Every composers main type of music Flashcards
Bach Musical Style
Bach composed masterpieces in every major Baroque genre: sonatas, concertos, suites, and cantatas. As well as innumerable keyboard, organ and choral works.
Vivaldi Musical Style
Vivaldi left a decisive mark on the concerto and the style of late Baroque instrumental music. He also was a leader in developing ritornello form.
Handel Musical Style
Handel was famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concerto’s. He learned German Counterpoint, Italian Opera, French Overture, and English Choral music.
Haydn Musical Style
Haydn helped establish the forms and styles for the string quartet and the symphony. He also wrote some oratorios. Known as the “father” of the symphony and string quartet because of his significant contributions to both genres.
Mozart Musical Style
Mozart composed over 600 works, including symphonic, chamber, operatic, and choral music. He also absorbed vocal qualities and melody lyricism into his instrumental writing. Opera was the central to Mozart’s career. He developed the piano concerto and sonata form.
Beethoven Musical Style
Beethoven composed works in all the main genres of classical music, including symphonies, concertos, string quartets, piano sonatas, and the opera.
Schubert Musical Style
Schubert is noted for the melody and harmony of his songs and chamber music. Vocal lyricism can be heard throughout all of his works. Also composed many Lieder inspired by poems.
Chopin Musical Style
Chopin is known for his major piano works, including sonatas, mazurkas, waltzes, nocturnes, polonaises, scherzos, and preludes. Many contain elements of both Polish folk music.
Berlioz Musical Style
Berlioz followed the ideal of the 19th century Romanticism in musical creations such as the “Symphonie Fantastique”. He is best remembered for his large scale forms, including symphony and oratorio.
Bizet Musical Style
Bizet is best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death. He achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen.
Claude Debussy Musical Style
Debussy was a 20th-century French composer and one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music. Like Symbolist poets, he experimented with unorthodox approaches to grammar and syntax through formal structure and phrasing; evoking rather than narrating, suggesting rather than depicting
Stravinsky Musical Style
Stravinsky wrote ensembles in a broad spectrum of classical forms, ranging from opera and symphonies to piano miniatures and works for jazz in band. He achieved his fame as a pianist and conductor. Patriotism in his early years. He moved to U.S.
Leonard Bernstein Musical Style
Leonard Bernstein worked in a wide range of genres, including orchestral and vocal works (or, more frequently, combinations of the two), ballet, opera, musical theatre and chamber works. His melodic style fuses popular and classical elements.
Alexina Louie Musical Style
Alexina Louie was a Minimalist pianist and her work “Changes” had a very loose and fluid structure that;s based on the subtle musical changes that happen throughout the piece. Her work represents music combining traditional Asian music with influences from Western musical styles. Her work also has programmatic and minimalist elements.
Bach Music
Describe
Well Tempered Clavier
A collection that assembled all 24 preludes and fugues for each major and minor key.
Vivaldi Music
Form:
Tempo:
The Four Seasons (Spring)
Form: Ritor. Two-pt. Struct. Ritor.
Tempo: Medium, Slow, Medium
Handel Music
Genre:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Messiah
Genre: French Overture
Part 1 Part 2
Overture “Hallelujah”
“There were shepherds”
“Glory to God”
“Rejoice Greatly”
Haydn Music
Five Phrases:
______ texture
Form:
The “Emperor Quartet”
Five Phrases AABCC
Homophonic texture
Form: Theme and variations (4)
Mozart Music Genre: Performing instruments: Movement 1: Movement 2: Movement 3: Movement 4:
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Genre: Serenade for strings (Chamber Music)
Performing instruments: double string quartet (with double bass); often performed by a string orchestra.
Movement 1: Sonata Form
Movement 2: Rondo
Movement 3: Ternary Form: Menuet and Trio
Movement 4: Sonata-Rondo
Beethoven Music
Structure:
Symphony No. 5 Structure: Sonata Form Two themes with variations Ternary Form Sonata
Schubert Music
Genre:
Tempo:
Key;
Erlkonig
Genre: Lied
Tempo: Schnell (German for fast)
Key: Originally in C minor
Chopin Music
Genre:
Structure:
Tempo:
Polonaise in A flat major
Genre: Solo Piano Music
Structure: A1 B A2
Tempo: Maestoso (in a majestic manner)
Berlioz Music
Genre:
Tempo:
Symphonie Fantastique
Genre: Program Symphony
Tempo: Larghetto (Moderately slow), but later changes to Allegro (moderately fast)
Bizet Music
Genre:
Three Parts:
Carmen
Genre: Opera Comique
Quand je vous amerai? (Tabacco Factory)
L’amour est un oisea rebelle (Carmen’s Aria)
Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Escamillo’s Aria)
Debussy Music Genre: Translation: Time Signature: Source of Inspiration:
Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune
Genre: Smyphonic Poem (Tone Poem)
Translation: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
Time Signature: begins with C (4/4)
Source of Inspiration: A symbolist poem by Stéphane Mallarme
Stravinsky Music Genre: Structure: Performing Forces Parts in the Exam:
The Rite of Spring
Genre: Ballet
Structure: Two parts
Performing forces: Large symphony orchestra with expanded percussion
Parts in the Exam: Introduction, Dance of the Adolescents and Game of Abduction
Leonard Bernstein Music Genre: \_\_\_\_\_ Character singing: Meter: Sentiments expressed: \_\_\_\_\_ Character singing: Meter: Sentiments expressed:
West Side Story Genre: Musical theatre "Maria" Character singing: Tony (Tenor) Meter: C (4/4) Sentiments expressed "America" Character singing: Bernardo, Anita, Rosalia Meter: C (4/4) Sentiments Expressed: Bernardo expresses homesickness, while his girlfriend (Anita) declares love for their newfound home (Manhattan)
Alexina Louie Music Meter: Texture: General Approach: Length:
Music for Piano "Changes" Meter C (4/4) Texture: Largely two-part structure General Approach: minimalist style, built on the principle of repetition. Length: 52 measures
John Adams Music
Genre:
Structure:
Performing forces:
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Genre: Fanfare for Orchestra
Structure: One movement divided into four sections
Performing Forces: large symphony orchestra and two synthesizers
