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52 Cards in this Set
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Program Music
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aims for expression
contains extra musical ideas describes a person, place, or thing Romanticism |
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Concert Overture
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one movement in sonata form
modeled after opera overture independent composition Romanticism |
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Symphonic Poem (Tone Poem)
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one movement with flexible form
Romanticism |
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Incidental Music
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music to be performed before and during a play
sets the mod of the scenes Romanticism |
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Absolute Music
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nonprogram music
Romanticism |
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Idee Fixe
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fixed idea that comes back in each movement but changes
Romanticism |
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Grand Opera
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large opera
romanticism |
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Lieder
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German art song
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Art Song
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composition for solo voice and piano
accompaniment is an interpretive partner to the voice written to be sung at home romanticism |
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Nocturne
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night piece
melody in right hand with accompaniment feel in left hand |
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Etude
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known for teaching techniques
"Study" |
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Impressionalism/Symbolism
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joys of life and beauty of nature
20th century value of the word is greater than the meaning |
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Primitivism
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prechristian paganism and driving rhythms
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Expressionism
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stressed intense, subjective emotion
inward feelings rather than appearances deliberate distortion psychological 20th century |
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Atonality
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absence of key
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"Emancipation of the Dissonance"
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huh?
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Sprechstimme
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speech-voice
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Second Viennese School
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Schoenberg
Berg Webern |
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Virtuosity (Virtuoso)
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what you're good at
skill |
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Forms of an Art Song
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1. Strophic
2. Modified Strophic 3. Through Composed |
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Strophic
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repeating the same music for each stanza in the poem
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Modified Strophic
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same tune with different words with slight variations
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Through Composed
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writing new music for each stanza
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Melodie
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French art song
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Rubato
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slight holding back or pressing of tempo
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Thematic Transformation
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when a melody returns in a latter movement or section and the character is transformed
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Romantic Concerto
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no intro
soloist plays at the beginning with orchestra creates a theme out of the theme transition cadenza happens at the end of the development |
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Postlude
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piano section at the end of the art song
sums up the mood |
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Song Cycle
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romantic art songs grouped in sets with a common theme
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Pentatonic
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5 tone scale
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Whole tone scale
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6 notes each 2 whole step away from each other
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Twelve tone system
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alternative to tonality
equal importance to all 12 chromatic tones |
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Fifth Symphony in c
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Beethoven
Romantic Statement of triumph with anger and despair |
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Symphonie Fantastique
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Berlioz
Romantic abrupt contrast idee fixe irritated concert establishment |
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Moldau
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Smetana
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Romeo and Juliet
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Tchaiovsky
Romantic fused national and international elements symphonic poem |
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Violin Concerto in a
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Mendelssohn
Romantic avoids emotional extremes rooted in classical tradition |
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Rigoletto
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Verdi
Romantic condoned rape and suicide symbolized Italian independence grand opera |
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Aida
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Verdi
Romantic grand opera |
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Ring Cycle
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Wagner
Romantic 4 operas with continuing storyline built theater in Germany for only himself grand opera |
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Erl King
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Schubert
art song Romantic father portrays enlightenment son portrays romanticism 4 characters supernatural |
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Carnaval
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Schumann
Romantic 20 short musical pieces based on characters who would be at the carnival |
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Nocturne in Eb
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Chopin
Romantic |
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Transcendental Etudes
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Liszt
Romantic symphonic poem |
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Prelude on the Afternoon of a Faun
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Debussy
20th Century impressionism |
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Rite of Spring
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Stravinsky
20th century primitivism tribal, dissonant, polytonal ballet |
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Pierrot Lunaire
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Schoenberg
20th century Sprechstimme clown-moon |
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Ravel
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20th century
impressionism |
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Verdi
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most popular opera composer
Romantic |
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Schubert
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earliest master of the romantic art song
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Debussy
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linked the romantic era with the 20th century
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Ostinato
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repeated rhythmic patterns
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