Mystery Score #2: Genres

Question 1

(Program) Symphony

Answer 1

Symphony that is telling the composers story, usually has program notes with it.

Question 2

String Quartet

Answer 2

Beethoven
Unusual form (lots of movements)

Question 3

Piano Sonata

Answer 3

Sonata form, but with slow intro

Question 4

Lied

Answer 4

German song, especially Schubert
Piano becomes its own character
More meaning to the music, not so much the text
Focus on individual feelings and experiences
Fusion of music and poetry

Question 5

Song Cycle

Answer 5

A collection of songs

Question 6

(Concert) Etudes

Answer 6

Liszt
Very technically challenging, lots of extended techniques
Parallel 6ths, rolled octaves, broken chords

Question 7

Character Pieces: Nocturne

Answer 7

Character piece – works that capture a single emotion, character, or idea

Question 8

Dances: Mazurka, Polonaise, Waltzes

Answer 8

Mazurka – stylized dances (Polish folk dances)
Polonaise – aristocratic dances
Waltz - ?? just a waltz?

Question 9

Transcriptions

Answer 9

Taking a piece of music and making it playable for something else (like Liszt transcribing Beethoven’s symphonies for piano)

Question 10

Overture

Answer 10

Absolute music with extramusical characteristic

Question 11

Comic/Serious Opera

Answer 11

Still a divide between the two
New form (scena ed aria)
Bel canto melodies
Bellini and Rossini

Question 12

Grand Opera

Answer 12

French
Stories of revolutionaries
5 acts (trajedie lyrique)
Meyerbeer

Question 13

Symphonic Poem

Answer 13

Different from a program symphony because it is based on a preexisting model (poem, painting, etc.) Does not include program notes.