Pieces

Question 1

Piano Sonata Op. 13 Mvmt. 1

Answer 1

• Beethoven
• 1797-1798
• Slow introduction
• Long phrases
• Very difficult

Question 2

Symphony No. 3 Op.55 Mvmt. 1

Answer 2

• Beethoven
• 1803
• Sonata form
• Exposition - 1st theme, 2nd theme, 3rd theme, idiosyncratic rhythms
• Development - outweighs rest of piece, extreme modulation
• Coda - new theme, own section

Question 3

Gretchen am Spinn rade

Answer 3

• Schubert
• 1814
• lieder
• process: 1. choose pre-existing poem 2. set it for voice & piano
• text painting: build up to climax (kiss) dim 7th
• through composed
• female singer

Question 4

Barber of Seville

Answer 4

• Rossini
• 1816
• tame harmonies
• clear 4-measure phrases
• Italians expected ornamentation but Rossini didn’t so he made his own but singers didn’t follow
• Arias are in binary form: catabile & cabaletta

Question 5

Wolf’s Glen Scene

Answer 5

• Weber
• 1817-1821
• Melodrama (spoken word over orchestral accomp.)
• Singspiel (based on supernatural)
• Chromatic
• Orchestration matches atmosphere

Question 6

String Quartet, Op. 131

Answer 6

• Beethoven
• 1826
• complicated, remote key changes, subtle continuity, intense counterpoint, contorts classical form, chromatic harmonies
• 7 mvmts
• 1st Mvmt
  
  • unusual keys, length
  • fugue (unusual)
  • difficult
  • Contrapuntal devices (stretto, diminution & augmentation, inversion
• 2nd Mvmt
  
  • contorted sonata form
  • displaces important features

Question 7

Mazurka Op.7 No.1

Answer 7

• Chopin
• 1830-31
• stylized dance
• dotted rhythms in melody
• accent on 3rd beat
• always in 3/4
• open 5th drones

Question 8

Carnaval, Eusebius & Florestan

Answer 8

• Schmann

- 1834-35

Question 9

Nocturne Op. 27 No.2

Answer 9

• Chopin
• 1835
• lyrical melody in right hand
• arpeggiated left hand

Question 10

Dichterliebe No.1

Answer 10

• Schumman
• 1840
• text by Heinrich Heine
• poem has ambitious feel, stops without resolving on V7
• F# min and A maj
• stand alone piano part

Question 11

Un Sospiro

Answer 11

• Liszt
• 1845-49
• pentatonic melody
• FORM: A-A’-B-cad-B’-cad-B”-cad-A”-B”‘-Coda

Question 12

Elijah Op. 70

Answer 12

• Felix Mendelssohn

- 1846

Question 13

Gartenlieder, Op. 3, No. 6

Answer 13

• Fanny Hansel

- 1846

Question 14

La traviatta, Act 3 Scena & Duet

Answer 14

• Verdi
• 1853
• non stop opera

Question 15

Tristan und Isolde, Prelude & Conclusion of Act I

Answer 15

• Wagner
• 1857-59
• Tristan Chord
• Fluctuating tonality

Question 16

Souvenir de Porto Rico

Answer 16

• Gottschalk
• 1857-58
• emulates marching band
• doppler effect
• “Ragtime” feel
• Afro-Caribbean feel

Question 17

Wolf

Answer 17

-1880’s