Review - Romantic - Vocabulary

Question 1

Provide the definition and give associated title and its genre and composer

art song

Answer 1

Art song is the musical setting of a poem. It’s for solo voice and generally with piano accompaniment.

Erlking, lied, Schubert

Question 2

Provide the term for the definition below and give associated title and its genre and composer.

What is the song structure that dos not repeat entire sections of the music and the music changes to match the poem?

Answer 2

durchkomponiert (through-composed)

(Recognition is sufficient for durchkomponiert). You can provide the English term of through-composed.

Erlking, lied, Schubert

Question 3

Provide the definition and give associated title and its genre and composer.

Lied (plural Lieder)

Answer 3

Lied is the musical setting of a German poem for solo voice and piano accompaniment.

Erlking, lied, Schubert

Question 4

Provide the term for the definition below and give associated title and its genre and composer.

What is the musical setting of a poem for solo voice and generally with piano accompaniment?

Answer 4

Art song

Erlking, lied, Schubert

Question 5

Provide the term for the definition below and give associated title and its genre and composer.

What is the musical setting of a German poem for solo voice and piano accompaniment?

Answer 5

Lied (plural Lieder)

Erlking, lied, Schubert

Question 6

Provide the definition and give associated title and its genre and composer.

durchkomponiert (through-composed)

Answer 6

Through-composed is a song structure that dos not repeat entire sections of the music. instead, the music changes to match the poem.

Erlking, lied, Schubert

Question 7

Define the definition and provide the associated title and its genre and composer.

polonaise

Answer 7

Polonaise is a Polish court dance in triple meter and Chopin changed it into virtuosic piano pieces.

Polonaise in A flat Major, op. 53, solo piano, Chopin

Question 8

Provide the term for the definition below and provide the associated title and its genre and composer.

Rubato stands for “robbed time” in Italian. It’s a rhythmic flexibility in which the perform can speed up or slow down to interpret music.

Answer 8

Rubato (tempo rubato)

Polonaise in A flat Major, op. 53, solo piano, Chopin

Question 9

Provide the term for the definition below and provide the associated title and its genre and composer.

What is a Polish court dance in triple meter and Chopin changed it into virtuosic piano pieces?

Answer 9

Polonaise

Polonaise in A flat Major, op. 53, solo piano, Chopin

Question 10

Define the definition and provide the associated title and its genre and composer.

rubato (tempo rubato)

Answer 10

Rubato stands for “robbed time” in Italian. It’s a rhythmic flexibility in which the perform can speed up or slow down to interpret music.

Polonaise in A flat Major, op. 53, solo piano, Chopin

Question 11

What is the term for the following definition:

• a 19th century multi-movement orchestral work that has descriptive title and often has accompanying text that outlines the program

Provide associated title and its genre and composer.

Answer 11

program symphony

Symphonie fantastique, program symphony, Berlioz.

Question 12

What is the term for the following definition:

Berlioz came up with this term and it’s French for ‘fixed idea”. It’s a recurrent theme that links the multi-movements. In symphonie fantastique, it represents ‘the beloved’

Provide associated title and its genre and composer.

Answer 12

idee fixe

Symphonie fantastique, program symphony, Berlioz.

Question 13

What is the term for the following definition:
This term is Italian for “with the wood”. Berlioz used this new string effect in which the plays tap the strings with the wooden parts of their bows.

Provide associated title and its genre and composer.

Answer 13

col legno

Symphonie fantastique, program symphony, Berlioz.

Question 14

What is the term that means “day of wrath” in Latin? It’s a monophonic chant and used in requiem (mass for the dead). The music is associated with funerals.

Provide associated title and its genre and composer.

Answer 14

Dies irae

Symphonie fantastique, program symphony, Berlioz.

Question 15

What is program symphony?

Provide associated title and its genre and composer.

Answer 15

• a 19th century multi-movement orchestral work that has descriptive title and often has accompanying text that outlines the program

Symphonie fantastique, program symphony, Berlioz.

Question 16

What is idee fixe?

Provide associated title and its genre and composer.

Answer 16

Berlioz came up with this term. it’s French for ‘fixed idea”. It’s a recurrent theme that links the multi-movements. In symphonie fantastique, it represents ‘the beloved’

Symphonie fantastique, program symphony, Berlioz.

