Final Music Flashcards
TITLE - Piano Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 “Pathétique”
COMPOSER - Ludwig van Beethoven
DATE/ERA -1798; Classical Era
GENRE - Piano sonata
INSTRUMENTATION - Piano
FORM - Sonata form
Piano Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 “Pathétique”
Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
COMPOSER - Ludwig van Beethoven
DATE 1806–1807
GENRE Symphony
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra
FORM Sonata Form
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE - Sinfonia in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 6
COMPOSER - Johann Christian Bach
DATE/ERA - ca. 1760s/Classical
GENRE - Sinfonia
INSTRUMENTATION - Orchestra
Two oboes, two horns, Strings, Basso continuo (harpsichord)
Sinfonia in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 6
Johann Christian Bach
TITLE Symphony No. 56 in C Major, first movement
COMPOSER Franz Joseph Haydn
DATE/ERA - 1774/Classical
GENRE - Symphony
INSTRUMENTATION - Orchestra
Oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets, Timpani, Strings
Symphony No. 56 in C Major, first movement
Franz Joseph Haydn
TITLE Symphony No. 45 in F# Minor, “Farewell,” first movement
COMPOSER Franz Joseph Haydn
DATE/ERA 1772/Classical
GENRE Symphony
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra
Oboes, bassoons, horns, Strings
Symphony No. 45 in F# Minor, “Farewell,”
Franz Joseph Haydn
TITLE Piano Concerto in G Major, No. 17, iii (third movement)
COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DATE/ERA 1784 Classical
GENRE Piano concerto
INSTRUMENTATION: Orchestra and piano
FORM Theme and Variations
Piano Concerto in G Major, No. 17, iii (third movement)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE Don Giovanni, a cenar teco
COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DATE/ERA 1787 Classical
GENRE Opera (Dramma giocoso)
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra; voice
LANGUAGE Italian
Don Giovanni, a cenar teco
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE Don Giovanni, da qual tremore insolito
COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DATE/ERA 1787 Classical
GENRE Opera (Dramma giocoso)
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra; voice
LANGUAGE Italian
Don Giovanni, K 527 - Da Qual Tremore Insolito.
TITLE Der Erlkönig
COMPOSER Franz Peter Schubert
Poet - Johann Wolfagng von Goethe
DATE/ERA 1815
GENRE Lied
INSTRUMENTATION Piano, Voice (Baritone)
LANGUAGE German
Der Erlkönig -
Franz Peter Schubert
TITLE Symphonie Fantastique, fifth movement, “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath”
COMPOSER Hector Berlioz
DATE/ERA 1830/Romantic
GENRE Symphony
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra
Symphonie Fantastique, fifth movement, “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath” - Hector Berlioz
Title Lied für das pianoforte (“Song for the piano” or “Song Without Words”), Op. 8 No. 1
Composer Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Date/Era ca. 1846, published posthumously in 1850/Romantic era
Genre “Song for the piano”—solo piano piece
Instrumentation Piano
Lied für das pianoforte (“Song for the piano” or “Song Without Words”), Op. 8 No. 1 -
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
TITLE Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
COMPOSER Fryderyk Chopin
DATE/ERA 1835/Romantic Era
GENRE Ballade
INSTRUMENTATION Piano
Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
- Fryderyk Chopin
TITLE “Largo al factotum” (“Figaro’s Aria”) from The Barber of Seville
COMPOSER Gioachino Rossini
DATE/ERA 1816/Romantic Era
GENRE Opera buffa (“Comic opera”)
INSTRUMENTATION Baritone, orchestra
LANGUAGE
Italian
“Largo al factotum” (“Figaro’s Aria”) from The Barber of Seville
- Gioachino Rossini
TITLE Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
COMPOSER Franz Liszt
DATE/ERA 1847/Romantic era
GENRE Rhapsody
INSTRUMENTATION Piano
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Franz Liszt
TITLE The Ride of the Valkyries
COMPOSER Richard Wagner
DATE/ERA Late Romantic Era
GENRE Music drama
LANGUAGE German
INSTRUMENTATION Voice; Orchestra
The Ride of the Valkyries Richard Wagner
TITLE Hungarian Dance No. 5
COMPOSER Johannes Brahms
DATE/ERA Late Romantic era
GENRE Dance
FORM ABCAB
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Johannes Brahms
TITLE Sempre libera (“always free”)
COMPOSER Giuseppe Verdi
DATE/ERA 1853/Romantic era
GENRE Opera
LANGUAGE Italian
INSTRUMENTATION Voice, orchestra
Sempre libera (“always free”)
Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE 1812, A Solemn Overture, Op. 49
COMPOSER Piotr I. Tchaikovsky
DATE/ERA 1880/Late Romantic era
GENRE Overture
INSTRUMENTATION
Orchestra, Brass band (any brass instruments available) and . . . cannons!
