Exam 2 Written

Question 1

New formula for opera by Puccini

Answer 1

• 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

Question 2

Verismo oper

Answer 2

• realism
• small cast
• dominant soprano and tenor
• lower class pushed to acts of violence
• rustic chivalry by Mascagni

Question 3

Diaghilev influence on music and culture

Answer 3

• supported Stravinsky
• impresario for the rite of spring, firedbird and petrushka
• founded an art journal in 1898

Question 4

3 characteristics of atonal music

Answer 4

Lack of tonal center
Does not follow typical scales
Use of chromaticism

Question 5

Second Viennese School

Answer 5

Schoenberg
Berg
Webern

Question 6

Discuss Pierrot Lunaire by Schoenberg

Answer 6

• Sprechstimme spoken dialogue
• Heightened emotion and otherworldliness
• melodrama not as developed characters

Question 7

Strauss’ connection to the extension of the new german school

Answer 7

Tone poems and german opera
Used styles of Wagner
Use of grotesque or extreme subject matter and storylines
Operas with large orchestras

Question 8

How is salome related to Wagner

Answer 8

Use of biblical connotations
Uses realism
Exoticism
Unrequited love

Question 9

Relate Schoenberg and Wagner

Answer 9

Explore new musical language

Expressionism, dissonance and extreme dynamic shifts

Question 10

How was Stravinskys music influenced by the Russian five?

Answer 10

• Studied under Rimsky-Korsakov
• uses folktales, exoticism and ostinato
• uses dissonances
• uses polyrhythms

Question 11

Expressionism

Answer 11

Subjective point of view

Distorts reality to express a specific mood