father, son, Narrator
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Schubert - Prometheus
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dotted eigth note-16th note rhythm in beginning, baritone, defying God
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Wolf- Mignon
Definition
"Kent Du das Land" Mezzo, slow, mixture of through-composed and strophic
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Stephen Foster- Beautiful Dreamer
Definition
Strophic
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R. Schumann - Kennst du las Land (MIgnon)
Definition
Soprano, lots of chords in accompaniment, not really the melody as soprano is singing.
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C. Schumann - Liebst Du Um Schonheit
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*sounds like a woman composer*, much more legato, "pretty", soprano
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Chopin - Ballade No. 1 in G minor
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(Opening sounds like a clock), "Polish", in 6/4, speeds up, sounds slightly chaotic
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Liszt - Nuages Gris
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"Grey Clouds" Bass piano tremelo, chomatic, minor
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Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor
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Opening- ascending line or chords. "Allegro energico e passionato" eventually goes to flute solo over string ostinato
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Verdi - Rigoletto - Questa o Quella
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Tenor, discussing which woman to sleep with
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Romantic Period Dates
Definition
1820-1900
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General Characteristics of the Romantic Period
Definition
Term from Literature
Subjects in Fantasy and the Supernatural
Nature a frequent theme
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Sound of Romantic Music
Definition
Size of Orchestra Grows
More varied tone color
length of pieces either very long or very short
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Harmony/Tonality
Definition
altered chords
chromatic chords
diminished and augmented chords
minor keys used more
Major keys often represent nostalgia
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Melody of Romantic Music
Definition
Chromatic Lines
longer phrases
yearning quality
sometimes irregular phrasing
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Rhythm of Romantic Music
Definition
rubato tempo
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Form of Romantic Music
Definition
treated with greater freedom
often deliberately distorted to follow a program or for self-expression
Ex. Sonata form not following usual modulations, bringing themes back in unexpected orders and keys, diversions and developmental techniques used in sections that are usually thematic and stable
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Symphonic poem
Definition
1 movement orchestral work with extra-musical associaiton (programmatic)
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Symphony
Definition
Most traditional genre; 4 movements, more unified, cyclic, some have programs
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Concerto
Definition
larger orchestra contrasts with virtuoso soloist
"Individual vs. society"
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Cities during Romantic Period
Definition
1st half Paris,
2nd half Vienna
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How is the Glen Scene in "Der Freischütz" characteristic of the Romantic Era?
Definition
Presence of the devil (Samiel), Keys of the entire scene are fully diminished
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Absolute music
Definition
has no words and no references to stories or images or any other kind of extramusical idea.
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Program Music
Definition
ttempts to render musically an extra-musical narrative.
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Strophic form
Definition
Essentially repeating music with different words
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Through-composed
Definition
music that reflects the lyrics sung
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Art Song
Definition
lyric and intimate expressive combination of music and poetry for voice and piano;
(distinct from popular song, folk song, and operatic aria)
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Song Cycle
Definition
A group of poems by one poet, set to music by one composer. Song cycles have a
central idea or mood, and usually a loosely narrative sequence of songs.
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German Poets
Definition
Johann Schiller, Heinrich Heine, Johann Woflgang von Goethe, Wilhelm
Müller, Eduard Möricke, Joseph von Eichendorff,
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French Poets
Definition
Paul Verlaine, Charles Baudelaire, Stéphane Mallarmé.
(Also: Théophile Gautier, Victor Hugo)
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German Composers
Definition
Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann (2 song cycles:
Frauenliebe und Leben and Dichterliebe), Johannes Brahms (Four Serious
Songs), Hugo Wolf
(Also: Beethoven (song cycle An die Ferne Geliebte [To the Distant Beloved]) Karl Loewe, Mendelssohn, Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss)
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French Composers
Definition
Charles Gounod, Gabriel Fauré (song cycle: La Bonne chanson),
Ernest Chausson, Henri Duparc
(Also: Hector Berlioz (2 song cycles: Les Nuits d’été and Irlande), and Claude Debussy)
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Russian Composers
Definition
Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Mussorgsky (2 song cycles: Sunless, and Songs and Dances of Death)
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Schubert's Compositions
Definition
• 9 symphonies
• 22 piano sonatas (Also: Wanderer Fantasie, Impromptus)
• 35 chamber compositions (the Trout piano quintet; Death and the Maiden SQ)
• 6 Masses
• 17 operas
• 600+ Lieder!
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Criticism of Schubert
Definition
1. Too difficult accompaniments
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Schubert's 2 song cycles
Definition
: Die Schöne Müllerin (The Maid of the Mill) and Die Winterreise (Winter Journey
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How many octaves did Mozart's piano have
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5 octaves
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Who Wrote Neue Zeitschrift für Musik?
Definition
Schumann
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When did the 88-key piano become standard?
Definition
around 1830
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What was advantage of "Double Escapement"?
Definition
fast piano tremelo
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Etude
Definition
"Studies" each had technical feature, but still expressive pieces of music
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Nocturne
Definition
Night piece: lyrical, no fixed form
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2 types of Polish dances Chopin composed
Definition
16 polonaises, 61 mazurkas
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Bel canto
Definition
"beautiful singing" - emphasized long, romantic melodies, legato phrases, good technique, and beautiful singing. Voice always most important
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Main Bel Canto Composer
Definition
Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti
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Where did Verdi get his librettos?
Definition
Usually French Literature and Shakespeare
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Which Opera did Verdi think was his best?
Definition
Rigoletto
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Verdi's main librettist
Definition
Francesco Piave
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Verdi Unification Slogan
Definition
Viva VERDI meant Viva Vittorio Emanuele, Re D'Italia!
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What was Verdi's greatest tragic opera? Greatest Comic Opera?
Definition
Otello- Tragic, Falstaff-comic
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Gesamtkunstwerk
Definition
"Total art work" Wagner felt it should replace the "concerts in costume"
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Bayreuth
Definition
Wagner lived here- designed the theatre with the orchestra far underneath the stage because the orchestra was so big
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Ring Cycle
Definition
Das Rheingold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried, The Twilight of the Gods
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Tristan Chord
Definition
f-b-d#-g#
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