Listenings Ch. 47-54 Flashcards
1
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Figaro Se vuol ballare
A
- Mozart
- opera
- more natural and simpler aria
- based on Rossini’s Barber of Seville
- comedy
- 1780s
2
Q
Figaro Voi, che sapete
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- Mozart
- opera
- more natural and simpler aria
- based on Rossini’s Barber of Seville
- comedy
- 1780s
3
Q
Figaro Ensemble Vostre dunque
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- Mozart
- opera
- more natural and simpler aria
- based on Rossini’s Barber of Seville
- comedy
- 1780s
4
Q
Lacrimosa
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- Mozart
- Mass
- commissioned by a nobleman living outside of the city
- 1791
- programmatic
- judgment time
5
Q
Piano Sonata in c minor
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- Beethoven
- solo sonata
- 1790’s
- had fancy names not given by the composer
- many scales and arpeggios not very melodic
6
Q
Piano Concerto no. 1
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- Beethoven
- concerto
- late 1790s
- Haydn came to watch this performance
- phrases extended to six measures
- performed in vienna
7
Q
Symphony No. 40 Allegro
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- Mozart
- Symphony
- “Sigh” motive
- Late 1700’s
- no clarinets in orchestration
- most popular and studied piece by Mozart
8
Q
String Quartet in B flat major
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- Beethoven
- String quartet
- cavatina is a style of Italian vocal form
- adagio molto expressivo
- sudden modulation to c flat major
9
Q
Missa solemnis
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- Beethoven
- Mass
- use of parallel thirds
- third section emphasizes the subdominant chord
- sacred but not liturgical
10
Q
Erlkönig
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- Schubert
- Lieder
- Characters represented by upper and lower ranges
- through-composed
- driving triplet rhythms
- 1815
11
Q
Symphony Fantastique
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- Berlioz
- Symphony
- supernatural elements
- program notes tell the story of a man who has visions that he killed his love then is sentenced to death
- syncopated rhythms
12
Q
Piano Trio in D major
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- Mendelssohn
- trio sonata form
- thematic clarity
- 1839
- long phrases
13
Q
Nocturne in D flat major
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- Chopin
- nocturne
- piano solo
- coda contains a new motive
- 1830s
14
Q
Symphony No. 1
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- Robert Schumann
- Symphony
- ABA’CA’’ coda Transition
- first performed by Leipzig orchestra
- contrasting C section (fragmented and less melodic)
15
Q
Liebst du um Schönhert
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- Clara Schumann
- piano solo
- fourth song in a collection of songs by Robert Schumann
- last stanza has an expanded texture
- 1840s