Scores

Question 1

Cantata 82 - “Ich habe genug”

Answer 1

Bach: “I have enough.” church cantata for bass, Leipzig, 1727. oboe obbligato

Question 2

Cantata 156 “Ich steh mit einem Fu∫ im Grabe”

Answer 2

Bach: “I stand with one food in the grave”. church cantata. Leipzig, 1729. for three different voices, alto, tenor, and bass. opening sinfonia for oboe and orchestra.

Question 3

Cantata 202 “Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten”

Answer 3

Bach, secular cantata for soprano. “wedding cantata.” composed maybe for his wedding to his wife Anna Magdalena in 1721, though the style is from earlier in 1714. oboe part in the first and seventh arias.

Question 4

Easter Oratorio

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Bach. premiere on April 1, 1725, Leipzig for Easter Sunday. oratorio, originally titled “Kommt, gehet und eilet.” renamed in 1735. Based on a secular cantata bwv 249a. text probably by Picander. No narrator, 4 voices: Simon Peter (tenor), John the Apostle (bass), Mary Magdalene (alto), Mary Jacobe (soprano).
choir, orchestra
trumpets, timpani, oboe, oboe d’amore, recorders, flauta transversa, violins, viola, continuo

Question 5

Brandenburg Concertos

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6 concerto grosso, 1721. bwv 1046-1051. presented to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg.

Question 6

Brandenburg Concerto 1

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4 movements, written for 3 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon, violins, viola, basso continuo.

Question 7

Brandenburg Concerto 2

Answer 7

3 movements, 1 oboe, 1 trumpet, 1 flute, 1 violin, ripieno orchestra.

Question 8

St. Matthew Passion

Answer 8

religious oratorio (sacred). 1727, solo voices, double choir and double orchestra. from Luther's translation of the Gospel of Matthew. St. Thomas Church, Leipzig. 
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 d'amore, 2 da caccia, lute, strings

Question 9

Barber Violin Concerto

Answer 9

1939. moto perpetuo third movement

Question 10

Concerto for Orchestra

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Bela Bartok, 1943 (revised 1945). premiered by the BSO and Koussevitsky in 1944. triple winds, each instrument has it’s own moment to be showcased, which is why it’s a concerto for orchestra.

Question 11

Symphony no. 3 Beethoven

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1803-1804. premiered at Prince Lobkowitz’ palace in Vienna. originally dedicated to Napolean, then retracted after he named himself Emperer.
“first Romantic symphony”. length, titled specific movements, stretched the harmonic fabric, development and codas are long. intro is short, just two chords. first time to have 3 horns in a Scherzo in a symphony (usually was a Minuet).
1 mvmt: sonata form
2 mvmt: ABA funeral march
3 mvmt: Scherzo
4 mvmt: theme and variations

Question 12

Beethoven 5.

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premiered in 1808, same night as the 6th symphony in Vienna at the Theatre an der Wien.

Question 13

Beethoven 6

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premiered 1808. “Pastoral Symphony”, first programmatic work, with titles for each movement. 4th/5th mvmts linked.

Question 14

Beethoven 7

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1811-1812. premiered 1813. known for dotted rhythms.

Question 15

Beethoven 9

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premiered 1824 in Vienna. text based on Friederich Schiller, “ode to joy”. employed chorus for final movement and soloists. Commissioned by the Philharmonic Society of London. Beethoven conducted.

Question 16

Romeo and Juliet

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Berlioz, 1839. Wagner was at the premiere. Program music, libretto by Emile Deschamps
Symphonie Dramatique
choral work 
inspiration in 1827 by Harriet Smithson 
Pagannini helped fund the premiere

Question 17

Benvenuto Cellini

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Berlioz, opera, 1838, 2 acts, after the sculptor of the same name.

Question 18

Symphonie Fantastique

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Berlioz, 1830. Program Symphony about an artist who is in despair becuase of unrequited love. Poisons himself with opium, hallucinates about killing his love and then being marched to the scaffold.
uses the idée fixe, the theme (harriet smithson, his obsession). utlizes the Dies Irae. often has 2 themes separate and then overlap (did this in R&J also).

Question 19

Bizet Symphony in C 1

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composed in 1855 while studying at the Paris Conservatoire, was 17 when he wrote it. studied with Gounod.

Question 20

Brahms Haydn Variations

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1873. Theme and Variations. “St. Anthony theme from Haydn”. first written for two pianos, then orchestrated. first performance by the Vienna Phil with Brahms conducting. 5 measure phrases, which is unusual.

Question 21

Brahms Violin Concerto

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1878. written for his friend Joseph Joachim. premiere in Leipzig in 1879. follows standard fast-slow-fast format

Question 22

Brahms Symphony 1 in c minor

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premiered 1876, took him 21 years to write it, under the shadow of Beethoven. Sometimes called “Beethoven’s Tenth.” first mvmt is sonata form

Question 23

Brahms Symphony 2 in D Major

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1877. structure of a classical symphony. playful, harkens to Beethoven 6 Pastoral

Question 24

Brahms Symphony 3 in F Major

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1883. In the time in between his 2nd and 3rd, he wrote his violin concerto and two overtures -Tragic and Academic Festival”

Question 25

Bruckner 5 in Bb Major

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1875-1876.

Question 26

La Mer

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1905 Debussy. 3 movements "Symphonic Sketches", impressionist, depicting the waves

Question 27

Nocturnes

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1901 Debussy. 3 mvmts

Question 28

New World Symphony

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Dvorak, 1893. traditional symphonic form, utilized folk songs and spirituals (Harry T. Burleigh). Commissioned and performed by NY Phil

Question 29

Watermusik

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Handel 1717, for King George on the River Thames. performed on a barge in the river, a set of dances, french overture,

Question 30

Symphony 96 "Miracle"

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Haydn, 1791 (year Mozart died). One of the 12 London Symphonies 1st: sonata form 2nd: ABA 3rd: Minuet and Trio (extended oboe solo) 4th: rondo: ABACA

Question 31

Symphony 102

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Haydn, 1794.

Question 32

Escales

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Ibert, 1922. Impressionist, lush, three ports of call.

Question 33

Mahler Symphony 1

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"Titan" 1888. tone poem in symphonic form. quotes from his earlier movements, minor version of Frere Jacques. Two parts, 5 mvmts.

Question 34

Mahler Symphony 3

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1896. 6 movements in 2 parts. his longest symphony

Question 35

Mahler Symphony 5

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1902. use of counterpoint, purely orchestral. wrote it in the summer. opening trumpet solo echoes Beethoven 5

Question 36

Scottish Symphony

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Mendelssohn, 1842 in Leipzig. (took him about 13 years to write it). Inspired by the Scottish countryside, where he also found the inspiration for the Hebrides Overture. His 5th symphony to be composed, but the 3rd published. All movements are attaca.

Question 37

Mozart Oboe Concerto

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1777, written for Ferlendis

Question 38

Mozart Oboe Quartet

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1781, written for Friedrich Ramm, used high F for the first time, showed an improvement in the instrument. Allegro Adagio Rondeau

Question 39

Pictures at an Exhibition

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Modest Mussorgsky, 1874 for piano. Orchestrated by Ravel in 1922. Based on pictures by Victor Hartman. each movement is interspersed with the Promenade (5/4 and 6/4)

Question 40

Classical Symphony

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Prokofiev. 1917. Neoclassical structure, but with a Gavotte instead of a Minuet for the 3rd movement.

Question 41

Daphnis et Chloe

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Ravel. performed by ballet Russes in 1912, commissioned by Diaghilev in 1909. impressionistic,

Question 42

Gli Uccelli

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Respighi, 1928. based on 17th and 18th century pieces. attempts to notate birdsong. 5 movements

Question 43

Scheherazade

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Rimsky Korsakov, 1888. Based on the Arabian Nights. Premiered in St. Petersburg, conducted by RK. symphonic suite.

Question 44

Italian in Algiers

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Rossini, 1813. premiered in Venice.

Question 45

Symphony no. 5 Schubert

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1816. one flute, two oboes, 2 bassoons, horns, strings. mozartean influence, small instumentation

Question 46

Symphony no 8 Schubert

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"unfinished" 1822, even though he lived another 6 years beyond.

Question 47

Symphony no 9 Schubert

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"the Great" 1825. mendelssohn conducted the premiere in 1839.

Question 48

Shostakovich 1

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1925, composed for his degree graduation. slow largo movement is 3rd, utilizes the piano. 3rd and 4th mvmts are played attaca.

Question 49

Shostakovich 5

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1937, premiered Leningrad Philharmonic. 1: sonata form 2: scherzo 3: largo 4: ABA

Question 50

Shostakovich 7

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1941 "Leningrad". smuggled out of the USSR and represents a resistance to totalitarianism and militarism

Question 51

Rite of Spring

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Stravinsky, ballet 1913: Diaghalev and Nijinsky

Question 52

Song of the Nightengale

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Stravinsky, 1914. natural vs artificial

Question 53

Symphony in C - Stravinsky

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neoclassical

Question 54

Swan Lake

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Tchaikovsky, 1875-6.

Question 55

Fidelio

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Beethoven

Question 56

Das Lied von der Erde

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Mahler, 1909

Question 57

Symphony in one movement

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Barber. 1936, revised 1942. condensed, four movements in 1. modeled after Sibelius' Symphony 7. 3 themes all appear in first movement and then reappear throughout

Question 58

Tombeau de Couperin

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Ravel. 1919. Tribute to friends who died in WWI, originally for piano. neoclassical, based on Rambeau and Couperin.

Question 59

La Scala di Seta

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Rossini

Question 60

Tchaikovsky 4

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1878

Question 61

Schumann 2

Answer 61

1847