Exam 2 Written Flashcards
1
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New formula for opera by Puccini
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- can be seen in Madama Butterfly
- no overture straight into act I
- steady increase in characters with no breaks
- added harmonies as each character appears on stage and then disappears to end
2
Q
Verismo oper
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- realism
- small cast
- dominant soprano and tenor
- lower class pushed to acts of violence
- rustic chivalry by Mascagni
3
Q
Diaghilev influence on music and culture
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- supported Stravinsky
- impresario for the rite of spring, firedbird and petrushka
- founded an art journal in 1898
4
Q
3 characteristics of atonal music
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Lack of tonal center
Does not follow typical scales
Use of chromaticism
5
Q
Second Viennese School
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Schoenberg
Berg
Webern
6
Q
Discuss Pierrot Lunaire by Schoenberg
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- Sprechstimme spoken dialogue
- Heightened emotion and otherworldliness
- melodrama not as developed characters
7
Q
Strauss’ connection to the extension of the new german school
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Tone poems and german opera
Used styles of Wagner
Use of grotesque or extreme subject matter and storylines
Operas with large orchestras
8
Q
How is salome related to Wagner
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Use of biblical connotations
Uses realism
Exoticism
Unrequited love
9
Q
Relate Schoenberg and Wagner
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Explore new musical language
Atonal music
Expressionism, dissonance and extreme dynamic shifts
10
Q
How was Stravinskys music influenced by the Russian five?
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- Studied under Rimsky-Korsakov
- uses folktales, exoticism and ostinato
- uses dissonances
- uses polyrhythms
