Music Exam 3 terms

Question 1

symphony

Answer 1

major work for orchestra in multiple movements; “public genre” (concert halls); four movements; strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion; ex: Beethoven’s 5th Symphony

Question 2

Apollonian

Answer 2

refers to more “Classic” art; ex: Mozart’s love duet from “The Magic Flute” between Papageno and Papagena

Question 3

Dionysian

Answer 3

refers to more “Romantic” art; ex: Wagner’s love duet from “Siegfried” between Siegfried and Brunnhilde

Question 4

Libretto

Answer 4

text of an opera; ex: “Siegfried”

Question 5

Leitmotive

Answer 5

motive in an opera that stands for a specific person, place, thing, or idea; ex: Wagner’s “Siegfried”

Question 6

Gesamtkunstwerk

Answer 6

“total art work”; Wagner’s idea of equality of all elements in operas; ex: Siegfried

Question 7

Festpielhaus

Answer 7

festival playhouse in which Wagner’s music dramas were performed

Question 8

Opera

Answer 8

sung drama; integrates music, theater, dance; developed during Baroque period; ex: Don Giovanni by Mozart

Question 9

recitative

Answer 9

sung dialogue of an opera; no rhythm; ex: “At last we’re free” from Don Giovanni by Mozart

Question 10

aria

Answer 10

tuneful song of an opera; ex: “I Understand You” from Don Giovanni by Mozart

Question 11

Opera Buffa

Answer 11

comic Italian opera; ex: World of the Moon by Haydn