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Schumann Flashcards

1
Q

What was he?

A

He was the first true romantic composer

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2
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What did he have?

A

Turbulent personally combined with later mental instability

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3
Q

Who did he love?

A

Clara Wieck

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3
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What did he pick up on?

A

Picked up on what Schubert and Beethoven started, with respect to song cycles

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4
Q

What was Schumann’s song cycle called?

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Dichterliebe

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5
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When was it composed?

A

Composed in 1840

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6
Q

What does song 1 begin in?

A

E minor

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7
Q

Tonality?

A

Ambiguous tonality

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8
Q

Opening arpeggio?

A

Based around chord IV, with augmented 5th

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9
Q

Then?

A

Unresolved chord V7 in bar 2

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10
Q

Suspensions?

A

Bar 12

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11
Q

Vocal phrases?

A

Are short and may sound unresolved

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12
Q

At the end of the song 1?

A

Remains unfinished for sense of continuity, resolves in the first chord of the next song

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13
Q

Next good song?

A

Song 6 - Im Rhine

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14
Q

About?

A

River Rhine - flowing song

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15
Q

What’s represents what?

A

Octave pedal notes at the beginning represent organ in a cathedral

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16
Q

Bass?

A

Doubles vocals lines bars 1-8

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17
Q

Step?

A

Wise movement

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18
Q

Moderate?

A

Tessitura

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19
Q

Instrumental use?

A

Lowest possible range

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20
Q

Tonality?

A

Obvious D minor tonality

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21
Q

Lower?

A

Vocal range

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22
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Louder?

23
Q

Woman?

A

Is parallel to the picture of Virgin Mary

24
Q

Long?

25
Q

Octaves?

A

In bass anticipate the next song

26
Q

Next good song?

A

Song 7 - Ich Grolle Nicht

27
Q

First good thing?

A

Dominant minor 9th

28
Q

For?

A

Heart break

29
Q

Long?

A

Word long is a minim, so text painting represented for word long

30
Q

Piano part?

A

Boldness of piano part conveys confidence of composer and poet

31
Q

Texture?

A

Hold piano texture, repeated chords and octaves

32
Q

Piano?

A

Lowest possible notes used

33
Q

Contrasts?

A

With the highest and loudest vocal tessitura in the whole song cycle during the climax

34
Q

Irony?

A

“I blame the not”

35
Q

How many times?

A

Repeated 6 times - so he actually does blame her, irony

36
Q

Anything good in song?

37
Q

What’s cool?

A

Uses the Neapolitan chord 2 times

38
Q

Good?

A

Good piano texture

39
Q

Next good song?

40
Q

Key?

A

Eb minor - death key in Schumann’s songs

41
Q

Same as?

A

Song 2, same opening but semi tone lower

42
Q

Absence?

A

Of piano - q&a between piano and voice

43
Q

Narrow?

A

Vocal range

44
Q

At the end?

A

Brief moment of optimism, higher notes in the song

45
Q

Rhythm?

A

Hemiola, in 6/8 but sounds likes 3/4

46
Q

Next good song?

A

Final song, song 16

47
Q

Chords?

A

I, IV and V used

48
Q

So what?

A

Diatonic harmony for the first page

49
Q

Final song represents?

A

Sinking of sorrows into a coffin

50
Q

Steady?

A

Steady pace represents funeral march

51
Q

Text painting?

A

“Wide” octave leap

52
Q

How is it shown to be throwing something into the sea?

A

Intervals/leaps in the vocal line

53
Q

Long?

54
Q

Sets?

A

Scene of coffin of sorrows and love floating away

55
Q

Final cadence?

A

Brings a close to the cycle

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