MUSIC - PROGRAM MUSIC

Question 1

FORM OF MUSIC IN WHICH THE COMPOSER CONVEYS A STORY, IDEA, OR SCENE THROUGH MUSICAL ELEMENTS

Answer 1

Program Music

Question 2

• FRENCH ROMANTIC COMPOSER BORN ON DECEMBER 11, 1803.
• AT HIS YOUNG AGE, HE LEARNED TO PLAY GUITAR AND FLUTE.
• HE WAS SENT TO MEDICAL SCHOOL BUT HE ENDED UP PURSUING A CAREER IN MUSIC.
• ONE OF HIS FAMOUS MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS IS A FIVE MOVEMENT SYMPHONY CALLED “SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE”.

Answer 2

Hector Berlioz

Question 3

A FIVE-MOVEMENT PROGRAM SYMPHONY UNIFIED BY A RECURRING THEME (FIXED IDEA) THAT REPRESENTS THE COMPOSER’S BELOVED.

Answer 3

Symphony Fantastique

Question 4

___ Movement

Title: Reveries/ Passion
Tempo:Largo (slow introduction)
Allegro agitato e appasionado assai (agitated and very impassioned allegro)

Answer 4

1st Movement

Question 5

___ Movement

Title: A Ball
Tempo:
Allegro non troppo
The second movement is a waltz
Form: ABA Form

Answer 5

2nd Movement

Question 6

___ Movement

Title: Scene in the Country
Tempo: Adaugo Waltz
Form: ABA Coda Form

Answer 6

3rd Movement

Question 7

___ Movement

Title: March to the Scaffold
Tempo: Allegretto non troppo
Form: Composed of two different themes

Answer 7

4th Movement

Question 8

___ Movement

Title: Dream of a Witches Sabbath
Tempo: Larghetto Allegro
Form: Most fantastic of the movement

Answer 8

5th Movement

Question 9

• BORN ON MAY 7, 1840 IN VOTKINSK, RUSSIA
• KNOWN FOR HIS BALLET MUSIC
• Became famous after composing the musical poem “Fatum” and “Romeo and Juliet”.

Answer 9

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Question 10

• BORN ON MAY 7, 1840 IN VOTKINSK, RUSSIA
• KNOWN FOR HIS BALLET MUSIC
• Became famous after composing the musical poem “Fatum” and “Romeo and Juliet”.

Answer 10

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky