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Franz Peter Schubert
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| Lived in Vienne during later part of Beethoven's life |
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Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
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Romantic Era
(first important composer of time) |
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| How many art songs did Schubert write? |
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| How many symphonies did Schubert write? |
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| German artsong was VERY important in what era? |
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groups of songs that are connected in some way
ex. all deal with same story,
or all use texts by a single author |
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| Die Schone Mullerin(The Miller's Daughter), Winterriese, and Schwanengesang are examples of what? |
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| Who wrote the song cycles Die Schone Mullerin, Winterriese, and Schwanengesang? |
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| Schubert's artsongs contain consist of? |
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| a lot of description, telling stories, and are poignant (full of feeling and emotion) |
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| Schubert used what instrument primarily to add the story telling of his songs? |
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| Die Forelle was written by who? |
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| What does Die Forelle mean? |
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| What piece is Die Forelle(the trout) from? |
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Die Schone Mullerin
(The Miller's Daughter) |
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| What is the story in Die Schone Mullerin? |
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| about a fisherman and a fish with a very wavy piano accompaniment |
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| Schubert's song "Death and the Maiden" was re-casted for what type of ensemble? |
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| Schubert's "The Trout" was re-cast for what instruments/ensemble? |
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| Who wrote Die Erlkonig (the elfking)? |
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| What does Die Erlkonig mean? |
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| When was Die Erlkonig written and by whom? |
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| written in 1815 by Franz Schubert |
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| How old was Schubert when he wrote The Elfking? |
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| What are the four characters used in The Elfking? |
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| the narrator, the father, the son, and the elfking |
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| How can you distinguish between the four characters in Schubert's The Elfking? |
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| the are all given differing vocal ranges, each have differing melody/accomp |
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| How does Schubert use music to describe the story in The Elfking? |
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| he uses different harmonies, vocal ranges, major key vs. minor key |
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| Who wrote the text for Schubert's The Erlkonig? |
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Johann Von Goethe
(a great German Romantic author) |
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| What is through-composed? |
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| means that each verse is given a different melody |
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| Is The Erlkonig Through-composed? |
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| What are Robert Schumann's Birth dates? |
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| What did Schumann start out as in music before he became a composer? |
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| he was a prodigious pianist aspiring to be a professional performer |
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| Why did Schumann not continue on to be a professional pianist? |
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| because of a hand injury which ended his career |
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| After Schumanns injury, what did he begin to focus on? |
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| composing and editing a music journal |
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| What was the name of the music journal Schumann edited? |
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The Journal For New Music
(Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik) |
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| When did Schumann found The Journal For New Music? |
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1833
(still published today) |
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| Schumann is known as a ______ composer. |
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| Schumann was an important catalyst for many 19th century composers, who are some of those composers? |
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| Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, and Johannes Brahms |
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| What is Schumann most known for? |
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| his artsongs, piano music, symphonies, and chamber music |
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| How many symphonies did Schumann write? |
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| Schumann wrote two song cycles, what are their names? |
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| Dichterliebe and Frauenliebe und Leben |
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| Schumann's early works are primarily for what instrument? |
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| a cycle of short , discriptive pieces for piano |
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| Who did Schumann fall in love with in 1834? |
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Clara Wieck
(a piano virtuoso) |
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| How old was Clara when Schumann fell in love with her? |
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| When was Schumann able to marry Clara? |
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| What were the two names Schumann wrote under in The Journal for New Music? |
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| What kind of character was Eusebius? |
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| tender, dreamy, pensive, and melancholy |
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| What kind of character was Florestan? |
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| If Schumann didn't like a piece he would write under which name? |
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| If Schumann really liked a piece he would write under which name? |
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| In Schumann's Carnaval piece, how many characters are present? |
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| 18-20 characters that are set at a masked ball |
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| Schumann's imaginative personality may have attributed to his demise, what is do people think he suffered from? |
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| mulitple personalities disorder |
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| What year did Schumann attempt suicide? |
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| After Schumann's attempt at suicide, where did he go and how long was he there for? |
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asylum and was there from 1854-1856
(2years) |
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| Schubert liked to use contrast of ideas in his text, what did Schumann like to use? |
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| Shcumann used irregular phrasing and harmonic overlapping in his songs, what did Schubert use? |
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| clear sectional division and regular phrasing |
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| Did Schumann or Schubert like motivic unity? |
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| Which composer liked expressive harmonies, NCT's, and syncopation? |
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| What type of harmonic progression did Schumann use? |
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| tonal ambiguity and linear bass lines |
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| What type of harmonic progression did Schubert use? |
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| mode change, clear tonics, and diatonic key relations |
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| Schubert liked to use what type of accompaniment? |
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| subordinate to voice and motivically descriptive |
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| Schumann liked to use what type of accompaniment? |
