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Chapter 3 Test Flashcards

1
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Italian term meaning “singing style”

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Cantabile

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2
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short lyrical composition for vocal solo based on poetic text

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Vocal Art Song

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3
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German for “song(s)”

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Lied(er)

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4
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instrumental equivalent to vocal art song

Primarily used in piano music

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Character piece

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5
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“Golden age of the Piano”

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Romantic Period

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6
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(Elf King) – famous vocal art song by Franz Schubert

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Die Erlkonig

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7
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instrumental piece that develops a particular technical skill

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Etude

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8
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the expression of a composer’s national identity through musical composition
ex. – Chopin’s Polish Mazurkas and Polonaises for piano

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Musical Nationalism

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9
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instrumental music with literary or pictorial associations ex. – Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

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Program Music

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10
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realism in opera – everyday people in familiar life situations ex. – Puccini’s opera La Boheme

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Verismo Style

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11
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merging of heightened drama and music into one expression ex. – Wagner’s Die Walkure

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Music Drama

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12
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Vocal Art Song

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Franz Schubert

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13
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Piano Character Piece

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Robert Schumann

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14
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“Poet of the Piano”

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Frederic Chopin

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15
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Program Music

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Hector Berlioz

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16
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Virtuosic Etudes

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Franz Liszt

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17
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Ballet Music

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Peter Tchaikovsky

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18
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Verismo Opera

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Giacomo Puccini

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19
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Music Drama (Opera)

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Richard Wagner

20
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most important contribution of 19th century France Transition to modern period Suggestion rather than realism

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Impressionism

21
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leading impressionistic composer
Prelude to an Afternoon of a Faun (orchestra)
Claire de lune (piano)

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Debussy

22
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No subjective or grand
No emotional expressionism
No romantic landscapes
No imaginative ideas about mankind or fate
No lyrical melody
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Impressionism is a reaction against romanticism

23
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deliberate representation of the crude and uncultured

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Primitivism

24
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representation of Asian and Polynesian music influences

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Exoticism

25
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art movement associated with distorted images Focuses on intense impact, but with themes of the strange, macabre, grotesque, unconscious realm

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Expressionism

26
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Arnold Schoenberg
Bela Bartok
Igor Stravinsky – Rite of Spring ballet
Sergei Prokofiev

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Modern Composers to Know

27
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3 types of plays

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Tragedy
Comedy
Melodrama

28
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Statement about human frailty & failing

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Tragedy

29
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light or amusing subjects/ or serious and profound subjects in a light, familiar, or satirical manner

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Comedy

30
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6 types of comedy

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  1. satirical – ridicule
  2. character – individual ridicule
  3. manners – ridicule of social conventions
  4. ideas – ridicule of conventional thinking
  5. romantic – traces from trouble to triumph in love
  6. intruigue – intricate plot of reversals with artificial, contrived situations
31
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exaggerated plot and characters to appeal to the emotions

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Melodrama

32
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Main Characters Include:

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  1. hero – fearless
  2. heroine – love of hero, needs saving
  3. villain – likes heroine
  4. villain sidekick – comedic, gets in way of villain
33
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Author of Play

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Playwright

34
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Playwright’s document

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script

35
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Contains dialogue and action used by actors

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Playwrights document

36
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Story of the play

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Plot

37
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Progression of thought & action in a play

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Story of the play

38
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the psychological motivation of the people acting in a play most plays include both major and minor characters

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Character

39
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the central personality who determines the action of the play the main character

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Protagonist

40
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Seating on all 4 sides or all around the stage

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Arena Theatre

41
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Seating on 3 sides- stage thrusts out into audience

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Thrust Theatre

42
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Seating facing a box stage

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Proscenium Theatre

43
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Creation of theatrical stage scenery

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Scenic design

44
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Creation of apparel for an actor or performer

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Costume design

45
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Creation of lighting, atmosphere, & time of day for a play in response to the text

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Lighting Design

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