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Music Appretiation
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Music
Undergraduate 2
02/28/2012

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Raga
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·       “to color” the starting point, sets the mood of a piece.

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Serenades
Definition
Classical instrument genre that combines elements of chamber music and symphony, often preformed I the evening or at social functions.
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Divertimentos
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·       Classical instrumental genre for chamber ensemble or soloist, often performed as light entertainment.

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Vienna
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·       leading musical center of Europe in Classical period

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libretto
Definition
text or script of an opera, oratorio, cantata, or musical, written by a librettist.
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Recitative
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Solo vocal declamation that follow the inflections of the text, often resulting in a disjunct vocal style.
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sitar
Definition

·       a plucked instrument with 6 strings and many side and sympathetic strings.

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Rocket theme
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·       Quickly ascending rhythmic melody used in Classical-era instrumental music; the technique is credited to composers in Germany.

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Scherzo (Trio)  ABA, 
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3rd movement: ·       Replaced the minuet and trio in the 19th century.

 

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Military Symphony
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Hayden
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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
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Mozart
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Coda - where in symphony
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Last
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Recapitulation, where in symphony?
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3rd section
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Minuet (Trio) ABA, 3rd movement
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A= Minuet, B=Trio
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Opera buffa
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·       comic opera

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“Fate knocks at the door”
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Beethoven 5th
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Opus (Op.)
Definition
A number often part of the title of a piece, designating the work in chronological relationships to other works by the same composer.
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Kochel (K.)
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Refers to the catalogue number in Mozart’s output, determined by Ludwig Kochel.
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cyclical form
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·       Structure in which musical material, such as a theme, presented in one movement returns in later movement.

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dates of Classical period 
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1750-1825
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composers of Classical period
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Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
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Who was Prince Esterhazy and what was Esterhaza
Definition

·       the family that supported Hayden

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Piccolo and trombone new in Classical orchestra
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development section where in symphony? 
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2nd section
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Rondo (ABACA), what movement? 
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Last movement
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Table
Definition

·       set of hand drums.

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cadenza
Definition

·       Virtuosic solo passage in the manner of improvisation, preformed near the end or an aria or movement of a concerto.

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Turkish Janissary band instruments
Definition
cymbals, triangle, drums
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Choral Symphony 
Definition

·       Beethoven 9

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Haydn 
Definition
over 100 symphonies
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Mozart
Definition
40 symphonies
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Beethoven
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 9  symphonies
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Sa re ga ma pa dha ni sa
Definition

·       do re mi fa so la ti do

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two types of Italian opera
Definition

·       opera buffa and opera seria

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Mozart’s 3 comic operas
Definition

·       The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte

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Absolute music
Definition

·       Music that has no literary, dramatic, or pictorial program.

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London Symphonies
Definition
Haydn
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sequence of movements in a concerto
Definition
fast-slow-fast
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