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35 Cards in this Set
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What are the Romantic Period dates?
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1820-1900
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Name the four types of compositions being written during the Romantic Period.
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Minatures, Grandiose, Program Music, Virtuoso Solos
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Define programmatic music.
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Texture describing 2 or more melodies played/sung simultaneously.
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Define Idee Fixe and what piece is it used in?
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"Fixed idea"
Berloiz uses for recurring theme, "Symphonie Fantastique" |
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How does the piano improve? (4 ways)
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Thicker strings
66 to 88 keys Damper pedal added Went for wooden frame to iron frame |
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Define Character Pieces.
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Works lasting only a few minutes, designed to convey a pointed mood
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Define Etude.
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Study or exercises to develop a particular tempo (2 types)
1. Appropriate for the concert stage 2. Used for practicing |
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Define Nocturne.
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Slow, intimate and reflective piece
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Define Symphonic Poem.
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A one movement orchestral composition based on a story, poem or person.
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Define Rubato.
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Slowly pressing forward or holding back the tempo.
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Define Ostinato.
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A short musical phrase or melody that is repeated over and over, usually at the same pitch.
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Define Artsongs.
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Solo vocal work accompanied by piano, musical setting of a poem.
Form: Strophic- same music for every verse Through- composed, different music for each verse |
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Who wrote the Heiligenstadt Testament?
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Beethoven
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When and where did Beethoven write the Heiligenstadt Testament?
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Written in 1802 (1799-1802) in Heiligenstadt, a village outside Vienna
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What ws the Heiligenstadt Testament about?
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Beethoven's struggles with his deafness, was an artistic and suicide letter.
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What was Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 about?
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His struggles with his deafness.
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What poem is Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 based on? Who wrote it and what was it based on?
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"Ode to Joy" by Schiller, based on universal brotherhood.
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Beethoven paragraph:
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1st composer that demanded respect for artist
Wrote incredible music despite the fact he was deaf Expanded the length and complexity of the symphony |
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German composer who composed 600 artsongs, led a "bohemian" existence, and lived only 31 years.
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Franz Shubert
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French composer, who wrote an autobiographical symphony about his obsession over a women, also concocted a "Monty Python" type plan to kill his ex-lover.
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Hector Berlioz
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Czech composer, who wrote in a nationalistic style, became deaf at the age of 50, writing some of his finest compostions after this.
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Bedrich Smetana
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Polish composer, who wrote exclusively for the piano was a highly fashionable piano teacher in Paris.
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Frederic Chopin
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German composer, who was the founder of the New Music Journal, he came to study music late in life, and developed a contraption to strengthen his right hand fourth finger which ended up crippling his hand.
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Robert Schumann
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Hungarian pianist, known for his brilliant and powerful style, was also considered the "rock star" of the day.
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Franz Liszt
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German composer, who wrote timeless pieces despite his hearing loss around the age of 30. He was know for his symphonies and also changed composers' ideas about music.
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Beethoven
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German composer know for piano virtuousity. Also known for her tremendous teaching and concertizing.
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Clara Schumann
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What two events inspired Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique"?
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Harriet Smithson - "his beloved"
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What are the movements of "Symphonie Fantastique"?
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I. Reveries, passions
II. A Ball III. Scene in the country IV. March to the Scafford V. Dream of Witches Sabboth |
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Explain what the 4th and 5th movements of "Symphonie Fantastique" are about.
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IV. March to the Scafford: The artist attempts to poison himself with opium because he feels his love is unappreciated but does not succeed and has the most horrible visions.
V. Dream of a Witches Sabbath: The artist sees himself at the Sabboth, in the midst of a firghtful troop of ghosts and monsters. |
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Whats the Moldau about?
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Describes sounds heard while traveling down the main river of Bohemia (now, Czech Republic)
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Name 6 of the scenes in the Moldau.
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Two springs
The River Forest Hunt Peasant Wedding The rapids The River at its widest point |
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What were the dates of Beethoven?
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1770-1827
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Who do historians think the "Immortal Beloved" is?
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Antonie Brentano
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Who was George Sand?
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Early feminist and famous novelist with 100 books, born Aurore Dudevant
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Summarize "Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel"
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Medevil dr. named FAUST who is late in life and full of regrets sells his soul for one moment of happiness. Satan transports him back to his youth to watch a young girl he loved name Gretchen. She is spinning wool and singing of meeting FAUST and kissing him for the first time.
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