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baroque composers (6)
Claudio Montiverdi Henry Purcell Johann Pachelbell Antonio Vivaldi Bach Handel
classical composers (3)
Mozart
Hayden
Beethoven
romantic composers (11)
Franz Schubert Franz List Chopin Berlioz Tchaikovsky Giuseppe Verdi Richard Wagner Bizet Puccini Johannes Brahms Modest Musorgsky
modern + composers (5)
Claude Debussy Stravinsky Arnold Schoenberg Aaron Copland Zwillch
Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
ROMANTIC
Brahms
Violin Concerto
ROMANTC
Mussorgsky
Pictures at an exhibition
ROMANTIC
Puccini
La boheme
ROMANTIC
Vivaldi
Spring concerto
BAROQUE
Purcell
Dido Aeneas
BAROQUE
Schubert
Erlkonig
ROMANTIC
Chopin
Nocturne
Romantic
Tchaikovski
Nutcracker
ROMANTIC
Verdi
La Traviata
ROMANTIC
Wagner
Valkyrie
ROMANTIC
Bizet
Carmen “Habanera”
ROMANTIC
Debussy
Prelude to afternoon of a faun
IMPRESSIONISM
Stravinsky
Rite of spring
MODERN
Schoenberg
Pierrot lunaire, Madonna
Zwillich
concerto grosso
Bach
- organ fugue in G minor
- Wachet auf…
BAROQUE
Handel
Messiah hallelujah
BAROQUE
Mozart
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
- Symphony no. 40
- piano concerto C major
- Don giovanni act 1
CLASSICAL
Hayden
- trumpet concerto
- emperor quartet
CLASSICAL
Beethoven
- pathetique sonata
- symphony no. 5
- symphony no. 9 ode to joy
dido aeneas
purcell
opera
recitative, aria
baroque
spring concerto
vivaldi
concerto
ritornello
baroque
canon in D major
pachelbell
ostinato
ritornello
baroque
organ fugue in G
Bach
organ fugue
fuge
baroque
Wachet auf..
Bach
cantata movement
AAB
Baroque
Trumpet concerto
Hayden
concerto
Classical
emperor quartet
Hayden
string quartet
classical
messiah “hallelujah”
Handel
Oratorio chorus
Baroque
Eine kline nachtmusik
Mozart
serenade
sonata- allegro
Classical
symphony no. 40 in G
Mozart
symphony
sonata- allegro
classical
Piano concerto in C
Mozart
concerto
Ternary ABA coda
Classical
Don giovanni
Mozart
opera
Classical
Pathetique sonata
Beethoven
sonata
sonata- allegro
Classical
Symphony no. 5
Beethoven
symphony
sonata allegro
Classical
symphony no. 9
beethoven
symphony
theme and variations
Classical
Prelude to afternoon of a faun
Debussy
symphonic poem
ternary ABA
Impressionism
Erlkonig
Schubert
art song
thought composed
Romantic
nocturne
chopin
nocturne
theme and variations
romantic
symphony fantastique
Berlioz
program symphony
ternary ABA
romantic
Nutcracker
tchaikovski
ballet
ternary ABA
romantic
La traviata
Verdi
opera
recitative aria
romantic
Valkyrie ring cycle
Wagner
Music drama
Carmen Habenera
Bizet
Realistic opera
romantic
La boheme
puccini
opera
romantic
Violin concerto
Brahms
concerto
rondo (ABACBA coda)
romantic
Pictures at an exhibition
Mussorgsky
promenade
suite
romantic
Rite of spring
Stravinsky
ballet
intro, augurus of spring
Modern
Pierrot lunaire, Madonna
Schoenburg
Art song
modern
Concerto gross (piece)
zwillich
modern
cadence
the portion of a musical phrase that leads to its last chord
consonace
pitches sounding agreeable and stable
dissonance
a discordant mingling of sounds resulting in harmonic tension that ultimately seeks resolution
ostinato
a musical figure, motive, melody, harmony or rhythm that is repeated again and again
binary form
two units A and B
ternary form
ABA
A- minuet- a dance performed in triple meter
B- trio- an ensemble, with three performers
strophic form
religion
basso- continuo
requires two instruments, harpsichord plays chord progression while sustaining instrument plays bass line
bass- ostinato
ground bass, bass line is repeated under other variations
opera seria
a genere of opera that dominated the stage during the baroque era, arias and long overatures
opera buffa
light domestic subject with tuneful melodies, happy endings
sinfonia
one-movement orchestra, that precedes opera or oritario
recitative
speech like melody, plot, narrow range
aria
song like melody, basso continuo
idiomatic writing
specific to the instrument’s strong suites
Baroque time period
sonata
a genre for a group of instruments including a basso continuo, three or four movements, in classical era a piece for piano
Sonata form
exposition
development
recapitulation
coda
concerto
an instrumental genre in which one or more soloists play with and against a larger orchestra
ritornello form
a musical form in which all or part of the main theme is played repeatedly by the tutti, with each statement separted by a virtuosic solo section played by concertino
Fugue
polyphonic
subject
exposistion
episode
oratorio
large-scale genre of sacred music
thought composed
no obvious form from beginning to end
verismo opera
realistic opera
absolute music
instrumental music free of any text or depicted events
program symphony
three, four, or five movements tell a tale depict events
symphonic poem
one movement work like program symphony
idee fixe
musical fixation, music used to describe and obsession with someone
leitmotif
a brief unit of music used to represent a character, object or idea