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23 Cards in this Set
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Beethoven |
Pianist,composer Fidelio Played solo piano works in salons Developed Fugal Writing First to write a Cadenza in autographed score First song cycle is "An Die Ferne Geliebte" |
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Opera comique |
French ballad opera with spoken dialogue. Could be serious and tragic in tone, had to be spoken not sung. |
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Organicism |
The notion that all movements of a musical composition are thematically related |
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Scherzo |
Italian for "joke". A movement that replaces the slower minuet and trio in a 4 movement work. (Symphony, sonata, and string quartet) |
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Leiderkreise |
A song cycle. A group of songs that tell a story and perfect unit Considered the central figure of German leider. 1) beautiful melody 2) Complex harmonies 3) color 4) pianist and singer are equal 5) strophic |
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Bel canto |
Italian for "fine singing" describes Italian opera style from the romantic era |
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Rossini |
A singer, director, and composer Most famous opera "di Siviglia" Wrote The Barber of Seville |
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Barber of Seville |
1816 Rome Opera buffa 1) leading role for bass 2) mistaken identity 3) ensemble conclusion to each act 4)imbroglia- scene where chaos and confusion culminate 5) standard 3 act 6) arias notated with little ornamentation "come scritto" as written |
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Imbroglio |
The moment of great plot confusion in a comic opera |
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A serious opera |
2 main sections in contesting tempos. The contable, or lyric effusion, and the cabaletta or brilliant confusion. There is a middle movement known as "tempo Di Mezzo" |
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Scena |
A dramatic scene |
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Bellini |
He wrote "La Sannambula" & "Norma" Used bel canto style Casts diva- 2 part aria (lyrical and technical section) |
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Donizetti |
He wrote "Lucia di Lammermoor" it is also a 2 part aria. It was an opera based on a book |
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Carl Maria von Weber |
1) French-operas that surround French Revolution 2)increased role of orchestra 3) increased drama through use of recurring or sign theme. 4) themes- native, exotic, morbid, macabre, and supernatural |
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Dear Freischutz |
Written by Weber German opera with spoken dialogue aka comic opera Weber also used bel canto style |
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Leid |
German for "song" Plural is Leider Also the setting of a lyrical poem for voice accompanied by piano. |
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Character piece |
A single movement work for piano with a descriptive title (charakterstuck). Piano pieces, free form, and descriptive |
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Folk song |
A simple or rustic or peasant song traditionally found in a oral tradition. (Volkslied) |
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Strophic manner |
A poem made of similar verses set to a single more or less musical stanza |
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A ballad |
Genre of romantic folk poetry, a sung narrative poem, included dramatic dialogue between humans and supernatural beings and typically ended in disaster |
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Through composed |
Music that is relatively continuous, non-sectional and non repetitive in a song, a viable approach to strophic and freely versified text. |
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Erlkonig |
The erl king (death) Opera written by Goethe 4 characters: the narrator, the father, the son, and the erl king. The piano represents the horse |
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Schubert |
1st major composer for whom the leid was a major genre. He had a salon event called Schubertiades. His work was catalogued with a "D" for Otto Deutoch. Wrote symphony 8, unfinished symphony (because 2 mvnts were unfinished) Wrote Winterreise (Winter Journey) Wrote Die schöne Mullerin |