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| independent-interludes, countermelodies,and lack of resolution of vocal lines |
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| Who wrote Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai (In the Wonderfully Lovely Month of May)? |
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| What does Im Wundershonen Monat Mai mean? |
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| In the Wonderfully Lovely Month of May |
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| What is Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai from? |
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| When was Dichterliebe composed and by who? |
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| Who is the author for Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai? |
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Heinrich Heine
(famous German Romantic author) |
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| Harmony is unresolved until when for the Dichterliebe song cycle? |
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| the beginning of the next song in the cycle |
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| What are Hector Berlioz's birth dates? |
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| What kind of composer was Berlioz? |
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| French composer of the Romantic Era |
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| Who wrote Symphonie Fantasique? |
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| When was Symphonie Fantastique written by Berlioz? |
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| When was Symphonie Fantastic revised? |
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| What did the program notes for Symphonie Fantastique include? |
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| tells the story of the composer's opium-induced dream of himself and his love interest |
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| Who was the the actress that Berlioz was in love with but never in a relationship with? |
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| In Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz, he wrotea specific theme to represent who? |
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| Harriet Smithson the actress he had feelings for |
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| Berlioz told the story of himself and Harriet Smithson in the movements of what piece? |
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| Symphonie Fantastique written in 1830 revised in 1833 |
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| Movement I of Symphonie Fantastique tells of Berlioz's ______. |
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| Movement II of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique tells the story of ____________________. |
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| him and Harriet Smithson at a ball together |
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| Movement III of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique tells a story in the ______. |
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| Movement IV and V of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique the music takes a dark turn, What is being told in these movements? |
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IV/V- he dreams of an opium overdose and that he has killed his lover
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| What is the title of movement V of Symphonie Fantastique? |
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| Dream of a Witches' Sabbath |
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| What does Idee Fixe mean? |
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| Who uses fixed idea in one of his pieces? |
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| a melody that is used in each movement that makes a cyclic work |
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| What does Berlioz use in movement V of Symphonie Fantastique? |
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| 13th Century plainchant from a requiem mass |
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| When did Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) come into prominence in Symphonie Fantastique? |
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| Berlioz's Treatise on Orchestration occured in what year? |
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| 1834 and was used exculsively for more than 100 yrs |
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| What are the birth dates of Frederic Chopin? |
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| Every piece Chopin wrote included what instrument? |
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| What era did Chopin live during? |
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| Who infused functional (hierarchic) progressions with linear progressions? |
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| What is functional progressions infused with linear progressions intail? |
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| abandonment of functionality for harmonies organized by sequential processes |
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| What are the two piano genres that Chopin wrote? |
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| the Mazurka and the Nocturne |
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a stylized Polish dance
*triple meter
*ABA form
*beat 2 emphasis
*first chord Dominant
*regular Phrasing |
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a "night piece" with striking typical traits
*wide-ranging arpeggiated left hand
*very florid (highly embellished) melody
*very slow harmonic rhythm (rate of harmonic change) |
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| What are Modest Mussorgsky's birth dates? |
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| What kind of composer was Mussorgsky? |
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| What group of composers was Mussorgsky apart of? |
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| What did the Might Five do? |
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| impacted the 19th centruy with a movement called Nationalism |
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| Who were the Mighty Five? |
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*Modest Mussorgsky
*Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
*Cesar Cui
*Mily Balakirev
*Alexander Borodin |
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| music that is particulary descriptive/laudatory of one's homeland |
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| Who wrote Pictures at an Exhibition? |
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| When was Pictures at an Exhibition written? |
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| 1874 as a tribute to one of Mussorgsky's friends Victor Hartmann |
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| Mussorgsky's friend and an artist |
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| a recurring theme meant to depict a person's act of walking from pice to piece in an exhibition hall |
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| How many movements are in Pictures at an Exhibition? |
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| What did Maurice Ravel do in 1922 with Mussorgsky's music? |
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| made a transcription of the original piano parts for orchestra |
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| What are Johannes Brahms's birth dates? |
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| Who helped further Brahms's career? |
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| Robert and Clara Schumann |
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| What were the two differing groups of composers during Brahms's time? |
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1.group who was preoccupied with heightened chromaticism and progress
2. group who was more traditional |
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| Which group did Brahms belong to? |
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| Who were the composers of each group? |
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non-traditional group:Wagner,Liszt,Mahler,Debussy
traditional group:Brahms,Bruckner,Dvorak,etc. |
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| Who wrote A German Requiem in 1864? |
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| When did Brahms's parents get divorced? |
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| When did Brahms's mother die? |
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| How was Brahms's Requiem different than most that had a conotation of "terror of death"? |
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*German Text over Latin
*Biblical text over Tradtional liturgical texts
*Protestant ideas of hope and consolation
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What are some of Brahms's compositional styles?
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*counterpoint-imatation,equality of voice
*subtle key shifts
*unifying melodies and motives
*text painting-"for my soul longs and faints for the lord" and "my soul and body cries out" |
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