listening midterm 1 Flashcards

1
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columba aspexit

A

hildegard von bingen

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2
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ave generosa

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hildegard von bingen

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3
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o viridissima virga

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hildgard von bingen

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4
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lagrime mie

A

barbara strozzi

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5
Q

signor, deh non partire

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monteverdi - l’incoronazione di poppea

poppea wants nero to stay with her/promise he will return, but he says he can’t until octavia has been banished

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6
Q

or che seneca e morto

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monteverdi - l’incoronazione di poppea

nero celebrates senecas death with luccaro and sings about poppeas sexual prowess over senecas dead body

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7
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pur ti miro

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monteverdi - l’incoronazione di poppea

poppea and nero declare love for each other after ottavia has been banished

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8
Q

cesare all tua destra/ va tacito

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handel - giulio cesare
cesare and ptolemy subtle confrontation - cesare subtley threatens ptolemy by saying he recognizes his betrayal in the future

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9
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duetto caro bella

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handel - giulio cesare

cleopatra and cesare declare love for each other

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10
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ave maria

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bach-gounod

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11
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non so piu cosa son, cosa faccio

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mozart - le nozze di figaro

cherubin is horny and just wants to find love - is being emotional and unstable - hiding from captain

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12
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porgi, amor, qualche ristoro

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mozart - le nozze di figaro

countess wants her loved one back and begs to die if she can’t have him

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13
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venite inginochiatevi

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mozart - le nozze di figaro

sussana combs cherubinos hair and cherubino gazes at the countess

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14
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symphony no 3 in e flat major

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beethoven

hero myth

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15
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symphony no 8 in B minor

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franz schubert

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16
Q

er ist gekommen

A

clara schumann

17
Q

am strande

A

clara schumann

water moving - written from female perspective but text by a man – problematic

18
Q

lorelei

A

clara schumann

woman writing about a women - penned women into particular emotional roles and confined self in a way

19
Q

variations on a theme by robert schumann

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clara schumann

issues of agency because she just rewriting his works after he dies – felt unconfident in her music

20
Q

seit ich ihn gehesen

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robert schumann - frauenliebe und leben

written from female perspective by a man

21
Q

er, der herrlichste von allen

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robert schumann - frauenliebe und leben

written from female perspective by a man

22
Q

du ring an meinem Finger

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robert schumann - frauenliebe und leben

written from female perspective by a man

23
Q

sulla tomba che rinserra il il tradito genitore

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donzinetti - lucia di lammermoor

lucia and edgar declare love for each other in spite of family feud

24
Q

verranno a te sullaure i miei sospiri ardenti

A

donzinetti - lucia di lammermoor

take sworn vow of marriage

25
Q

il dolce suono

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donzinetti - lucia di lammermoor
mad scene where lucia talks about her love for edgar and her imagined marriage to him – she is on edge of death emotionally and physically

26
Q

spargi damaro pianto

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donzinetti - lucia di lammermoor

stair scene where lucia is about to die

27
Q

sur la place chacun passe

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bizet - carmen

soldiers walking around square and commenting what odd people

28
Q

habanera

A

bizet - carmen
talking about how love is a bird - flirts with everyone and is vaguely provacative towards the people in the square and eventually corrupts them in a sense

29
Q

seguidilla

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bizet - carmen

carmen flirting with don jose

30
Q

flower song

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bizet - carmen

don jose thinking about the flower carmen gave him

31
Q

cest toi cest moi

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bizet - carmen

confrontation between carmen and don jose where he kills her

32
Q

dance of the seven veils

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strauss - solome
solome dances for father in law and basically does a striptease with some freaky music because she wants the head of john the baptist – seems corrupt and wrong with hints of othering with the middle eastern music

33
Q

ah du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund Kassen lassen

A

strauss - solome

ending of solome where solome kisses head of john the baptist - she looks frazzled and frizzy and sweaty – madness