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Music Appreciation
MU115
51
Music
Undergraduate 2
11/02/2016

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Mendelssohn
Definition
Hebrides Overture
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Mendelssohn
Definition
Fingal's Cave
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Mendelssohn
Definition
#3 The Scotch
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Mendelssohn
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#4 Italian Saltarello
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Mendelssohn
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Spinning song--Bee's Wedding
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Staccato
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Short and broken
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Schumann
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Par Excellence
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Schumann
Definition
Wrote over 100 lieders in 1840
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Schumann
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Fell in love with Clara, Wieck's daughter
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Schumann
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Fantasy in 3 movements
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Schumann
Definition
High freedom of expression
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Schumann
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Perfect balance of orchestra and piano emphasized by Mozart
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Schumann
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Romance #2
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Schumann
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Incomplete movement for 4 years
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Chopin
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The poet of the piano
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Nocturne
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Music pertaining to the night
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Chopin
Definition
Nocturne #2
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Etude
Definition
Pieces that emphasize different aspects of piano technique
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Chopin
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Etude #4
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Mazurka
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A polish dance borrowed by Chopin, who wrote character pieces. 60 stemmed from peasant class
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Chopin
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#21 nostalgia; #22 melancholy
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Polonaise
Definition
Dance for the rich. Chopin wrote these, but not to be danced to.
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Waltz
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A dance in triple meter.
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Chopin
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Waltz #2
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Chopin
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Fantasy in ABA form and coda
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Listz
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Early and late romantic
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Liszt
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Women went nuts
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Liszt
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Liebstraum
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Liszt
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Known as the greatest pianist of all time
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Recital
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A concert that features one star performer
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Liszt
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Wrote 19 Rhapsodies, nationalistic pieces
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Liszt
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Mephisto Waltz #1
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Brahms
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One of Beethoven's in the symphony
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Brahms
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Final reconciliation of classicism in the late 19th century
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Brahms
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Used counterpoint and motivic development
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Brahms
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Self critical on his music (Discarded works)
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Brahms
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Wrote only 4 symphonies. First wasn't complete until age 43
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Sonata Form
Definition
Gives the first movement its intellectual appeal. Follow 3 parts of exposition, development, and recapitulation
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Brahms
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German honorary degree for severe german composer
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Brahms
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Academic Festival Overture
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Brahms
Definition
The Tragic Overture
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Brahms
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Character Piece Intermezzo
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Brahms
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Waltz #15
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Brahms
Definition
Hungarian dance #5
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Tchaikovsky
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Compromise between absolute and program music
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Tchaikovsky
Definition
Emphasis on tone color with brass and woodwinds
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Tchaikovsky
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Symphony #4 with fate theme
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Tchaikovsky
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Highly virtuosic writer, but didn't play piano or violin
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Tchaikovsky
Definition
Used octive technique, last note same as first, but higher in pitch.
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Tchaikovsky
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Piano concerto 1
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Tchaikovsky
Definition
Piano concerto 1
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