1812, A Solemn Overture, Op. 49
Piotr I. Tchaikovsky
TITLE La Mer (The Sea)
Third movement, “Dialogue du vent et de la mer” (“Dialogue of the Wind and Waves”)
COMPOSER Claude Debussy
DATE 1905
ARTISTIC MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPOSER/ WORK Impressionism
GENRE Symphonic work
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra
Blurred sense of tonality, form, meter.
La Mer (The Sea)
Third movement, “Dialogue du vent et de la mer” (“Dialogue of the Wind and Waves”) - Claude Debussy
TITLE “Nacht” from Pierrot Lunaire
COMPOSER Arnold Schoenberg
DATE 1912
ARTISTIC MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPOSER/ WORK Expressionism
GENRE Song
LANGUAGE German
INSTRUMENTATION Soprano, piano, cello, bass clarinet
TITLE “Nacht” from Pierrot Lunaire
COMPOSER Arnold Schoenberg
TITLE Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)
COMPOSER Igor Stravinsky
DATE 1913
ARTISTIC MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPOSER/WORK Primitivism
GENRE Ballet
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra
TITLE Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)
COMPOSER Igor Stravinsky
TITLE “Putnam’s Camp, Redding, Connecticut” from Three Places in New England
COMPOSER Charles Ives
DATE 1903–1929
GENRE Orchestral work
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra; piano
“Child at a picnic on 4th of July”
TITLE “Putnam’s Camp, Redding, Connecticut” from Three Places in New England
COMPOSER Charles Ives
TITLE Maple Leaf Rag
COMPOSER Scott Joplin
DATE 1899
GENRE Ragtime
INSTRUMENTATION Piano
TITLE Maple Leaf Rag
COMPOSER Scott Joplin
TITLE
Piano Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 “Pathétique”
COMPOSER
Ludwig van Beethoven
DATE/ERA
1798; Classical Era
GENRE
Piano sonata
INSTRUMENTATION
Piano
FORM
Sonata form
TITLE
Piano Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 “Pathétique”
COMPOSER
Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
COMPOSER
Ludwig van Beethoven
DATE
1806–1807
GENRE
Symphony
INSTRUMENTATION
Orchestra
FORM
Sonata Form
Short short short LONG
TITLE
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
COMPOSER
Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE
Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Classical
COMPOSER Sergei Prokofiev
DATE 1917 (Premièred in 1918)
ARTISTIC MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPOSER/WORK Neoclassicism
GENRE Symphony
FORM Sonata form
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra
TITLE
Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Classical
COMPOSER Sergei Prokofiev
TITLE Wozzeck
COMPOSER Alban Berg
DATE 1922
ARTISTIC MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPOSER/WORK Expressionism
GENRE Opera
LANGUAGE German
INSTRUMENTATION
Large orchestra including a large percussion section and celesta.
Singers
Uses Sprechstimme*
TITLE Wozzeck
COMPOSER Alban Berg
TITLE
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
COMPOSER Béla Bartók
DATE 1936
GENRE Orchestral Work
INSTRUMENTATION Strings, including harp, percussion, celesta, and piano.
