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Singspiel |
a German light comic opera with spoken dialogue rather than recitatives |
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Lorenzo da Ponte |
Poet and librettist who moved to the US where he sold guns, held the first full production of a Mozart opera in the US and founded the Italian department at Columbia University |
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Trouser Role |
A woman dressed as a man |
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Ensemble finale |
the characters all sing together at the end of an act |
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Requiem Mass |
funeral music for the Roman Church |
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Dies irae |
Medieval chant for a burial service that talks about the day of judgement |
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Christian Neefe |
Court musician, teacher to Beethoven |
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Ferdinand Waldstein |
A patron of Beethoven who spoke highly of him |
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WoO numbers |
Works w/o opus number. Catalog compiled in 1955 by Georg Kinsky and Hans Halm |
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French Revolution |
Armies from German lands (Prussia and Austria) fought in France to protect the King and Austrian provinces in what is now Belgium (they failed) |
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Improvisation |
performing music without reference to an existing musical composition |
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Carl Czerny |
Beethovan's piano student |
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Fantasia |
Improvisory piece without a form |
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Sonata-rondo form |
Found in finales of symphonies and concertos in the 18th and 19th centuries. Combination of rondo and sonata form. |
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Episode of a rondo |
contrasting theme (Ex: B,C,D) |
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Heiligenstadt Testament |
Letter from Beethoven to his 2 younger brothers. Included his will and an emotional explanation of his moody and withdrawn personality, struggle with going deaf and his determination. |
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Symphonie Concertante |
a concerto with multiple soloists |
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Academies |
Gala concerts held for a composer's benefit |
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Program music |
Instrumental music that expresses nonmusical ideas (picture / story) |
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Melodrama |
a musical genre in which spoken text is accompanied by / alternates with instrumental music |
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Cabaletta |
The fast, virtuosic concluding part of an aria / duet (19 century Italian opera) |
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Immortal Beloved |
A woman that Beethoven loves but can never be with |