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16 Cards in this Set
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What is Mozart's style in the Magic Flute?
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Marvel of simplicity: the orchestration is light, the melodies have little adornment, and exotic beauty permeates them.
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Who is the composer of Die Zauberflote?
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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"at 3:17, the strong dissonance on the word "Nacht" is resolved" what is Nacht in English?
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night
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Who is Papageno?
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a clownish character who was caught trying to escape from a temple
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Who is Pamina?
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a princess who tried to escape from a temple with Papageno.
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Who wrote The Magic Flute's libretto?
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impresario Emanuel Schikaneder (1751-1812)
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The Magie Flute is a work of such ___ and ____.
a. bore and lame b. techno and future c. primitive and age d. richness and beauty |
richness, beauty
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What does excerpt begin with in second act finale?
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reunion of Tamino with Pamina, who is allowed to join Tamino in the trial and herself become an initiate in SArastro's order.
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During one episode of second act finale, Mozart modifies the ____
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didactic tone
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What is a rhythm?
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temporal organization of sounds and silences.
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List the tempos from slow to fast
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Largo-> Larghetto-> Adagio-> Andante->Allegro->Presto
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What is the difference between accelerando and ritardando?
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accelerando indicates that the music should gradually gain speed and ritardando indicates a gradual slowing of the tempo
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identify the function of each scales (degree1-7)
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1. Tonic 2. Supertonic 3. Mediant 4. Subdominant 5. dominant 6. Submediant 7. Leading tone
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What is the most prominent scale used in Western music?
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Major scale
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Define major scale
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a diatonic scale that has half steps (semitones) between the third and fourth tones and between the seventh and eight tones and whole steps between the other adjacent tones.
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Define Minor scale
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diatonic and that the distance between the first and third notes is three semitones
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