Exam 3 Music Facts Flashcards
Ballad of the Green Berets
Written by: Staff sergeant Barry Sadler
Simple snare drum rhythm
Confident and humble voice tone
Strict code of military comradeship
La guerre
Written by: Clement Janequin Four part chanson Inspired compositions and battle masses Quickly repeating tones Syllables mimic beating drums and chaos of combat
Es is geven a zumer-tog (It Was a Summer’s Day)
Written by: Rilke Glezner Horrors occurring where she lived Set to "Cigarettes" a popular Yiddish theater song Strophic form Accordion and Mandolin Natural and harmonic minor scales
“Liturgie de cristal” from Quartet for the End of Time
Written by: Oliver Messianes
Biblical description of the apocalypse
Barely functioning instruments
Clarinet and violin = Blackbird and Nightingale (nature)
Cello and Piano = harmonious silence of heaven
Spiritual faith
End of physical universe
Threnody for Victims of Hiroshima (excerpt)
Written by: Krzysztof Penderecki Customary elements eliminated Brutal dissonance No tune No beat
Je ne puis vivre ainsy toujours (I Cannot Live Like This Forever)
Written by: Antoine Busnoys
Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel)
Written by: Franz Shubert Obsession over Faust Her mind runs like the spinning wheel Each stanza is given new music Portrays restless mind Harmonic changes
“Un bel di, vedremo” from Madama Butterfly
Written by: Giacomo Puccini
Soaring melody which relaxes gradually
Smooth diction
Pure tone nuanced by vibrato
“Cold, Cold Heart”
Written by: Hank Williams Steel guitar Strophic form (repetitive melody) Bad marriage with Audrey Guy Resolution impossible Violin is counter melody to singing
“La Vie En Rose”
Written by: Edith Piaf Enduring Love Rags to riches French icon Used in many movies
“No Place Like London”
Musical: Sweeny Tod: The Demon Barder of Fleet Street
Murder, cannibalism, etc.
Bernstein, Quintet, Act 1 finale of West Side Story
Playwright: Arthur Laurents Choreography: Jerome Robbins Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Sondheim Updated Romeo and Juliet
