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19 Cards in this Set
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Ludwig Van Beethoven
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(1770-1827)
9 symphonies 32 piano sonatas |
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Miniatures
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A term for a short, evocative composition for piano or for piano and voice, composed in the Romantic period.
Lied (song) Lieder (plural) Character Piece (for piano) |
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Lied
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Accompaniment- piano
Poetry- usually Rom. poem Intimate mood- emotional insight with just you Strophic (same music for each stanza) Through-composed (different music) Song cycle- group of songs with a common poetic theme or an actual story connecting all the poems. |
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Character Pieces
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A short Romantic piano piece that portrays a particular mood
Nocturne Etude Waltz Mazurka Polonaise Ballade Prelude |
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Franz Schubert
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(1797-1828)
over 600 Lieder |
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Robert Schumann
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(1810-1856)
Die Neue Zeitschrift für Musik |
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Clara Wieck (Schumann)
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(1819-1896)
wife of Robert Schumann; befriended Brahms |
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Frédéric Chopin
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(1810-1849)
wrote almost exclusively for piano |
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Franz Liszt
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(1811-1886)
virtuoso pianist and composer |
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Johannes Brahms
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(1833-1897)
looked back at classical forms |
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Program Music
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Instrumental music (with no text) that has a literary association.
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Program Music
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Concert Overture - one movement in sonata form
Program Symphony - multi-movement work with a program Berlioz: Fantastic Symphony CD 4, Tracks 5-11 Symphonic Poem (Tone Poem) - one movement work for orchestra with a program Chaikovsky: Overture-Fantasy, Romeo and Juliet CD 4, Tracks 24-35 |
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Absolute Music
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Music that is free from any extra-musical association. Music for its own sake.
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Nationalism
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A 19th century movement promoting music built on national folk songs and dances, or associated with national subjects.
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Exoticism
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Non-political music that emphasized the unique qualities of other nations.
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Romantic Opera
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Italian:
Bel canto - a style of singing that brings out the sensuous beauty of the voice Giuseppe Verdi - full orchestra in recitative; arias focus on the melodic with smaller orchestra role German: Richard Wagner Gesamtkunstwerk Leitmotiv |
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Richard Wagner
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-After Beethoven: most influential of 19th
-"complete work of art" -wanted to do away with French and Italian varities -weighty philosophical -German nationalism -Tristan und Isolde |
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Leitmotiv
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a musical motive associated with some person, thing, idea, or symbol in the drama.
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Gesamtukunstwerk
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"total work of art", music drama
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