Question 17

What is col legno?

Provide associated title and its genre and composer.

Answer 17

This term is Italian for “with the wood”. Berlioz used this new string effect in which the player plays tap the strings with the wooden parts of their bows.

Symphonie fantastique, program symphony, Berlioz.

Question 18

What is Dies irae? (audio has the pronunciation)

Provide associated title and its genre and composer.

Answer 18

It’s a monophonic chant and used in requiem (mass for the dead). The music is associated with funerals.

(audio has the dies irae from Symphonie fantastique)

Symphonie fantastique, program symphony, Berlioz.

Question 19

Provide the definition and give the associated title and its genre and title.

opera

Answer 19

Opera is a drama that is sung and combines vocal and instrument music with drama, visual arts and often dance. It started in the Baroque era.

Carmen, lyric opera, Bizet

Question 20

Give the term of the following definition and give the associated title and its genre and title.

What is a drama that is sung and combines vocal and instrument music with drama, visual arts and often dance. It started in the Baroque era.

Answer 20

opera

Carmen, lyric opera, Bizet

Question 21

Provide the definition and give the associated title and its genre and title.

Exoticism in music

Answer 21

Exoticism in music is an important Romantic era musical style in which composers express their fascination with foreign lands and cultures using different melody, rhythm, harmony, and orchestration

Carmen, lyric opera, Bizet

Question 22

Give the term of the following definition and give the associated title and its genre and title.

What is the Romantic era musical style in which composers express their fascination with foreign lands and cultures using different melody, rhythm, harmony, and orchestration.

Answer 22

Exoticism in music

Carmen, lyric opera, Bizet

Question 23

Provide the definition and give the associated title and its genre and title.

Libretto

Answer 23

Libretto is the text of an opera, oratorio, or cantata and it is usually written by someone other than the composer.

Carmen, lyric opera, Bizet

Question 24

Give the term of the following definition and give the associated title and its genre and title.

What is the text of an opera, oratorio, or cantata and it is usually written by someone other than the composer?

Answer 24

Libretto
Carmen, lyric opera, Bizet

Question 25

Provide the definition and give the associated title and its genre and title. Aria

Answer 25

Aria is Italian for 'air'. It is a solo song with accompaniment, heard in an opera, oratorio, or cantata. It is highly emotional, often virtuosic and reveals the character's intimate emotions. Carmen, lyric opera, Bizet

Question 26

Provide the definition and give the associated title and its genre and title. Recitative

Answer 26

Recitative is a half-singing, half-talking way of singing in operas, oratorios, and cantatas that follows the sounds of the texts and tells the plot. Carmen, lyric opera, Bizet

Question 27

Give the term of the following definition and give the associated title and its genre and title. What is a half-singing, half-talking way of singing in operas, oratorios, and cantatas that follows the sounds of the texts and tells the plot?

Answer 27

Recitative Carmen, lyric opera, Bizet

Question 28

Give the term of the following definition and give the associated title and its genre and title. What is the Italian for "air", a solo song with accompaniment, heard in an opera, oratorio, or cantata. It is highly emotional, often virtuosic and reveals the character's intimate emotions?

Answer 28

Aria Carmen, lyric opera, Bizet

Question 29

Provide the definition and give the associated title and its genre and title. Ostinato

Answer 29

Ostinato is a rhythmic or melodic pattern repeated for an extended period. Carmen, lyric opera, Bizet (the habanera rhythm) Spring, Violin concerto, Vivaldi (the dog barking in the third movement)

Question 30

Give the term of the following definition and give the associated title and its genre and title. What is is a rhythmic or melodic pattern repeated for an extended period?

Answer 30

Ostinato Carmen, lyric opera, Bizet (the habanera rhythm) Spring, Violin concerto, Vivaldi (the dog barking in the third movement)

Question 31

Provide the definition and give the associated title and its genre and title. Habanera

Answer 31

Habanera is a Cuban dance-song with a rhythmic motive that is often used as an ostinato. Carmen, lyric opera, Bizet

Question 32

Give the term of the following definition and give the associated title and its genre and title. What is is a Cuban dance-song with a rhythmic motive that is often used as an ostinato?

Answer 32

Habanera Carmen, lyric opera, Bizet