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32 Cards in this Set
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fantasy (fantasia)
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long prelude paired with another piece, developed in the baroque period
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improvisation
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free, spontaneous process in music
-performer takes previous material, varies it freely based on musical conventions |
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virtuosity
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skill in performing technically difficult music
-fast tempos, precision, passage work, ornamentation |
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Empfindsamkeit (sensibility)
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(originally used by CPE Bach)
*aesthetic that emphasized exploration of personal interior, nuanced personal emotions |
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episodic form
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typically through-composed, can keep adding sections (repetition built in)
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string quintet
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2 violins, 2 viola, 1 cello
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characteristics of fantasy
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1. paired with another piece
2. free form, episodic 3. free rhythm, tempo 4. adventurous harmonies, modulations 5. showcase for performer 6. emotional contrast |
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fantasy as showcase for performer
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in...
virtuosity and expressivity |
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actual performance of fantasy
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social performance of intimate feeling, depth
-displays identity of performer *feminized genre* |
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sensibility vs terrifying style
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sensibility= inward reflection, human psychology
terrifying= outward, divine reality, sublime |
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string quartet
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2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello
more common than quintet |
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motive
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short section of melody
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motivic interconnection
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using short section of melody as basis for other melodies throughout rest of piece
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developmental process
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occurs throughout piece not just in development section!
--> contributes to complexity of chamber music!! |
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stretto
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contrapuntal technique*
statement of melody w/ another restatement before first part's over -instruments jump in *intensifying device |
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fantasy in c minor (loose form)
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A B C D ... A
*varied emotional expressions |
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beginning of fantasy in c minor
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very dramatic
dissonant chords dynamic contrast |
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end of fantasy in c minor
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CODA (after repetition of A section)
-not restoring order -reinstates instability (creepy c minor) |
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transitions in fantasy in c minor
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-alberti basses, chromatic scales
-long, dramatic pauses -"singing" in major modes |
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features of string quintet
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1. equality among instruments- discourse (social idea)
2. less ornamentation of melodies 3. greater complexity |
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contributions to greater complexity of string quintets
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-counterpoint
-motivic interconnection -pervasive development |
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Movements of String Quintet in G minor
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I= sonata form
II- minuet, trio III- slower IV- fast, dance like |
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viola
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evokes human voice
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movement I in string quintet
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-motivic interconnection in themes 1 and 2
-feeling of pathos -themes played by trios |
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string quintet in g minor written in
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1787
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fantasy in c minor written in
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1785
(prelude to piano sonata in c minor) |
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movement II of string quintet
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minuet, trio
A :II B A* :II |
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unconventional aspects of second movement of quintet
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*counterpoint
*minor mode *rhythmic instability -metrical ambiguity, syncho. *motivic interconnection |
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Pathos
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Communication technique
Appeal to audience's emotions |
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Blue book
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BRING IT TO CLASS
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CPE Bach
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close friend of Mozart's
wrote many fantasies (1750s-1780s) |
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changes to string quintet from...
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1780s onward
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