MUSIC - VIOLIN and PIANO MUSIC

Question 1

• Born on October 27, 1782 in Genoa, Italy
• His musical skills started with playing the mandolin at the age of five
• Became the most famous violin virtuoso in the world

Answer 1

Niccolo Paganini

Question 2

Famous Works:
- “La Campanella”
- 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1
- Concerto No. 1 in Eb, Op. 6
- 15 Quartets for Guitar and Strings Trio
- “The Carnival OF Venice”

Answer 2

Niccolo Paganini

Question 3

• “The Little Bell”
• The movement derives its nickname from those bell-like sounds, which evoke the imagery of the Italian folk song.

Answer 3

La Campanella

Question 4

• “Poet of the Piano”
• He was born on March 1, 1810 in Zelazowa, Poland
• Began to play piano at age 4 and he composed polonaise at the age of 7
• Most of his music was influenced by folk music
• Married the French Writer, George Sand
• Some of his music is characterized by its beautiful tone, rhythmic flexibility, grace, and elegance

Answer 4

Frederic Chopin

Question 5

Verse form or narrative that is set to music

Answer 5

ballade

Question 6

Piece composed for the development of a specific technique.

Answer 6

Etude

Question 7

Polish dance in triple time signature.

Answer 7

Mazurka

Question 8

Instrumental composition of a pensive, dreamy, mood, for the piano.

Answer 8

Nocturne

Question 9

Slow Polish dance in triple time that consists of a march or procession.

Answer 9

Polonaise

Question 10

Short piece of music that can be used as a preface, and introduction to another work or may stand on its own.

Answer 10

Prelude

Question 11

German dance in triple meter.

Answer 11

Waltz

Question 12

Short free-form musical composition usually for a solo instrument.

Answer 12

Impromptu

Question 13

Musical movement of playful character, typically in ABA form.

Answer 13

Schrezo

Question 14

Composition for one or more solo instruments usually consisting of three or four independent movements varying in key, mood, and tempo.

Answer 14

Sonata

Question 15

Famous Works:
- Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49
- Revolutionary Etude, Op. 10, No. 12
- 24 Preludes, Op. 28

Answer 15

Frederic Chopin

Question 16

A patriotic reaction to hearing that Warsaw had been captured by the Russians.

Answer 16

Revolutionary Etude, Op. 10, No. 12

Question 17

• “Virtuosity”
• Known as the virtuoso pianist, a composer and the busiest musician during the Romantic Era.
• Born in the village Doborjan, Hungary.
• He dedicate himself in becoming a virtuoso pianist when he heard about Paginini.
• Known for his symphonic poems where he translated great literary works into musical compositions
• He also made piano transcriptions of operas and famous symphonies.
  Known for his kind and generous personality.

Answer 17

Franz Liszt

Question 18

Famous Works:
- “La Campanella”
- “Liebestraume no. 3”
- “Hungarian Rhapsodies”
- Un Sospiro
- Sonata in B Minor
- Arrangements of the 9 Beethhoven Symphonies
- Transcriptions of Lieder by Schubert
- Symphonic Poems (Orchestral)

Answer 18

Franz Liszt

Question 19

Franz Liszt’s revision of an earlier version from 1838, Niccolo Paganini’s Famous Work

Answer 19

“La Campanella”

Question 20

• One of the famous Romantic composers that beautifully combined music and words.
• Born in 1810 in Zwickau.
• He went to Leipzig to study law. However, he spent most of his time with musical and literary circles through the effort of Friedrich Wieck.
• In 1834, he founded the music journal, “Jornal Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik,” wherein he edited and wrote music criticism for his publication.
• In his Journal, he often wrote under two pseudonyms – Eusebius (his sensitive and lyrical side) and Florestan (his fiery, stormy side.

Answer 20

Robert Schumann

Question 21

Famous Works:
- “Abegg Variations,” Op. 1 (1830)
- “Davidsbundlertanze” (“DancesoftheBandofDavid”), Op. 6(1837) Art Songs
- “Dichterliebe” (“A Poet’s Love”) Orchestral Music
- “Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
- “Overture,” Scherzo

Answer 21

Robert Schumann

Question 22

• Name is believed to refer to Schumann’s fictitious friend, Meta Abegg.
• Another suggestion is Pauline von Abegg. Apparently, when he was twenty years old, Schumann met her and dedicated this work to her.

Answer 22

Abegg Variations,” Opus 1