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1752-1809 Austrian, Vienna (boys choir)
classical
Esterhazy family
string quartet: wrote 68
operas,symph,sonatas
variety w/in unity
false recap
ex) rondo: ABACABADA + coda
ex) minuet+trio; presto |
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Hungary
best instrumentalists, exposure, cant publish |
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1756-1791 Austrian, Vienna
classical
Piano concerto, opera, symphony
all genres classic music
genius, toured Europe w/fam, breaks rules, make on his own
ex)don giovanni
ex)andante,allegro molto |
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1770-1827 German
symphony
all genres
romantic, changed orch, instrum, length
cresendo,themes loud/quiet,dramatic use of classic structure,sudden key change
early,middle,late years
-early:keyboard/chamber, then larger forms, melancholy(deaf)
--heroic:concentration, prolific, very long
--late:piano sonatas,9th symp(solos+choir),string q. very rich.
ex)symp no. 5 and 9 |
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| German writer, romantic, Faust |
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1797-1828 Vienna
romantic
voice,piano,chamber music
smaller pieces (miniatures), wrote 900 works-600 songs, song cycles, operas, symph,string q
ex) death and maiden |
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1810-1849 Polish, Paris
romantic
1st of great piano virtuosos
all comps written for solo piano, no prog music
miniatures: accessible, simple
major, constant beat
dances,free forms w/o dance rhythms
ex)prelude, waltz |
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1810-1856 German
romantic
literary
piano, symp, chamber
miniatures
quartet,lieder,symphony,piano
pianist
minor, thick texture, no constant beat, dense harmony
ex)traumerei |
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1782-1840
romantic
virtaosos
violin, writes for self, fast seq |
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1811-1886 Hungarian
romantic
one of most avant-garde composers:ignored rules
work is very difficult to play
virtaosos
lover,piano, wrote for all
transcription
uses every note
piano music,symph
ex)transcendtal etude |
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1802-1869 French
romantic symphony
wrote what he wanted,emo, large large orch
ex)symphonie fantastique--best known work- idee fixe(recurrent theme) |
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1824-1884
romantic symphony
symph tone poem: geography: Moldeau- river in Czech |
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1833-1897 Vienna
romantic symphony
symph,concerto,quartets
harmony,chord,all instrum @ once
schumann,beethoven,bach
classic,baroque forms
ex)Passacaglia
ex) symp no. 4 |
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1860-1911 Vienna,Austria
late romantic symphony
biggest conductor in Vienna
large orch (esp brass)
disson chords, diff keys, transitional, relig
ex) Resurrection
ex) Urlicht- symp No. 2 |
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Italian
romantic opera
wrote 28- Otello, melodrama, natlism |
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1858-1925 Italian
romantic opera
verismo-earth of people(ordinary)
ex)madame butterfly |
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1813-1883 Germany
romantic opera
music drama
Gesantkunstwerk, liet motive
ex)liebestod- tristan+isolde |
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1862-1918
20th: impressionism
prelude to afternoon-poetry by mallarme |
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| poet: prelude to afternoon |
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1882-1971 Paris
20th: primitivism, neoclass
ballet russes, polytonality
ex)rite of spring
ex) dumarton oaks (off key)
ex)le sacre du printemps |
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| ballet russes, stravinsky |
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1874-1951 Vienna, Germany, Calif
expressionism: atonal
composition, small audiences
ex) madonna, sorchstimme |
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18 -1935
serialism
Wozzeck-most pop opera
most pop serial opera composer |
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18 -1945
serialism
constant beat, rand notes |
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18 -1945 Hungary
ethonomusicology: studied others, uses in his piece
ex)string quartet |
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1906-1975 Sov Union
sov realism
ex)Lady Macbeth, 5th symphony |
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1933- Polish
avant-garde style, tone clusters, graphic notation |
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1900-1990 Paris, U.S
tonal
Nadia |
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| French, taught to have own voice |
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1936 U.S
minimalism; guitar, bass
phasing
ex) diff. trains |
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| classical era: classical symphony |
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form: sonata,decapo,min+trio,rondo
orch
fast n serious, slow n lyrical, graceful, fast and lively
Mannheim, Stamitz
violin,violla,cello,bass(string quartet)
came from opera: instrum part |
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| classical era: string quartet |
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| violin(2),violla,cello,bass |
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| classical era: sonata form |
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"1st movement", expos,develop,recap; listen to beginn-most impo
expos:AB(1st,2nd keys), cadence, repeat
dev:variety
recap:AB(1st key)
coda |
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| classical era: minuet and trio form |
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ternary form: AABB CCDD AABB(or AB)
min trio min
contrast in trio |
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| classical era: rondo form |
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fast, scatero, catchy tune
A=refrain B=episode
ex) ABACABADA coda |
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| classical era: rondo: refrain, epidisodes |
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| classical era: theme and variations |
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melody(homo,poly,maj,min)
bass line
chord progression |
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| classical era: theme and var: theme: melody, bass line, or chord progression; Passacaglia |
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nature,emo, grandeur, awe
subjective,personal |
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| Romanticism: heiligenstadt testament |
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| beethoven 1802: 1st time ack going deaf, most prolific time (mid yrs) |
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standardized set of beats- tell exactly how played
posterity |
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romantic:miniatures
mult verses text
Schubert
voice: smaller, clear
3 categ: simple strop,mod strop,through |
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| Romanticism: lied/lieder: strophic/modified strophic/through composed form |
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strophic: use same music for ea stanza
mod: at end
through: diff for ea stanza |
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| Romanticism: lied/lieder: song cycle |
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| multiple lieder, series of songs, all work together |
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| Romanticism: lied/lieder: schubertiade |
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| Romanticism: piano miniature |
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single movements: prelude,dance,nocturne
