Classical Flashcards
1st Viennese school
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
Absolute music
Music that doesn’t represent anything
Opera buffa
Comedic or humorous opera
Age of Enlightenment
Focused on simply what was meant to be pleasing to a listener
Program music
Music that is based on something
Opera seria
Noble and serious style of opera
Sturm und drang
Means storm and stress in English, very expressive music
Agitato
Agitated music
Con brio
With spirit
Singspiel
Musical work characterized by spoken dialogue and songs
Vivace
Lively
Maestoso
Majestic and stately
Pants role
When a female plays a male character
Andante
Moderately slow
Ma non troppo
But not too much
Andante grandioso
Tempo that is slow and graceful
Allegro molto
music played in a very swift tempo
Expressivo
Expressive
Alla turca
Turkish music
Sonata rondo
ABA - C - ABA
Cadenza
A solo passage inserted into a movement in a concerto typically near the end of the movement
Cantabile
Singable
Allegro assai
Very fast tempo
Scherzo
Joke
Basset horn
Instrument in the clarinet family tuned to F
Largo sostenuto
Sustained for a long time
Double fugue
Two fugues happening at the same time
Double exposition
Orchestra plays the theme first, then soloist joins in
Tripartite
Composed of or split into three parts
Virtuosic
Having an amazing ability at their instrument
