Music Appreciation Final Exam Flashcards
Smaller instrumental work that served as background music for an outdoor concert, family concert, wedding, birthday, etc
Serenade
Beethoven’s hometown
Bonn, Germany
Mozart’s hometown
Salzburg, Austria
Large instrumental work for an orchestra with several parts or movements
Symphony
(blank)’s father was an alcoholic and forced him to practice when he was a child
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Father of a Symphony
Franz Joseph Haydn
Child prodigy who began composing before age 5 and was performing for nobility at age 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Term used to describe styles of art influenced by ancient Greek and Roman sculptures
Classical
Painting technique created by Claude Monet with soft, blurred details up close
Impressionism
French term for “fixed idea”, recurring theme representing something
Idee fixe
Music that tells a story or is based on an idea or scene
Program music
A short piece of music for solo piano descriptive of an emotion, feeling, place, characters, etc.
Character piece
Dealing with faraway lands and their exotic natures
Exoticism
Long, multi-movement piece of music for orchestra that became even longer in the Romantic period
Symphony
Music for music’s sake; music that does not tell a story and is not based on an idea or scene
absolute music
a short recurring phrase connected to a particular person, place, or idea
Leitmotif
This person composed the opera, Carmen
George Bizet
Les Miserables take place here
Paris
Les Miserables was originally written in this language
French
Les Miserables is based on the novel with the same name written by….
Victor Hugo
A speech-like style of singing, only uses a few pitches, not a melody
Recitative
The text and lyrics of an opera
Libretto
Minstrel show composer who wrote “My Old Kentucky Home”, “Oh Susannah”, and “Camptown Races”
Stephen Foster
A Spanish dance, also the title of Carmen’s first aria where she sings that love is like a “rebellious bird that no one can tame”
Habanera
Choreographer for “West Side Story”
Jerome Robbins
Composed the music for “West Side Story”
Leonard Bernstein
Wrote the book for “West Side Story”
Arthur Laurents
Wrote the lyrics to the songs in “West Side Story”
Stephen Sondheim
Refers to the fan hysteria of the Beatles. Intensely devoted fans (usually girls) would scream hysterically and cry
Beatlemania
This group derived their name partly i honor of Buddy Holly’s band
The Beatles
He was responsible for standardizing what is now considered the typical rock band formation of two guitars, bass, and drums
Buddy Holly
style of music in the 1950’s that contained elements of blues, country, and gospel music
Rockabilly
Longer, shaggy style of haircut worn by the Beatles
Moptop
Chuck Berry invented this move. Performers hop forward on one leg while swinging the other back and forth
Duckwalk
the host of a popular variety show in America that showcased different artists and performers
Ed Sullivan
In his first shows, the artist’s legs shook uncontrollably because of nerves
Elvis Presley
What show will Brendon Urie be starring in on Broadway?
Kinky Boots
What is Panic! At the Discos top hit song?
I Write Sins Not Tragedies