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61 Cards in this Set
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lied (lieder)
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German term for "art song"
genre is for solo voice and accompaniment (piano) |
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bel canto
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- italian for "beautiful singing"
- sums up the principal goal of italian opera composers and audiences during the Romantic Period |
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leitmotif
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- guiding motives that were used as a principal means of connecting the music to the drama in Wagner's music dramas
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music drama
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- Wagner
- used for his distinctive type of opera |
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programmatic music
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describes instrumental music that tells a story through use of musical gestures
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two-tempo aria
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- based on an important tempo change part way through
- scena, tempo primo, tempo di mezzo, cabaleta - misnomer - p 350 |
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idee fixe
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- hector berlioz
"fixed idea" or obsession-- term used for recurring theme - carries programmatic meaning - in all the movements of Symphony Fantastique |
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nationalism
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Chopin, wagner, glinka, rimsky-korsakov
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"code Rossini"
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Bel canto
Banda Two tempo aria stock situations |
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banda
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refers to the instrumentals placed on stae of italian opera
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Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik
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Robert Schumann
it's a paper that is still published |
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gesamtkunstwerk
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- Richard Wagner
- "total artwork"-- used to express his ideal of fusing all the arts at their highest perfection so that the whole of this fusion would be greater than the sum of its parts |
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nocturne
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genre that attempts to evoke the moods and feelings associated with night
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schubertiads
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musical evenings that were paid for by the wealthy
- Schubert woud play piano works, art songs, and chamber music at an aristocratic home |
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ostinato
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a short musical phrase or melody that is repeated over and over, usually at the same pitch
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prix de rome
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- very prestigious school
- winner lives in Rome at French gov's expense for 2 years - took BERLIOZ 5 tries before he got it |
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linear chromatic harmony
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richard wagner
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ternary form
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-a 3- part musical form in which the last section repeats the first section and the middle section differs
- ABA |
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beethoven
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-sent to study with mozart and Haydn
- lost his hearing - musical family |
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Schubert
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wrote over 600 lieds
- died early - playedfor rich |
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Rosinni
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many people imitated his style
- "code" for opera composition wrote bel canto operas and retired at the height of his fame |
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Bellini
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- created Norma for his future wife
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Donizetti
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does bel canto
-work indebted to bel canto |
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Chopin
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- wrote many Nocturnes for solo piano
- polish composer - made $ by playing piano in private salons, publishing piano music, and teaching private lessons |
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Berlioz
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attended the paris conservatory and entered the Prix de Rome 5 times before winning.
- His works are very large scale -music journalist |
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Mendelssohn
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took part in revival of Bach's music
liked oratios |
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Liszt
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- invented the solo piano recital
- turned the piano to the side to see profile |
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Robert Schumann
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- put himself in an asylum
- fostered Brahms' career |
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Clara Schumann
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schumann's wife
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Brahms
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-burden of living up to Beethoven
- only wrote 4 symphonies - published music - played piano in concerts |
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Wagner
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- german
- anti-semite - music was banned in israel until recently -hero of Nazis -composed mostly operas---- MUSIC DRAMAS |
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Korsakov
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associated with russian navy
-made a bio - navy turned composer - nationalist |
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The Mighty Five
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group of 5 most important rusian composers
went against ideas in conservatories |
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Mikhail Glinka
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- russian
- operas n russian language - a life for the tsar - russian folk songs into operas |
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Harriet Smithson
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said that Berlioz' works were influenced by her.
later married |
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Giuditta Pasta
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bellini's future wife
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Wieck
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Schumann's teacher
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Pushkin
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wrote in Russian for Russian middle class
-russian folk tales |
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Symphony Number 3, in E Major
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Beethoven
Symphony |
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Gretchen am Spinnrade
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Franz Scubert
Lied |
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"Casta Diva" from Norma
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Vincenzo Bellini
Opera -super annoying lady voice. has string instruments. slow |
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Symphonie Fantastique
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Hector Berlioz
symphony ---sounds like it's telling a story. has those harsh wind strikes like in horror movies. bouncing flutes. harsh horns |
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Waldesgesprach
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Robert Schumann
lied --- a woman singing w/ piano, very loud. dramatic |
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Aufschwung from Fantasiestucke
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Robert Schumann
Character Piece --- faster piano |
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Die Walkure
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Richard Wagner
music drama a man is singing depressing |
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"Farewell and Departure of the Tsar"
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Opera ---only instruments, more playful |
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John Field
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invented the genre "nocturne"
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Dies Irae
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means "Day of Wrath" and is one of the gravest Gregorian chants heard in Catholic requiem masses.
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Romantic terms
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programmatic
nationalism interest in past cultures nature folklore expression of self of longing |
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composers that were also music journalists
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robert shumann
hector berlioz |
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how to demonstrate nationalism in their music in romantic period
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use of folk songs
dances legends or mythology text in their language history |
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Wagner's audience behaviors
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seats fixed on floor
no opera boxes lights out in audience no talking no drinking or eating no gambling |
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bel canto vs wagnerian
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BC: light, flexible voice to sing leaps and scales, long melismas before cadences
wag: powerful, needs to project over orchestra. sustained |
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Symphonie Fantastique interesting fact
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has 5 movements
programmatic music |
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Symphony No. 3 intr. fact
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nicknamed "Eroica"
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Gretchen Am Spinrade intr. fact
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piano reps spinning wheel
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Casta Diva intr. fact
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bellini wrote title role of Norma for future wife
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Waldesgesprach intr. fact
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tells a story abou a Lorellei- a villan condemned to seduce men to their ruin.
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Aufshwung intr fact
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form of the piece is ABACABA
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Die walkure intr fact
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it's famous for the opening of the second act "Ride of Valkyrie"
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farewell of the tsar intr fact
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young girl went from being a peasant to wife of the Tsar
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