Hary Janos Suite: "Viennese Musical Clock"

Question 0

What’s a coda?

Answer 0

An independent passage at the end of the piece to end it.

Question 1

What’s the form of Hary Janos Suite: “Viennese Musical Clock?”

Answer 1

Intro ABACADA coda

Question 2

What is musical form?

Answer 2

The organization of sections in the composition.

Question 3

What’s Rondo?

Answer 3

A musical form in which a main theme returns after each contrasting section.

Question 4

What’s solfege?

Answer 4

Syllable names for scale degrees: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti.

And signs are often paired with solfege syllables for kinesthetic reinforcement.

Question 5

Viennese Musical Clock” is from which opera? And when was it first performance?

Answer 5

“Viennese Musical Clock” is from the folk opera Hary Janos which was first performed in 1926.

Question 6

Who was Hary Janos?

Answer 6

He was a real man who liked to sit around the village him telling tall tales about his youth.

Question 7

What is the musical clock referring to in Hary Janos suite in “Viennese Musical Clock”?

Answer 7

It describes the mechanical clock Hary Janos claimed to have heard at the Austrian emperors Palace.

Question 8

Was there really a musical clock at the Austrian emperors Palace?

Answer 8

Yes. Each time it struck the hour, it played a tune while toy soldiers popped out and marched mechanically to the music.