Exam review #3 Flashcards
chamber music
designed to be played in smaller rooms
instead of concert halls
symphony
a lengthy form of musical composition for orchestra, normally consisting of several large sections, or movements,
patter
rapid delivery of syllabic text
heroic
energetic and strong
cadenza
Showpiece for the soloist (orchestra waits)
opera buffa
Featured simpler music, down-to-earth characters, and amusing plots.
walking bass
bass line moves mostly by step in even
notes with regular rhythm.
catalogue aria
genre of aria in which the text consists of a list, often for comedic purposes
sonata form
Refers to form of a single movement
the enlightenment
Led by French philosophers, Voltaire and Rousseau who both died in
1778.
Attempts were made to apply principles of scientific objectivity to
issues of social justice.
sonata
type of musical composition, usually for a solo instrument or a small instrumental ensemble
rondo form
Features a tuneful main theme which returns over and ove
“Madamina, il catalogo e questo”- voice type
bass aria
Beethoven’s piano concertos- who were they written for?
piano and orchestraArchduke Rudolf
Haydn Sym. 94- What is the surprise?
a startlingly loud chord—that interrupts the otherwise soft and gentle flow of the second movement
Beethoven Sym. 5- Forms
Allegro con brio (C minor)
Andante con moto (A♭ major)
Scherzo: Allegro (C minor)
Allegro – Presto (C major)
Beethoven 5- motive
“fate knocking at the door”
Meter for a minuet
triple
Heiligenstadt Testament
Beethoven’s famous letter he wrote to his brothers in 1802.
timing of Beethovens deafness
1798, when he was about 28. By the time he was 44 or 45, he was totally deaf
ensemble singing number of singers
Three singers is a trio, four a quartet, and so on, eight is an octet, but 10 can be a choir or an ensemble
main composers of classical era
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, and Ludwig van Beethoven
instruments in string quartet
two violins, viola, and violoncello
center of symphonic compostition
Mannheim, Germany
Haydn’s duties at Esterhaza
conducted the orchestra and coached the singers in almost daily rehearsals, composed most of the music required, and served as chief of the musical personne
Movements in a concerto
a fast movement in Sonata form, a slow and lyrical movement, and then another fast movement.
Haydn- Symphony No. 45 “Farewell,” IV. Adagio
has a lot of violins in the beginning
Haydn, String Quartet, “The Joke,” Op. 33 No.4, IV
violins sounding silly as hell and fast stair movement sounding
Mozart, Don Giovanni, “Madamina, il catalogo, e questo”
opera sounding man singing
Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, I.
running ass music drake running ass music
DUN DUN DUN DUNNNNN
Mozart - Symphony No. 1
sounds boring
goes fast
when was the classical era
(1750–1830)
