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Der Freischütz

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Weber Nationalistic Opera.

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Otello and Falstaff

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Verdi Last 2 Operas based on plays by Shakespeare, libretti by Boito

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La Traviata

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Verdi Opera

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Barber of Seville

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Rossini Opera

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La Boheme

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Puccini Opera

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Turandot

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Puccini Opera set in China

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Orpheus in the Underworld

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Offenbach Opera

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William Tell

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Rossini French Opera

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Salome, Elektra and Die Fledermaus

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Strauss Operas

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Der Rosenkavalier

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Strauss Opera - First of his second period

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Lohengrin

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Wagner’s last romantic opera.

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Grand opera

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Usually in five acts on grand historic topics. Meyerbeer dominated this type of opera.

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13
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Aida

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Verdi Opera commissioned for a new opera house in Cairo

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14
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Carmen

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Bizet Opera - Opera Comique

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Tristan und Isolde

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Wagner Opera - most influential work

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16
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Ring Cycle

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Cycle of 4 German music dramas by Wagner - Norse Mythology

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17
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Die Meistersinger

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Wagner’s late comic opera.

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18
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Samson et Dalila

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Saint Saëns Opera

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19
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Manon

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Massenet Opera

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20
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Mikado

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Sullivan Opera, Libretto by W. S. Gilbert

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21
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Tosca

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Puccini Opera

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Bel Canto

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Italian opera known for its long lyrical phrasing and frequent improvisation.

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23
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Pagliacci

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Leoncavallo Opera

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Opera Buffa

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Offenbach Operas that satire French society.

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25
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Norma

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Billini Opera

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26
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Faust

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Gounod Opera

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27
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Aria

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Voice solo piece in Opera

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28
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Boris Godunov

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Musorgsky’s Greatest Opera

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29
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Opera comique

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Originally French comic opera. Eventually any French opera with spoken dialogue.

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30
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Madame Butterfly

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Puccini Opera set in Japan

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Music Drama

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Term Wagner used to describe his works following Lohengrin. The principles of the Gesamtkunstwerk are used. Orchestra gives drama, solo vocal writing instead of chorus and ensembles.

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32
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Leitmotif

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A short musical idea associated with an object or a character in a Wagner Opera.

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33
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Reminiscence theme

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Recurring music in Italian opera. Verdi.

34
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Gesamtkunstwerk

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Total work of art in a Wagner Opera.

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Verismo

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Late 19th c. “truth” or realism in opera.

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Melodrama

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Spoken word over music.

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Symphonic poem

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A single movement, multi-sectional piece with a program. Related to Liszt.

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Tone poem

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Tone poems are one movement programmatic pieces for orchestra, fitting the same description as a programmatic concert overture or symphonic poem. Unlike Liszt, however, Strauss tried to bring out in greater detail the original source in the orchestra.

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Octatonic scale

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8 note scale. 2 forms alternating whole and half step, or half and whole step.

40
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Mighty Handful (Fistful)

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A group of Russian composers who sought to establish a Russian style of music.

41
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Brahms/Wagner controversy

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In the second half of the 19th c. debates began about the “Music of the Future” of Wagner, and the more Conservative style of Brahms. Wagner represented the Gesamtkunstwerk, and Brahms the Absolute music, using traditional forms and genres. This debate quickly became polarized into 2 sides or camps. It was the followers of the 2 composers more than the composers themselves that fueled this.

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Mystic chord

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Created by Scriabin.
In C: C F# Bb E A D

43
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Tristan Chord

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The original Tristan chord is heard in the opening phrase of Richard Wagner’s opera Tristan und Isolde as part of the leitmotif relating to Tristan. It is made up of the notes F, B, D♯, and G♯

44
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Italian serenade

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Wolf String quartet - most famous instrumental piece

45
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Italian songbook

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Wolf work, text by Heyse

46
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Spanish songbook

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Wolf work, text by Heyse and Geibel

47
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Planets

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Holst work

48
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New world symphony

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Dvorak Symphony No. 9

49
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Don Quixote

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Strauss Tone Poem based on Cervantes Novel

50
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Also Sprach Zarathustra

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Strauss Tone Poem based on Nietzsche philosophical work

51
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Metamorphosen

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Strauss study for 23 strings

52
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Das Lied von der Erde

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Mahler Unnumbered Symphony

53
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Symphony of a Thousand

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Mahler Symphony No. 8

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Romantic symphony

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Schubert Symphony

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Pathetique symphony

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No. 6 Tchaikovsky

56
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Nutcracker/Swan Lake/Sleeping beauty

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Tchaikovsky Ballets

57
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1812 overture/Romeo and Juliet

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Tchaikovsky Overtures

58
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Enigma variations

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Elgar Work

59
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Peer Gynt

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Grieg incidental piece

60
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Sea/London/Pastoral symphonies

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Vaughan Williams Symphonies

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Night on Bald Mountain/Pictures at an Exhibition

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Finlandia

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Grieg Nationality

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Elgar Nationality

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Who composed the Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini for solo piano and orchestra

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Rachmaninov

66
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About The Planets - Holst (4)

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  • Orchestral Suite
  • 1914-1916
  • First movement: Mars
  • Ends with a chorus of female voices
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Smetana Nationality

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Vaughan Williams Nationality

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Rachmaninow Nationality

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Holst Nationality

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Sibelius Nationality

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Scriabin Nationality

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Dvorak Nationality

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Who went to NYC to become director of the National Conservatory of Music

75
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Grieg was influenced by

76
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Nielsen composed concerti for

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Clarinet and flute

77
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About Aida - Verdi (4)

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  • Opera which occurs in Egypt.
  • Isis is protecting the country
  • Trumpets are on stage.
  • Triplet - Quarter notes
78
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Nielsen Nationality

79
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About Das Rheingold - Wagner (3)

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  • The King of Gods swings a hammer over his head.
  • They are going to their new home - a fortress in Valhalla
  • Gold was stolen from them
80
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About Carmen - Bizet
(3)

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  • “Love is the child of a gypsy life.”
  • “If you won’t love me, I’ll love you.”
  • Carmen gives Don Jose back his ring and he stabs and kills her.

Music History 2 (13 decks)

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