Program and piano music Flashcards
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It tells a story that conveys images, poems, ideas or scenes with out words.
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Program music
2
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- A symphony with a program
- Form of program music used in Symphonie Fantastique
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Program Symphony
3
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one of the famous program symphonies of Hector Berlioz
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Symphonie Fantastique
4
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Term Berlioz used for the melody representing the loved one in his composition
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Idee Fixe
5
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- consists of only one movement
- an independent composition
- plays at the start of the opera or one of its acts
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Concert Overture
6
Q
- a musical composition for orchestra in one movement
- invented by Franz Liszt in the late 1840s and 1850s
- became a significant means of expression for nationalism
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Symphonic Poem
7
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- intended to accompany the action or mood of a dramatic stage performance
- used between scenes or for particularly important moments in the play
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Incidental Music
8
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- romantic era was the rise in popularity
- an instrument capable of playing both melody and harmony together
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Piano music
9
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- quiet, reflective movement
- a mood of melancholic nature
- reflecting the atmosphere at night
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Nocturne
10
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refers to piano compositions that have an extemporaneous character
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Impromptu
11
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a narrative song without words
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ballade
12
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- short mood piece of no prescribed form
- conveys a specific idea or emotion
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Prelude
13
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- meaning “slender” or “small”
- referring to very small dance steps
- describes the musical style that accompanies the dances
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minuet
14
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- means “joke”
- an understanding of the humor that has been put into its writing
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Scherzo
15
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- “study” or “exercise”
- a short piece that gives the student practice in a particular technical problem
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Etude
