Flute AMus GK

Question 1

Heiter bewgt

Answer 1

Merry, cheerful, and agitated

Question 2

Ein wenig ruhiger

Answer 2

A little calmer

Question 3

wieder lebhaft

Answer 3

lively again

Question 4

Noch ein wenig ruhiger

Answer 4

A bit more calmer

Question 5

Im hauptzeitmaß

Answer 5

in original tempo

Question 6

sehr langsam

Answer 6

Very slowly

Question 7

einleiten

Answer 7

To lead

Question 8

Ruhig

Answer 8

Calm

Question 9

Sehr lebhaft

Answer 9

Very lively

Question 10

ruhig werden

Answer 10

Calm down

Question 11

Verbreitern

Answer 11

Broaden, widen

Question 12

Dolce

Answer 12

sweet or soft

Question 13

Who was Hindemith? What was he famous for?

Answer 13

He lived from 1895-1963, born in Hanau. He was one of the pricipal German composers of the 20th century and a leading theorist. Sought to revolutionize tonality, pioneered in the writing of ‘Gebrauchsmusik’ (or utility music), which are compositions for everyday occasions. He regarded the composer as a craftsman (turning out music to meet social needs) rather than as an artist (composing to satisfy his own soul)

Question 14

Examples of other works by Hindemith

Answer 14

Mathis der Maler, the Violin Concerto (1939), the Cello Concerto (1940), Symphony in B-flat

Question 15

Style of Hindemith

Answer 15

• Early music anti-Romantic and iconoclastic (反传统) but also showed humour, exuberance, and inventiveness
• later expressionist
• Then Neoclassical: with the contrapuntal language of Johann Sebastian Bach and Max Reger

Question 16

Hindemith life experiences

Answer 16

Conscripted but survived through luck, most famous opera got banned by Nazi authorities, moved to Turkey then to the US then returned to Europe

Question 17

Expressionist music

Answer 17

Defied tradition to convey powerful feelings in music, often features a high level of dissonance, extreme contrasts of dynamics, constant changing of textures, “distorted” melodies and harmonies, and angular melodies with wide leaps

Question 18

Hindemith flute sonata demonstrates

Answer 18

The three-movement sonata demonstrates Hindemith’s unique harmonic language, Neo-Classical idioms, and the Neue Sachlichkeit style. Each movement is an exploration of motivic development using primarily three musically independent lines, and the expanded third movement concludes with a parody of a military march.