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59 Cards in this Set
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Alberti bass |
Notes played in succession to provide continual stream of sound; it's accompaniment, chord sounds.cade |
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Cadenza |
Showy passage for soloist |
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Character piece |
Brief instrumental work seeking to capture single mood. Genre favored by composers in Romantic era. |
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Coda |
Means tail in Italian. Final and concluding section of a musical composition. |
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Col Legno |
An instruction to string players to strike the strings of the instrument, not with the horsehair of the bow; but with the wood of it. |
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Development |
The center most portion of Sonata-allegro form, in which the thematic material of the exposition is developed and extended, transformed or reduced to its essence; often the most confrontational and unstable section of the movement. |
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Double exposition |
A form originally from concerto of the Classical period, in which first the orchestra and then the soloist present the primary thematic material. |
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Dramatic overture |
A one-movement work, usually in sonata-allegro form, that encapsulates in music the essential dramatic events of the Opera or play that follows. |
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Enlightenment |
18th-century period in philosophy and letters during which thinkers have free rein to the pursuit of truth and discovery of natural laws. |
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Etude |
A short one-movement composition designed to improve one aspect of the performer's technique. |
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Exposition |
In sonata-allegro form; the principal section, in which all thematic material is presented.
In a fugue; the opening section, in which each voice in turn has the opportunity to present the subject. |
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Idée fixe |
A fixed idea; an obsessive musical theme
(First used in Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique) |
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Minuet & Trio |
Minuet: popular 17th & 18th century dance in moderate triple meter. Trio: the 2nd or B-section of a minuet movement. |
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Opera buffa |
Comic opera. A genre of opera featuring light often domestic subjects, with tuneful melodies, comic situations and happy endings. |
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Opera seria |
A genre of opera that dominated the stage during the Baroque era, making use of serious historical or mythological subjects, da capo arias, and lengthy overtures. |
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Program music |
A piece of instrumental music, usually for symphony orchestra, that seeks to re-create in sound the events and emotions portrayed in some extra musical source; a story, a play, a historical event, an encounter with nature or even a painting. |
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Program symphony |
A symphony with usual 3, 4, or 5 movements in which the individual movements together tell a tale or depict a succession of specific events or scenes. |
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Recapitulation |
In sonata-allegro form, the return to the first theme and the tonic key following he development. |
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Rondo form |
Classical form with at least 3 statements of the refrain (A) and at least 2 contrasting sections (at least B & C); placement of the refrain creates symmetrical patterns such as ABACA, ABACABA of ABACADA. |
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Rubato |
Robbed. In musical notation, a tempo mark indicating that the performer may take, or steal, great liberties with the tempo. |
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Singspiel |
Singing play. A musical comedy originating in Germany with spoken dialogue, tuneful songs, and topical humor. |
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Solo concerto |
A concerto in which an orchestra and s single performer in turn present and develop the musical material in the spirit of harmonious competition. |
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Sonata |
Multi movement work for solo instrument, or instrument with keyboard accompaniment. |
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Sonata-allegro form |
A dramatic musical form that originated in the Classical period involving an exposition, development, and recapitulation, with optional introduction and coda |
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String quartet |
A standard instrumental ensemble for chamber music consisting of a first and second violin, a viola, and a cello; also the genre of music, usually in 3 or 4 movements, composed for this ensemble. |
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Symphony |
A genre of instrumental music for orchestra consisting of several movements; also, the orchestral ensemble that plays this genre. |
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Tone poem |
Symphonic poem. A one-movement work for orchestra of the Romantic era that gives musical expression to the emotions and events associated with a story, play, political occurrence, personal experience, or encounter with nature. |
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Pants role |
Actress appears in male clothing |
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Theme and Variations |
A musical form in which a theme continually returns but is varied by changing the notes of the melody, the harmony, rhythm, or some other feature of the music. |
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Theme and Variations |
A musical form in which a theme continually returns but is varied by changing the notes of the melody, the harmony, rhythm, or some other feature of the music. |
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Virtuoso |
An instrumentalist or singer with a highly developed technical facility. |
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Franz Josef Haydn |
Trumpet Concerto (E-flat Major) 3rd movement Type: Solo Concerto Form: Rondo |
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Franz Josef Haydn |
Trumpet Concerto (E-flat Major) 3rd movement Type: Solo Concerto Form: Rondo |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, 1st movement Type: Symphony Form: Sonata-allegro
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 3rd movement Type: String serenade Form: Minuet & Trio |
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Franz Josef Haydn |
Trumpet Concerto (E-flat Major) 3rd movement Type: Solo Concerto Form: Rondo |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, 1st movement Type: Symphony Form: Sonata-allegro
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 3rd movement Type: String serenade Form: Minuet & Trio |
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Franz Schubert |
Erlkönig Type: Art song Form: * |
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Franz Josef Haydn |
Trumpet Concerto (E-flat Major) 3rd movement Type: Solo Concerto Form: Rondo |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, 1st movement Type: Symphony Form: Sonata-allegro
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 3rd movement Type: String serenade Form: Minuet & Trio |
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Franz Schubert |
Erlkönig Type: Art song Form: * |
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Ludwig van Beethoven |
Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, 1st movement Type: Sonata Form: Sonata-allegro
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, 1st movement Type: Symphony Form: Sonata-allegro
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Franz Josef Haydn |
Trumpet Concerto (E-flat Major) 3rd movement Type: Solo Concerto Form: Rondo |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, 1st movement Type: Symphony Form: Sonata-allegro
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 3rd movement Type: String serenade Form: Minuet & Trio |
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Franz Schubert |
Erlkönig Type: Art song Form: * |
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Ludwig van Beethoven |
Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, 1st movement Type: Sonata Form: Sonata-allegro
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, 1st movement Type: Symphony Form: Sonata-allegro
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Hector Berlioz |
Symphonie Fantastique 5th movement Type: Program symphony Form: *
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Franz Josef Haydn |
Trumpet Concerto (E-flat Major) 3rd movement Type: Solo Concerto Form: Rondo |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, 1st movement Type: Symphony Form: Sonata-allegro
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 3rd movement Type: String serenade Form: Minuet & Trio |
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Franz Schubert |
Erlkönig Type: Art song Form: * |
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Ludwig van Beethoven |
Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, 1st movement Type: Sonata Form: Sonata-allegro
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, 1st movement Type: Symphony Form: Sonata-allegro
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Hector Berlioz |
Symphonie Fantastique 5th movement Type: Program symphony Form: *
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Frèdèric Chopin |
Nocturne in E-flat Major Type: Character Piece Form: * |
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Franz Josef Haydn |
Trumpet Concerto (E-flat Major) 3rd movement Type: Solo Concerto Form: Rondo |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, 1st movement Type: Symphony Form: Sonata-allegro
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 3rd movement Type: String serenade Form: Minuet & Trio |
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Franz Schubert |
Erlkönig Type: Art song Form: * |
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Ludwig van Beethoven |
Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, 1st movement Type: Sonata Form: Sonata-allegro
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, 1st movement Type: Symphony Form: Sonata-allegro
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Hector Berlioz |
Symphonie Fantastique 5th movement Type: Program symphony Form: *
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Frèdèric Chopin |
Nocturne in E-flat Major Type: Character Piece Form: * |
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Johannes Brahms |
Violin Concerto in D Major, 3rd movement Type: Solo concerto Form: Rondo
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