FREQUENT METER CHANGES and NO KEY SIGNATURE**
TITLE
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
COMPOSER Béla Bartók
TITLE Hotter Than That
COMPOSER Lil’ Hardin/Louis Armstrong
DATE 1927
GENRE New Orleans Jazz/Dixieland Jazz
INSTRUMENTATION Trumpet, clarinet, trombone, piano, guitar, banjo, and vocals.
includes scat*
Hotter Than That
COMPOSER Lil’ Hardin/Louis Armstrong
TITLE Porgy and Bess- MY MANS GONE NOW
COMPOSER George Gershwin
DATE 1935
GENRE Opera
LANGUAGE English
TITLE Porgy and Bess- My man’s gone now
-George Gershwin
TITLE Porgy and Bess- SUMMERTIME
COMPOSER George Gershwin
DATE 1935
GENRE Opera
LANGUAGE English
TITLE Porgy and Bess- SUMMERTIME
COMPOSER George Gershwin
TITLE Pli Selon Pli
COMPOSER Pierre Boulez
POET Stéphane Mallarmé
DATE 1957, revised in 1960
ARTISTIC MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPOSER/WORK Total (Integral) Serialism
LANGUAGE French
INSTRUMENTATION Soprano and orchestra
TITLE Pli Selon Pli
COMPOSER Pierre Boulez
TITLE
War Requiem
Fifth movement, “Agnus Dei” and the poem At a Calvary near the Ancre
COMPOSER Benjamin Britten
POET Wilfred Owen
DATE 1962
GENRE Requiem Mass
LANGUAGE
English and Latin
The choir sings the Latin text while the solo tenor sings the English poem, except for the last sentence, which he sings in Latin.
INSTRUMENTATION
Chorus and boys’ choir
Soloists (soprano, tenor, and baritone)
Organ
Large orchestra
Chamber orchestra
TITLE War Requiem
Fifth movement, “Agnus Dei” and the poem At a Calvary near the Ancre
COMPOSER Benjamin Britten
POET Wilfred Own
TITLE Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
COMPOSER Krzysztof Penderecki
DATE 1961
ARTISTIC MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPOSER/WORK Neoromanticism
GENRE Sonorism
INSTRUMENTATION
52 string instruments
(24 violins, 10 violas, 10 celli, and 8 double-basses)
TITLE Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
COMPOSER Krzysztof Penderecki
TITLE
Excerpt from West Side Story
“America”
COMPOSER Leonard Bernstein
LYRICIST Stephen Sondheim
PLAYWRIGHT Arthur Laurents
CHOREOGRAPHER Jerome Robbins
DATE 1957
GENRE Musical theater
LANGUAGE English
INSTRUMENTATION Voices and orchestra
TITLE
Excerpt from West Side Story
“America”
COMPOSER Leonard Bernstein
TITLE
Excerpt from West Side Story
“Gee, Officer Krupke!”
COMPOSER Leonard Bernstein
LYRICIST Stephen Sondheim
PLAYWRIGHT Arthur Laurents
CHOREOGRAPHER Jerome Robbins
DATE 1957
GENRE Musical theater
LANGUAGE English
INSTRUMENTATION Voices and orchestra
TITLE
Excerpt from West Side Story
“Gee, Officer Krupke!”
COMPOSER Leonard Bernstein
TITLE
Excerpt from West Side Story
“Tonight Quintet and Chorus”
COMPOSER Leonard Bernstein
LYRICIST Stephen Sondheim
PLAYWRIGHT Arthur Laurents
CHOREOGRAPHER Jerome Robbins
DATE 1957
GENRE Musical theater
LANGUAGE English
INSTRUMENTATION Voices and orchestra
TITLE
Excerpt from West Side Story
“Tonight Quintet and Chorus”
COMPOSER Leonard Bernstein
TITLE Short Ride in a Fast Machine
COMPOSER John Adams
DATE 1986
GENRE Minimalism
INSTRUMENTATION Large orchestra including a sizable percussion section and two synthesizers
TITLE Short Ride in a Fast Machine
COMPOSER John Adams
