Final Flashcards
Brandenburg Concerto no. 5
J.S. Bach, first movement, classical
Symphony no. 40 in G minor
W.A. Mozart, first movement, classical
Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major
W.A. Mozart, first movement, classical
Symphony no. 95 in C minor
F.J. Haydn, third movement (Menuetto), classical
Symphony no. 5 in C minor
Ludwig van Beethoven, all four movements, romanticism
Erlkonig
Franz Schubert, romanticism, A boy and father are riding near some woods, the boy sees spirits that the father cannot see, the boy ends up dead.
Dichterliebe: Im wunderschonen Monat Mai
Schumann, romanticism, A knight confesses his love and adoration for an unnamed woman in the month of May
Dichterliebe: Die alten, bosen Lieder
Schumann, romanticism, The Knight, no longer in love, asks for the construction of a massive coffin which is to be thrown into the ocean by sea giants
Nocturne in F-sharp Op. 15 no. 2
Frederic Chopin, Romanticism
Rigoletto, Act 3, Scene 1
Giuseppe Verdi, Romanticism, a. Aria “La donna e mobile (Duke of Mantua) - Women are fickle, men are wretched for indulging them, b. Quartet “Bella figlia dell’amore” - the Duke attempts to seduce Maddalena in the assassin’s house
Tristan und Isolde
Richard Wagner, Romanticism, a. Prelude, b. Act 3, Scene 3 “Isolde’s Liebestod” - Tristan has died, Isolde is collapsed at his side until someone says that the love potion was to unite them, she awakes, sings her Liebestod, and then dies
Symphony no. 1 in C minor
Johannes Brahms, Romanticism, first movement
Clouds, from Three Nocturnes for orchestra
Claude Debussy, Impressionism
The Rite of Spring
Igor Stravinsky, Primitivism, a. Introduction - Before the curtain rises, an orchestral introduction resembles, according to Stravinsky, “a swarm of spring pipes” b. Dance of the Adolescents - Young girls arrive from the river, in single file. They begin the “Dance of the Abduction”. c. Round Dances of Spring - The people break into a passionate dance, sanctifying and becoming one with the earth.
Pierrot Lunaire
Arnold Schoenberg, Expressionism, a. Night - Giant black butterflies fly around, being creepy b. The Moonfleck - A speck of moonlight is on Pierrot’s jacket, he tries to rub it off but he can’t, is upset
