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Music Appreciation
Chapter 13 - Early Romanticists
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04/27/2004

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col legno
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(Italian for with the wood) an instruction to string players to strike the strings of the instrument not with the horsehair of the bow, but with the wood of it
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cornet
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a brass instrument that looks like a short trumpet; it has a more mellow tone than the trumpet and is most often used in military bands
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Dies irae
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a Gregorian chant composed in the thirteenth century and used as the central portion of the Requiem Mass of the Catholic Church
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diminution
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a reduction, usually by half, of all the rhythmic durations in a melody
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double counterpoint
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counterpoint with two themes that can reverse position, the top theme moving to the bottom and the bottom to the top (also called invertible counterpoint)
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English horn
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an alto oboe, pitched at the interval a fifth below the oboe, much favored by composers of the Romantic era
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etude
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a short one-movement composition designed to improve one aspect of a performer's technique
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George Sand
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the pen name of Aurore Dudevant, the author who was Chopin's lover and protector
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Gewandhaus Orchestra
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the symphony orchestra that originated in the Clothiers' House in Leipzig, Germany, in the eighteenth century
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Harriet Smithson
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the English actress who, as the object of Berlioz's obsession, served as the inspiration for the Symphonie fantastique
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idée fixe
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literally a fixed idea, but more specifically an obsessive musical theme as first used in Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
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Lied
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(German for song) the genre of art song, for voice and piano accompaniment, that originated in Germany ca. 1800
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Lisztomania
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the term describing the sensationalism that characterized the audience response to Liszt's concerts
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mazurka
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a fast dance of Polish origins in triple meter with an accent on the second beat
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modified strophic form
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strophic form in which the music is modified briefly to accommodate a particularly expressive word or phrase in the text
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nocturne
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a slow, introspective type of music, usually for piano, with rich harmonies and poignant dissonances intending to convey the mysteries of the night
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ophicleide
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a low brass instrument originating in military bands about the time of the French Revolution; the precursor of the tuba
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recital
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a concert of chamber music, usually for a solo performer
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romance
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a slow, lyrical piece, or movement within a larger work, for instruments, or instrument and voice, much favored by composers of the Romantic period
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Schubertiade
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a social gathering for music and poetry that featured the songs and piano music of Franz Schubert
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song cycle
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a collection of several songs united by a common textual theme or literary idea
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strophic form
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a musical form often used in setting a strophic, or stanzaic, text, such as a hymn or carol; the music is repeated anew for each successive strophe
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through composed
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a term used to describe music that exhibits no obvious repetitions or overt musical form from beginning to end
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