ex 4 Flashcards
romantic era
1820-1900
Programmatic Symphony
Full length symphony, 3-5 movements depicts an episode
Bel Canto
beautiful singing
absolute music
music for its own sake, no intended imagery
grand opera
Lofty subject matter, spectacular staging
through-composed
different music through each verse
strophic
same music through each verse
gesamtkunstwerk
Total work of art
character piece
A miniature composed for piano
chromatic
Inclusion of notes outside the key
idee fixe
Fixed idea, single melody
leitmotiv
Musical phrase associated with objects
etudes
Study pieces that focus on a facet of musicianship
rubato
Accompaniment tempo keeps going, melody slightly slows down then catches up
song cycle
– Organized art songs
art song
Intimate miniature for solo voice
program music
– Tells some kind of story
lied/lieder
setting poetry to classical music
opera comique
– Humorous/romantic opera
symphonic poem
one movement work for orchestra
new instruments
saxophone, tuba, wagner tuba
types of opera
lyrical, grand, comique
who represented nationalism
chopin
what was a virtuoso
exceptionally talented people