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32 Cards in this Set
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Comic Opera (Opera buffa)
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exemplified social change and championed middl-class values
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Pianoforte
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soft-loud
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antecedent & consequent
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operate together- one opens and one closes
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Viennese School
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Esterhazy
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wealthy aristocrats who wintered in Vienna and summered on their extensive landholdings to the southeast
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London Symphonies
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Minuet
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a stately dance in triple meter
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Trio
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Serenade
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a light, multi-movement piece for strings alone or small orchestra
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Sonato-allegro
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Exposition (main themes) Transition (bridge) Development (development of the thematic material) Recapitulation
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Theme and Variations
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occurs when a melody is altered, decorated, or adorned in some way by changing pitch, rhythm, harmony, or even mode
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Binary form
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AB arrangement
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Rondo Form
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must have at least three statements of the refrain and at least two contrasting sections
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Symphony
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a multi-movement composition for orchestra lasting aout 25 min. in the Classical era to about an hour in the Romantic era
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Genre
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the type or class of music to which we listen
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String Quartet
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typifies chamber music-music for the small concert hall for the private chamber or just for the enjoyment of the performers themselves
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Sonata
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a genre of chamber music played on a solo instrument accompanied by piano
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Solo Concerto
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Usually for piano but sometimes for violin, cello, french horn, trumpet or woodwind
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Opus
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Lain for "work" used to enumerate and identify compositions
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Heiligenstadt Testament
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Akin to Beethoven's last will and testament, written in despair when he recognized that eh would suffer a total loss of hearing.
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Heroic period
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time during which Beethoven's compositions became longer, more assertive and full of grand gestures
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Scherzo
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a rapid, joval work in triple meter often used in place of the minuet as the third movement in a string quartet or symphony
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Romantic
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Art Song
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an accompanied song or ayre with artistic aspirations
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Schubertiad
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a social gathering for music and poetry that featured the songs and piano music of Franz Schubertiad
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Liederabend
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an informal event gathering during which Lieder (art songs) are performed
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Song cycle
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a collection of serval songs united by a common textual theme or literary idea
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Through-composed
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a term used to describe music that exhibits no obvious repetitions or overt musical form from beginning to end
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Strophic
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a musical form often used in setting a stanzaic such as a hymn or a carol
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Listzomania
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the sort of mass hysteria, today reserved for for pop music stars that surrounded touring Romantic-era pianist Franz List
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Recital
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a concert of chamber music, usually for solo performers
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Nocturne
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a slow, introspective type of music, usually for piano, with rich harmonies and poignant dissonances intending to convey the mysteries of the night.
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