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Music History (351C) - test 1
Romantic - Present Day
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Music
Undergraduate 3
08/24/2011

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Mazurka
Definition
Polish trad. dance in 3 w/accent on 2nd or 3rd beat.
Term
idée fixe = motiv
Definition
idée fixe = motiv
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Fryderyk Chopin
Definition

1810 - 1849

Pianist/Composer

Character Pieces (Nocturns), Études, Mazurkas

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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Definition

1791 - 1864

Grand Opera Composer

 

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Hector Berlioz
Definition

1803 - 1869

Composer

Programmatic music w/idée fixe drived cyclicism

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Cyclicism
Definition
Recurrence of a theme in several movements of a multi-movement composition.
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Character Piece
Definition
Brief to moderate length work that establishes a mood or style.
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Nocturn
Definition
A Character Piece with an etherial, nighttime mood.
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Musical Capitol of Europe 1830s and 1840s
Definition

Paris

 

Louis Philippe monarch

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Franz Schubert
Definition

1797 - 1828

 

song --> major genre

 

all genres except concerto

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ballad
Definition

1. a narrative poem or its musical setting

 

2. traditional, usually strophic, song for a long story/poem

 

3. modern music: a love song with a slow tempo

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"Erlkönig"

Definition

Franz Schubert

 

1815

 

Through Composed

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"Ganymed"
Definition

Franz Schubert

 

1817

 

Through Composed

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"Nähe des Geliebten"

 

Definition

Franz Schubert

 

1815

 

Strophic

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Symphonie Fantastique

4th mvmt

"March to the Scaffold"

Definition

Hector Berlioz

 

1830

Term

"Nocturn in Db Major"

Opus 27, No. 2

Definition

Fryderyk Chopin

 

1835

Term

"Absence"

from Les nuits d’été

 

Definition

Hector Berlioz

 

1840

 

melodie

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romance
Definition

genre of popular French song prevalent in the 1800s

 

simple and usually strophic

Term

 

mélodie

 

Definition

genre of popular French song with more complexity and sophistication than a romance.

 

popular in the later 1800s

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Hugo Riemann
Definition
1849-1919
Invented Functional Harmony Theory as a way to describe western music
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Breitkopf & Härtel
Definition
First to publish a "complete works" edition of a composer (Bach)
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Gewanhaus Orchestra
Definition
Leipzig's residential orchestra in the 19th C.

Rose to fame under Mendelssohn's direction.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Definition
1809-1847
Kapellmeister of Gewandaus Orch 1835-47
symphonies,concertos,oratorios,chamber and incidental music
musically conservative
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Common Practice Period musical form is based off of two ideas...
Definition
contrast and repitition
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Piano Trio in D Minor