romantic song: voice+piano, song mirrors text |
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| Romanticism: piano minature: nocturne |
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decide own tempo
keeps tempo going in accomp while melody slows down and catches up |
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| long pieces, complex, solo instrum, travelers |
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| Romanticism: program music |
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| prog,titles,narrative= gateway for listener, from there-subjective |
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| Romanticism: program music: idee fixe |
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each movement has own melody line
romantic symphony |
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| Romanticism: program music: tone poem |
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have theme
ex)geography for Moldeau |
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| post napolean, countries unifying |
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| Romanticism: absolute music |
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| Brahms, theme and var: theme: set of 8 chords--chordal homo |
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| Romanticism: ochestration |
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| Romanticism: transcription |
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| Liszt, rearrange work from diff genres |
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| beginning, instrumental, set mood, fast-slow-fast, sinfonia |
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comic plot, bass roles, smaller
change from baroque
ex) don giovanni-mozart |
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| realism, puccini, focus o earth of people (ordinary, poor) |
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| Opera: Gesamtkunstwek / music drama |
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| wagner, music drama, must be about where person from, must write libretto, must conduct,direct |
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| wagner, every character has theme |
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| theater, 1st with elec lighting |
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| 20th Century Composition: Impressionism |
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20th cent Paris, nothing explicit
no triad chord--no maj/min, fuzzy rhythm
small forces,dance,new harmony |
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| 20th Century Composition: Impressionism: Whole tone scale, Penatonic scale, Symbolist Poetry |
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whole tone: less notes, like wandering
penatonic: 5 notes |
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| 20th Century Composition: Primitivism |
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| violence, basic, instinctual, all rhythm based |
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| 20th Century Composition: Primitivism: Ballet Russes, Polytonality |
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| polytonality: no tonic, Stravinsky |
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| 20th Century Composition: Neo-classicism |
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b4 romanticism, WW1-mistrust prev gen, no natlist
mech,classical,symm,Bach,Mozart+twist |
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| 20th Century Composition: Expressionism |
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| 20th Century Composition: Expressionism: Atonality, Sprechstimme |
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Atonal: every pitch played same,lacks structure,rand sound,disson
sprechstimme:every piece diff |
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| 20th Century Composition: Serialism |
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| twelve tone: based on 12 pitches in particular order to create melody line |
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| 20th Century Composition: Ethnomusicology |
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study others, use their melody,rhythm,chords
ex)Bartok |
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| 20th Century Composition: Soviet Realism |
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b4 WW2, Stalin, pol.purpose
Shostakovich |
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| 20th Century Composition: Postmodernism |
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| 20th Century Composition: Minimalism |
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| 20th Century Composition: Minimalism: Speech Melody, Phasing |
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speech mel: string quartet plays what governess says
phasing: 2 part start together, shift, come together |
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Film Music: musical underscoring |
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| Film Music: diegetic music/ source music |
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| Film Music: non-diegetic music |
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1750-1800
bal,proport,clarity,accessibility
easy on ear
melody+accomp
bal phrases, simple harmony, light accomp (walking bass)
ruled by convention
genres: opera,symp,string quart,sonata
masters: haydn, mozart |
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| classical era (historical) |
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Hapsburg empire-Vienna (music center)
enlightened monarch (reason), death Louis XIV, Fr Revol, mid class-publ concert, |
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| classical era (musical genres) |
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opera:attack on baroque, comic opera-simple music, norm character
symp: most impo, strings,woodwind,trumpets/drums(sometimes)
chamber:string quart (same 4 movement pattern), sonata (keyboard/keyb+1)
also concertos
new genres: piano concerto, comic opera, string quartet |
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| classical era (musical forms) |
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| sonata,aria,min+trio,rondo |
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1800-1900
orch larger, change dynamics, tempo-long,slow,changes, long melody "yearning", loose form, prog music, extremes:massive/mini, symph poem
brilliant indiv performers ruled stage |
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| romantic era (historical) |
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| change, indus revol(inc std of living), vs. rational, want emo, faith, god, nature, natlism (fr revol), public music, indiv |
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| romantic era (musical genres) |
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opera, symp,
song, requiem mass (voice for both)
concerto, string q, symph poem, mixed genres.
fave instrum: piano,violin
symph poem, symph |
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| romantic era (musical forms) |
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| 20th century (historical) |
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Paris, tech, suffering, ww2, GD
modernism: self-consc innov
experimentation
impressionism, primitivism,neoclassicsm,expressionism,serialism,sov russia,postmod,minimalism |
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3 periods:early(modernism), mid(serialism),late(postmod)
mod:debussy,strav,schoen
serial:schoen replc sys
postmod:variety influ, return to melody,conson,tonality
tonality replaced,nontrad scales,elec instrum,question all aspects, pop music blended w/classical style |
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