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Programme Music Flashcards

1
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When was Beethoven’s Eroica written?

A

1804

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Who was the Eroica originally written for?

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Napoleon (As 1st consult)

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What was the Eroica written about at its publishing?

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a great man
heroism
triumph, tragedy, adversity

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Name 3 pieces that influenced Programme music (Beethoven, Mendelssohn)

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Pastoral symphony no.6
Midsummer night’s dream
Hebrides overture 1830

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Who are the two main composers credited for the rise of programme music, and what were their specialties?

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Liszt: tone poems
Berlioz: programme symphonies

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name Two of Richard Strauss’ (1864-1949) tone poems, inspired by Liszt’s 1853 tone poems.

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Death and Transfiguration
Alpine Symphony

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7
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When was the Death of Sardanapalus painted and what is the subject matter?

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1827
funeral pyre
chaos, orgy, brazenness

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When was Les Preludes published and who composed them?

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Liszt
1849
A collection of verses

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9
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What is the subject matter for Erlkonig?

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Poem by Goethe
a child dying in a father’s arms as they race on horseback to save him in vain

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When was Dichterliebe written and what is it’s translation?

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The poet’s love
1840

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11
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Name three of Wagner’s Gesamtkunstwerk music dramas.

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Die Walkure
Tristan and Isolde
Parsifal

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Which School in the War of the Romantics thought programmatic forms were the way of progress?

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The New German School

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What type of sub-genre is used in Monet’s Impression 1872 and Debussy’s La Mer?

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Impressionism

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14
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Which Mallarme poem was used by Debussy and the Ballet Russe? (Symbolism)

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l’apres-midi d’un faune
Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune

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15
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What is a leitmotif?

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a theme or recurring melody that represents characters

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16
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What are the characteristics of Romantic programmes?

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Comparison
Realism
Nature vs state
Introspection

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What are the characteristics of Modern programmes?

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reality and psyche mixed
hard to grasp reality
disorder mental state
introspection

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18
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What baroque piece shows programmatic forms?

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Vivaldi - the four seasons

19
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What modern composer uses programmatic forms?

A

Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet

20
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Who coined the term ‘programme music’

A

Liszt

21
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What are the characteristics of C19 programme forms?

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Nationalism, heroism
nature, myth
gothic imagery

22
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What differs between enlightenment and romantic structures?

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Enlightenment: sonata forms use key relationships
Romantic: forms use motivic relationships (orchestral emphasis)

23
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What is a symphonic/tone poem?

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usually a single movement
guided by a theme (emotional response)
Accompanied by a text
unconventionally structured

24
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What are three of Liszt’s tone poems?

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Les Preludes
Orpheus
Prometheus

25
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What is the difference between tone poems and symphonic programmes?

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Tone poems: shorter, more vague
Symphonic programmes: larger, more explicit content, larger ensemble

26
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When was the Symphonie Fantastique written?

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1830

27
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What was the Symphonie Fantastique written about?

A

English Actress Harriet Smithson

28
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What is the recurring theme in the Symphonie Fantastique called?

A

Idee fixe

29
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What are the five movements of the Symphonie Fantastique?

A

Passions
Ball
Scene in the country
March to the scaffold (thud + silence = guillotine)
Dream of a witches sabbath

30
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Whose poetry was Les Preludes based on (1849)?

A

Lamartine 1823
“Love jarring the enchanted form of all existence”

31
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What cycle was Die Walkure 1856 part of?

A

The Ring Cycle (norse mythology)

32
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What is the function of opera in Wagner’s opinion?

A

insertion of opinion, education
total artwork
continuous quasi-recitative style

33
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What chord is used to show the absence of resolution in Wagner’s operas?

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Tristan chord
no resolution until the end: an orgy of destruction

34
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Who did Wagner oppose and why?

A

Giacomo Meyerbeer
Les Hugenots 1836
separated pieces into arias, choruses

35
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Who painted Rain, steam, and speed in the impressionist style (Debussy admired him)

A

William Turner

36
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Which Symbolist play was written by Maeterlinck and composed by_____?

A

Debussy
Pelleas et Melisande

37
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What are the programmatic features of Pelleas et Melisande?

A

5 act plot
disjointed time, place, and actions
lietmotifs
Ariozo in dialogue
Orchestra a major protagonist

38
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Name two of Stravinsky’s programmatic operas

A

Petrushka
Firebird

39
Q

Schumann said: To cast light…

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into the depths of the human heart - the artist’s mission!

40
Q

Berlioz said: My arteries…

A

throb violently

41
Q

Wagner said: feel this urge…

A

to the artwork of the future

42
Q

Mallarme’s first line of his poem is: These nymphs…

A

, I would perpetuate them

43
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Debussy wanted a poet who would write: no…

A

place, nor time

44
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Stravinsky said music is: “powerless….

A

to express anything at all”

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