First Mvmt. Molto allegro ed agitato
Definition
Felix Mendelssohn

1839

Structure: classical;romantic virtuosity
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ändler
Definition
Austrian waltz-like dance
genre favored by Schubert
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Impromptu
Definition
Type of dance
favored by Chopin in piano music
Term
Incidental Music
Definition
Music to accompany theatrical productions
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Robert Schumann
Definition
1810-1856
composer, writer/critic, professional pianist
mostly piano music and lieder
papillon,carnival,fantasiestücke,kinderscenen
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Clara Schumann
Definition
1819-1896
professional pianist
father was Robert's piano teacher
mainstay of family when Robert went nuts
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Gioachino Rossini
Definition
1792-1868
ultra lyrical voices
defined the Classical Opera
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Impresario
Definition
Opera house/Theater manager
Term
Introduzione (Introduction)
Definition
lengthy, multi-sectional operatic piece that that mixes contrasting passages of choral ensemble and solo singing.
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Cavatina
Definition
Entrance aria
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Cabaletta
Definition
Fast paced operatic piece with lots of show
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Stretta
Definition
A fast end to a slower operatic piece
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Rossini Crescendo
Definition
A series of crescendos, shorter phrases, denser voicing and faster harmonic rhythm.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Definition
1813-1901
Moved Rossini's classical opera into the Romantic period.
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Teatro alla Scala
Definition
World class opera house in Milan
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Casa di Riposo per Musicisti
Definition
A retirement home for musicians in Milan founded by Giuseppe Verdi in 1896
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Risorgimento
Definition
"Resurgence" - Italian nationalist movement from 1814 (Napoleon's defeat) to 1870 (Italy's alliance with Sardinia)
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Brindisi
Definition
The Italian drinking song in an opera
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5 Major Italian Opera Composers of the 19th Century
Definition
Rossini, Bellini, Donizzetti, Verdi, Puccini
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Steven Foster
Definition
1826-64
Famous American pop composer
beautiful, lyrical melodies
parlor songs
Camptown Races, Old Folks at Home, Oh Susannah
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The Minstrel Show
Definition
Most popular staged diversion in America in 19th C.
Opera Parodies
Dance Music
Racial Stereotypes - Stock Characters
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Vincenzo Bellini
Definition
1801-35
long lyrical vocal lines
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Bellini Works
Definition
10 Operas - all serious
"Norma" - Druid Priestess who falls in love
"La Sonnambula" - The Sleepwalker
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Gaetano Donizzetti
Definition
1797-1848
medolies captured sense of the character, mood or setting
avoided strong cadences so audience wouldn't interrupt
seamless musical flow
Term
Donizzetti Works
Definition
More than 65 Operas
"Lucia di Lammermoor" 1835 - serious, based on novel by Sir Walter Scott
"La Fille du Regiment" 1840 - Comic
"Don Pasquale" 1843
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Puccini Works
Definition
La Bohème - Rodolfo and Mimì fall in love, separate, then come together again right before Mimì dies.
Tosca
Madama Butterfly
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Tristan und Isolde Plot
Definition
(Wagner)Tristan and Isolde fall in love then become estranged. Tristan marries another Isolde (the White Hands). Tristan dies in battle, Isolde #1 finds him then dies of a broken heart.
Term
Tristan und Isolde
Definition
Richard Wagner (1859)
Leitmotivs
declamatory
Term
Barbiere di Siviglia
Definition
Rossini (1775)
comic opera
musical numbers connected by simple recitative
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Barbiere di Siviglia Plot
Definition
(Rossini) Count Almaviva puts on a series of disguises to see Rosina without being detected by Dr. Bartolo. Almaviva is assisted by Figaro (the barber of Seville) and in the end, successfully tricks Dr. Bartolo and marries Rosina.
Term
Nabucco Plot
Definition
(Verdi - Opera Seria) Biblical. Ismaele, a Jew, loves Fenena, daughter of King Nebuchadnezzar. In the ensuing conflicts, Abigaille, supposedly Nabucco's daughter, usurps Nabucco. Nabucco converts to Judaism and defeats Abigaille.
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Rigoletto Plot
Definition
(Verdi)Rigoletto, jester to the Duke, calls a curse upon himself. His daughter, Gilda, falls in love with the unfaithful Duke. Rigoletto pays Sparafucile, an assassin, to kill the Duke, but when Gilda learns of the plot, she sacrifices herself for her love. Rigoletto finds out and is sorrowful.
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Il Trovatore Plot
Definition
(Verdi - Opera Seria) Manrico loves Leonora whom the Conte di Luna also loves. Manrico is di Luna's brother but only Azucena, Manrico's supposed mother knows. In the struggle for Leonora's hand, di Luna get's both Azucena and Manrico in his custody and executes Manrico but not before Leonora poisons herself. Azucena tells di Luna he just killed his brother and di Luna ends the opera with an aria in despair.
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La Traviata Plot
Definition
(Verdi - Opera Seria) Violetta loves Alfredo Germont but Alfredo's father, Giorgio convinces him to leave her. Alfredo believes that Violetta has betrayed him, but Giorgio rebukes him and she dies in Alfredo's arms of consumption (TB).
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Don Carlos Plot
Definition
(Verdi - Grand Opera)Don Carlos and Elizabeth of Valois' doomed love. She has to marry Carlos' father, Phillip II. Carlos then goes to Flanders to help free them from their Spanish conquerors. When Carlos returns, his treason puts him in jail. The King wants his son to go free but is pushed by the Grand Inquisitor to fulfill the law. Don Carlos dies in front of his grandfather's tomb.
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Aïda Plot
Definition
(Verdi - opera seria)Ethiopian slave Aida falls in love with Egyptian military figure, Radames - doomed lovers unified in death when Amneris finds out about their love.
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Otello Plot
Definition
(Verdi - opera seria) Evil Iago, jealous of Cassio, destroys both Cassio and Otello by convincing Otello that his wife, Desdémona is sleeping with Cassio. Otello murders his innocent wife then kills himself. Iago escapes into the night.
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Falstaff Plot
Definition
(Verdi - comic opera)Sir Falstaff repeatedly tries to get in bed with Madam Ford. The "Merry Wives of Winsor" make a fool of Falstaff in the end. Fenton and Nannetta marry and fool Dr. Caius who wanted Nannetta.
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honkeytonkbadonkadonk
Definition
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