Quiz 1

Question 1

Aesthetic

Answer 1

a set of principles concerned with the nature of beauty

Question 2

Symphony

Answer 2

French Overture (tragedie lyrique) 2 parts - 1st slow with dotted rhythms, 2nd with imitative section, might end with opening slow style

Question 3

Sinfonia

Answer 3

3 sections - slow, fast, slow (AABB dance)

Question 4

Early Symphony

Answer 4

any multi-movement orchestral music performed at non-operatic occasions

Question 5

Standardized Symphony

Answer 5

a substantial composition for full orchestra typically in 4 movements, tonally related and often thematically related (fast, slow, minuet/dance, fast - ABA sonata form)

Question 6

Sonata Form

Answer 6

slow introduction, exposition (1st theme, bridge, 2nd theme, closing, repeats), development (modulate back to home key, using material from exposition), recapitulation (same as exposition but with a coda instead of a repeat)

Question 7

Libretto

Answer 7

the text that is set in an extended musical work (opera, operetta, musicals)

Question 8

Musical Offering Ricercar

Answer 8

instrumental genre with pervasive imitation (fugue)

Question 9

Galant

Answer 9

natural, simple, regular

Question 10

Empfindsamer Stil

Answer 10

sensation style, many feelings that change quickly

Question 11

Opera Seria

Answer 11

history, mythology, intermezzo soprano/bass (commedia dell’arte)

Question 12

Opera Buffa

Answer 12

comic opera (stand alone opera) with 3 main parts: 1. Serious message about class relationships, 2. Usually ends with a marriage, 3. Happy end arrived at through conflict.

Question 13

Imbroglio

Answer 13

untangling of complex plot lines (finales at end of acts involving all the characters).

Question 14

Chiaroscuro

Answer 14

effect of contrasted light and shadows falling unevenly on something

Question 15

Sturm und Drang

Answer 15

storm and stress (depiction of violent emotion, same era as Empfindsamer Stil).