Exam 2 Study Guide

Question 1

Aria

Answer 1

An elaborate lyrical song for solo voice

Question 2

Cyclical

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A technique where a melody occurs often in a piece to unify the movements

Question 3

Opera Buffa

Answer 3

Comic Opera

Question 4

Ritornello

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Theme that returns again and again; Italian for “return” or “refrain”(Baroque)

Question 5

Drama Giocoso

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Drama with jokes

Question 6

Collegium Musicum

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Group of usually amateur musicians, often connected with an university playing usually little know music

Question 7

“Dido and Aeneas”

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By Purcell, for girls boarding school as a kind of senior class play

Question 8

J.S. Bach

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German composer and musician of Baroque period, made “Organ Fugue in G minor”

Question 9

Minuet and Trio

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A stately dance in triple meter. First comes the minuet, followed by a related TRIO, and then repeat of the minuet

AB CD AB

Question 10

Symphony no. 5

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A symphony widely known by Beethoven that was played in Vienna

Question 11

Symphony

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A genre of instrumental music for orchestra consisting of several movements

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Absolute

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Instrumental Music that is free of a text or any preexisting program

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Fugue

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A composition for 3-5 parts played or sung, begins with a presentation of a subject that comes throughout the pieces repeatedly but smoothly

Question 14

Baroque Period

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1600-1750

Question 15

Scherzo

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“Joke”, A light or playful composition(Classical)

Question 16

String quartet

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Standard instrumental ensemble for chamber music consisting of a single first and second cello, a viola and a cello usually in three or four

Question 17

Antonio Stradivari

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Made the Stradivarius violin

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4 and 3 Movement Plan

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Idk

Question 19

Heiligenstadt testamenta

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Beethovens last will and testament, included the trumpet, sackbut, Shawn and drum. Popular in Middle Ages

Question 20

Baroque Aesthetics

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Signifying excess and extravagance

Question 21

George Handel

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A German but later British composer who spent majority of his career in London well known for his operas, oratorios and organ concertos

Question 22

Antonio Vivaldi

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Italian Baroque composer, violinist who made “Four Seasons”

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Classical Aesthetics

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Symmetry. Balanced phrases and harmonious proportion avoiding ornate decoration

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Harpsichord

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Keyboard instrument, popular in Baroque era, used plucking system

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Wolfgang Amaeus Mozart

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Influential composer who was a prodigy at youth(Classical Era) composed “Symphony no. 40 in G minor”

Question 26

Sonata Form

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Musical structure consisting of 3 major structures;

a exposition
a development
a recapitulation

Question 27

Da Capo Aria

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An aria in two sections, with an obligatory return to and repeat of the first

Question 28

Symphonic Erioca

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Erioca means “third”, by Beethoven was a piece for and about Napoleon and a memorial to him

Question 29

Patronage System vs. Freelance

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Composing music for wealthy people vs. composing for themselves

Question 30

Opera

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A dramatic work in which the actors sing some or all their parts

Question 31

Libretto

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The text of an opera

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Oratorio

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Large-scale genre of sacred music involving an overture, arias, recitatives and choruses but sung whether in a theater or a church, without costumes or scenery

Question 33

Opera Seria

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Dominated the Baroque stage, made use of historical and mythological subjects

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Recitative

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Musically heightened speech, to report dramatic action or advance in plot

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Basso continuo part

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Small ensemble of at least two instruments who provide a foundation for the melody or melodies above(Purely Baroque)

Question 36

Ludwig van Beethoven

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German composer and Pianist(classical) wrote sonata no. 8 “Pathetique”

Question 37

“La primavera(spring)”

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First piece of “Four Seasons” by Vivaldi

Question 38

“Dom Giovanni”

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An opera by Mozart made of 2 parts about the legends of Don Juan, a seducer and murderer

Question 39

Overture

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Introductory movement, used by orchestra, precedes opera, Ontario, and dance suites

Question 40

Trio Sonata

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Ensemble consisting of four performers, two playing upper parts and two on the basso continuo instruments(Baroque)

Question 41

Baroque Orchestra

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Sometimes directed by the harpsichord or organ, and a base like provided by cellos or bassoon

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Programmatic

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A piece of instrumental music, that seeks to add music to recreate emotions and events form a story or play etc

Question 43

Opus

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Latin for “Work”, adopted by musicians to identify their work

Question 44

Librettist

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An author of the words in a play

Question 45

Concerto

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Instrumental genre in which one or more soloist play with or against an orchestra

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Classical Period

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1750-1820