Msc 3044 Quiz 6

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Louis Philippe

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Formerly Duke of Orleans was declared the new monarch and dubbed the "citizen king"

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July Revolution

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1830 in Paris, where the French people disposed of their monarch King Charles X

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Grand opera

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Very long, lavish use of chorus and ballet and spectacular scenic effects

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Giacomo Meyerbeer

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Berlin-born composer of grand opera and piano virtuoso

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Eugène Scribe

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One of the most popular French playwrights of his time. Wrote librettos for Meyerbeer

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Double escapement action

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a hammer, after striking a string, falls back first to an intermediary position, from which it can then quickly re-strike the string.

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Recital

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A public concert where a pianist played alone

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Prix de Rome

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Rome Prize, 4 year living stipend and 2 years at the Villa Medici in Rome

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Concert overture

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1 mvmt, orchestral piece, program music for concert purposes

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Programmatic symphony

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a multi-movement symphonic work that paints a picture or tells a story.

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Idée fixe

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Recurring melody in Symphonie Fantastique that symbolizes the beloved

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Cyclicism

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The recurrence of a theme in several movements of a multi-movement composition

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Ophicleide

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Keyed brass instruments, replaced by tubas

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Song collection

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Songs grouped together that do not share musical or poetic ideas

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Romance

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A popular type of song in France. Simple, strophic piece

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Mélodie

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French song of complex form and great artistry of the late 19th century

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George Sand

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Aurore Dudevant, novelist with whom Chopin had an affair

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Mazurka

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Polish country dance in triple meter with accent on 2nd or 3rd beat

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Nocturnes

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Piano character piece with dreamy mood, lyrical melody in right hand, widely spaced, arpeggiated chords in left hand

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Étude

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A study; a work intended to build a player's technique and has great artistry

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Rubato

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Not using strict tempo, speeding up or slowing down tempo

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Hugo Riemann

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Leading theorist of musical science in the 19th century on the faculty of the University in Leipzig

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Functional harmony

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Any chord is either tonic (I), subdominant (ii and IV) or dominant (V or vii*)

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Complete works

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A compilation of all the works of a great composer of the past

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Gewandhaus Orchestra

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Named after the hall in which it performed. The small auditorium used to display cloth or Gewand.

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Bartholody

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The name Mendelssohn and his siblings appended to their family name after they converted from Judaism to Christianity

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Bach Revival

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Bach's music in its entirety was at last performed, published and studied.

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Canon

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A body of musical works composed in the 18th and 19th centuries that had come to dominate musical culture

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Neue Zeitschrift für Musik

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The New Journal for Music. Music criticism by Robert Schumann. Focus on newly published music (Ex: Chopin and Berlioz)

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Carnaval

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20 small piano pieces, each a character piece representing a person or imaginary event at a ball during carnival season

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Florestan and Eusebius

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Pieces that Robert Schumann wrote about himself to describe the impetuous and dreamy sides of his personality, respectively.

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Mélodie

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French songs of complex form and great artistry of the late 19th century