Listening Final

Question 1

Pathetique Sonata
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13
Mvmt. 1

Answer 1

Beethoven
1799
Title means passionate
Was virtuosic - showy and challenging.
Form
Emotional Intensity

Question 2

Symphony No. 5 in C Major, Op. 67
Mvmt. 1

Answer 2

Beethoven
1808
Fate motive
Depicts struggle - triumph over adversity.

Question 3

Missa Solemnis - Credo

Answer 3

Beethoven
1823
Mass
Text is the Nicene creed
Name means Solemn mass
Was two years late - was originally for his friend becoming an Archbishop.
Has two overlapping fugues.

Question 4

Der Erikong, D. 328

Answer 4

1815
Franz Schubert
Leid/Ballad
Set to Goethe, a poem, about the Elfking.
About a Danish folk tale.
Three different characters that need to be portrayed by the singer.

Question 5

Die Forelle, D. 550

Answer 5

1817
Franze Schubert
Leid
Means “The Trout” - Text is by Schubart

Question 6

Piano Quintet in A major, D 667 “The Trout”

Answer 6

1819
Franz Schubert
Theme and Variations on Die Forelle
Viola, Viola, Double Bass, and Piano

Question 7

Das Jahr, September: At the River

Answer 7

1841
Fanny Mendelssohn
Character Piece

Question 8

Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Answer 8

1826
Felix Mendelsohn
Concert Overture
Written by Felix at 17.
There are four themes for the four main characters.

Question 9

Elijah: “Lord God of Abraham”

Answer 9

1846
Felix
Oratorio - based on 1 Kings.
Original written in German, but translated for the premier.
Elijah sings a recitative BEFORE the overture.

Question 10

Symphony Fantastique, Op. 14

Answer 10

1830
Hector Berlioz
Has 5 Mvmts. in a different order than normal to best fit his story.
Program music
Influenced mostly by Confessions of an English Opium Eater
Contains Dies Irae theme.

Question 11

Piano Trio in G Minor

Answer 11

1846
Clara Schumann

Question 12

Piano Quintet, Op. 44
4th Movement

Answer 12

1842
Robert Schumann

Question 13

Nocturne in Db, Op. 27 No. 2

Answer 13

1835
Frederic Chopin

Question 14

Caprice No. 24 in a minor, Op. 27, No. 2

Answer 14

c. 1805
Niccolo Paganini
A theme and variations
Was virtuosic in nature; often involved multiple stops, fast runs, and very high notes. Harmonics in general and large leaps.
Many composers used the theme from it later to also write variations.

Question 15

Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 in C-sharp Minor

Answer 15

1851
Franz Liszt
Piano Rhapsody
Inspired by Gypsy music
Nationalistic and virtuosic

Question 16

Carmen:
Aria: Toreador Song

Answer 16

1875
Opera Comique
Georgez Bizet
based on the book Carmen by Prosper Merimee
Performed at the Opera Comique and considered inappropriate.
Escamillo the bull fighter sings the aria.

Question 16

The Barber of Seville
Act 1, Scene 1 - Aria.

Answer 16

1816
Gioachino Rossini
Opera - ABA format.
Based on a trilogy of plays by Beaumarchais; first one about Figaro.
The count is trying to sign a serenade to Rosina.

Question 16

Rigoletto

Answer 16

1851
Opera
Giuseppe Verdi
Based on a play by Victor Hugo “The king amuses himself.”
Librettist was Piava

Question 16

Prelude to Das Rheingold

Answer 16

1854
Richard Wagner
Overture to the entire four operas of the ring cycle.
136 measures of Eb arpeggios

Question 17

Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 94
Mvmt. 4

Answer 17

1885
Brahms
Symphony
Passacaglia - a theme that repeats many times - based on Bach Cantata 150.
30 variations of 8 bar phrase.

Question 18

Ein Duetschez Requiem
4th mvmt

Answer 18

1869
Brahms
German Requiem - different from typical Catholic Requiem
Text is passages from scripture, apocrypha.
4th movement on joy and happiness.

Question 19

Symphony No. 9
Mvmt. 2

Answer 19

1893
Dvorak
Influenced by Native and African American music - possibly ‘swing low, sweet chariot.’ And poem, “The Song of Hiawatha.”
In Ternary form.

Question 20

Scheherazade
Mvmt. 3

Answer 20

1888
Rimsky-Korsakov
Symphonic Suite
Story is of Prince Ibrahim
Modal Melodies - A
Percussion - B
Modal Melodies - A’ (Scheherazade theme)

Question 21

Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”
Mvmt. 3 and 4

Answer 21

1893
Tchaikovsky
Programmatic music to Tchaikovsky; a story meaningful to him so he wouldn’t share it. Written in 4 weeks.
3rd mvmt is triumphant, but 4th is tragic.
Died a couple weeks after the premier.

Question 22

Der Freischutz:
Act II finale (Wolf’s Glen Scene)

Answer 22

1812
Weber
German Romantic Opera
Based on a German ghost story
Librettist: Freidrich Kindt
Scene has lots of tri-tones for the demonic character.