List C Flashcards
1
Q
Facts about Boulanger
A
- french
- family of trained composers and performers
- started receiving musical training at a very young age
- quite a few of her famous works were based on literature
2
Q
Boulanger’s well known works
A
- cantata Faust et Helene (first woman to win the Prix de Rome for this piece)
3
Q
What time period(s) and characteristics?
A
Romantic:
- drama and expressions
- tchaikovsky, Mahler, Brahms
- more use of dynamics and articulation
- extensive symphonies
Contemporary:
- Musical freedom
4
Q
Key and main modulations
A
Key: c major
Modulations:
- presents a motif then modulates into various different keys (find an example)
5
Q
Gai
A
Cheerful
6
Q
Leger
A
Light
7
Q
Gracieux
A
Graceful
8
Q
Molto rit.
A
Very slow down gradually
9
Q
Ardent
A
Enthusiastic and growing
10
Q
Heureux
A
Happy
11
Q
Cedez un peu
A
Slow down a little
12
Q
Un peu moins vite
A
A little bit slower
