Study Sheet 1003

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Flute

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[Fr.] Flûte
[Ger.] Flöte
[It.] Flauto

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rondo form

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A-B-A. Also A-B-A-B-A, or A-B-A-C-A, etc

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The Five

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Balakirev, Borodin, Cui, Musorgsky, Rimsky-Korsokov. 1)Music of russian people, religious & folk, should be used as basis for art music 2) western counterpoint may be ignored 3) realism advocated 4)Romanticism favored, Classicism rejected

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1833-1897

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Brahms

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English Horn

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[Fr.] Cor anglais
[It.] Corno inglese
[Ger.] Englischhorn

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baryton

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french name for baritone horn

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horn

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[Fr.] Cor
[It.] Corno
[Ger.] Ventilhorn

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1756-1791

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Mozart

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opera buffa

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Italian version of full-length comic opera with large cast, basso buffo, pair of lovers etc.

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Sonata-rondo form

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7 part Sonata form with a rondo used for exposition and recapitulation. ie ABACABA

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program music

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Compositions with extra-musical content that directs the attention of the listener to a literary or pictoral association.

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'lE-d&r

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Lieder

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tone poem

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Also known as symphonic poem. A one-movement orchestral genre that develops a poetic idea, suggests a scene, or creates a mood. The symphonic poem is generally associated with the Romantic era.

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Sonata-allegro form

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ABA The form generally used for the opening movement of the Classical sonata. It consists of an EXPOSITION, in which thematic material is presented for the first time, generally in two theme groups,the first one fast and the second slow, followed by the DEVELOPMENT, in which the thematic material presented in the exposition is developed, rearranged, transposed, and transformed, followed finally by the RECAPITULATION, in which the thematic material is presented once again in its original form, usually followed by a short closing theme.

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Cecilian Movement

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movement to a more simple style of church music incorporating chant and a cappella singing.

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1813-1901

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Verdi

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absolute music

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Music that has no literary, dramatic, or pictorial program; also, pure music; music expressively self-sufficient and intelligible without the aid of a text or a program.

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'mOt-"särt

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Mozart

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opéra comique

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French comic opera that is not necessarily sung throughout. The early opéra comique had spoken dialogue interspersed with songs, and was mainly comic, the later ones (those written around the late 19th century) usually had continuous music, and was not necessarily humorous (for example, Bizet's Carmen).

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"pa-s&-'kal-y&

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passacaglia

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Leitmotif

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A recurring motif in a composition (usually an opera) which represents a specific person, idea, or emotion. This term was first applied to the operas of Richard Wagner.

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'ri-[th]&m

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rhythm

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opéra bouffe

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A comic, often farcical opera. French version of italian opera buffa.

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ä-k&-'pe-l&

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a cappella

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Gesamtkunstwerke

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Philosopher Herder's idea of a german national opera with opera as a unified theatrical experience in which all of the arts merged.

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'hI-d&n

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Haydn

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Treatise on Violin Playing

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Written by Leopold Mozart appeared in Augsburg in 1756.

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1813-1883

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Wagner

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opera seria

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Italian opera of the 18th and 19th centuries that was either heroic or tragic.

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(d&-)'vor-"zhäk

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Dvorák

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Idée fixe

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A term referring to a recurring theme that appears in many movements of the same composition.

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'bA-"tO-v&n

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Beethoven

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Gradus ad Parnassum

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(Steps to Parnassus: 3 vols 1817-1826) A collection of 100 keyboard pieces that is a compendium of Clementi's work covering approx 45 yrs.

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&-"pä-j&-'tur-&

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appoggiatura

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La Musique en Russie

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First comprehensive book on russina music, written by Cui and published in Paris in 1880

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1776

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American Revolution

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The Art-Work of the Future

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1849 Treatise by Wagner in which he called for Gesamtkunstwerke, ie opera as the synthesis of all arts.

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1770-1827

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Beethoven

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Treatise on Orchestration

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Written by Berlioz and 1st published in 1843. It is a historical document on instrumental practice in the time of Berlioz, and also provides a commentary on Berlioz's own use of the orchestra.

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'shü-"män

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Schumann

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1789

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The French Revolution

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1815

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The defeat of Napolean at Waterloo

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'list

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Liszt