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41 Cards in this Set
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The 4 flavors of a symphony
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1. Fast
2. Slow 3. Dance (minuete) 4. Fast |
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The musical center of all activity during the classical period
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Vienna Austria
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Used for the 1st and sometimes 4th movement of a symphony, with what 3 parts
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Sonata allegro form; 1. exposition, 2. development, 3. recapitulation
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Exposition
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1st part in sonata allegro form
1. Theme I (home key) - bridge (modulation) -> change of key 2. Theme 2 contrasting key Codetta (small ending) :ll repeat |
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Development
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Anything goes, ends in Home key
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Recapitulation
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1. Theme I - H.Key
- bridge -> transitional material 2. Theme 2 - H.Kay Coda (end) |
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A basic musical idea - the theme is repeated over and over and is changed each time
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Theme and Variations
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A new melody accompanying the original melody
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Countermelody
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Often used as the third movement of classical symphonies. It is always in triple meter and usually a moderate tempo in ABA form. Second part is usually faster.
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Minuet and Trio
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Features a tuneful main theme which returns several times in alteration with other themes.
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Rondo
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2 types of rondos
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ABACA and ABACABA
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The most important chamber music group which included __.
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String quartet - 2 violins, a viola, and a cello.
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An extended, ambitious composition typically lasting between 20 and 45 minutes, exploiting the expanded range of tone color and dynamics of the classical orchestra.
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Symphony
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Beethoven didn't like these in his symphonies
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3rd dancy movement, instead liked fast and energetic
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Beethoven called his symphonies this
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Spiritual Dramas
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A three movement work for an instrumental soloist and an orchesta
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Concerto
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A special unaccompanied showpiece for the soloist in a concerto
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Cadenza
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Look up fermata symbol (means pause for orchestra)
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round top with a dot underneath
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Designed for the intimate setting of a room and has 1 player to a part and does not need a conductor
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Chamber Music
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Hayden's nickname
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Papa, because he was the father of symphonies and the string quartet
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What composer never erased?
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Mozart
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Who cataloged Motzart's more than 600 pieces?
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Ludwig von Kochel
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What is in the title of all of Mozart's pieces?
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"K" number (Kershal)
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A drama that is sung to orchestral accompaniment and where it originated.
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Opera; Italy
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The text, or words to an opera
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Libretto
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The person who writes the opera text
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Librettist
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A song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment, often lead into with a recitative
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Aria
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A vocal line that imitated the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech
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Recitative
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When 3 or more singers are involved
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Ensembel
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A large group of singers which gernerates atmosphere and makes comments on the orchestra
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Chorus
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A person who gives cues and reminds the singers of words or pitches they momentarily forget
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Prompter
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An opening of the opera w/ a purely orchestral composition (preview)
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Overture
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Opening preview for religious services
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Prelude
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The opera we watched in class where a man slept with a shit load of women, 1003 in spain alone!
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Don Giovanni
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A mass for the dead
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requiem
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When did Beethoven become deaf?
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1799
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Who bridged the classical and romantic eras?
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Beethoven
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What does Beethoven have in all of the titles of his pieces
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Op -> opus -> work
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Beethoven likes to use these instead of a dance theme in this 3rd movements of symphonies
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Scherzo
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Beethovens final symphony (9th) uses singers who use this piece __ by __.
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Ode to Joy by Schiller
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Sonatas w/ number of people (1-8)
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1. Sonata
2. Sonata 3. Trio 4. Quartet 5. Quintet 6. sextet 7. Septet 8. octet |
