Chapter 3 - The Romantic Era

Question 1

Aria

Answer 1

a solo song with emotion

Question 2

Art Song

Answer 2

the musical setting of a poem for solo voice with accompaniment

Question 3

Strophic (Type of Structure of Art Songs)

Answer 3

same music is used for each verse

Question 4

Modified Strophic (Type of Structure of Art Songs)

Answer 4

some verses have the same music

Question 5

Through-composed (Durchkomponiert) (Type of Structure of Art Songs)

Answer 5

different music for each verse

Question 6

Col Legno

Answer 6

players tap on the strings with the wooden parts of their bows

Question 7

Cloches

Answer 7

bells

Question 8

Chromaticism

Answer 8

use of notes outside of the key signature

Question 9

Dies Irae

Answer 9

Latin for “day of wrath,” part of Requiem mass

Question 10

Exoticism

Answer 10

music about foreign lands and cultures

Question 11

Ideé Fixe

Answer 11

recurring theme which is transformed

Question 12

Lied (pl. = Lieder)

Answer 12

German art song

Question 13

Nationalism

Answer 13

music about the composer’s own country

Question 14

Ophicléide

Answer 14

predecessor of the tuba

Question 15

Parlando

Answer 15

means “speech-like”

Question 16

Pentatonic Scale

Answer 16

a five note scale

Question 17

Polonaise

Answer 17

a stately Polish dance in triple meter

Question 18

Portamento

Answer 18

technique of sliding smoothly from one note to the next

Question 19

Prelude (In Opera)

Answer 19

introduction to an opera or another work

Question 20

Program Music

Answer 20

music with association to a story, poem, painting, etc.

Question 21

Program Symphony

Answer 21

multi-movement work for orchestra with a program

Question 22

Romanticism

Answer 22

a style that emphasizes imagination and emotions

Question 23

Rubato

Answer 23

rhythmic flexibility

Question 24

Song Cycle

Answer 24

collection of art songs with a central theme

Question 25

Verismo

Answer 25

meaning “realism,” an opera style about the harsh realities of life, usually ends violently

Question 26

Violinata

Answer 26

orchestral doubling of the vocal line

Question 27

Whole-tone Scale

Answer 27

a scale only made up from whole tones