Survey of Music Elements, Classical, & Romantic periods Flashcards
ethnomusicologist
John Blacking
Historian of Western art music
Joseph Kerman
(pp) Pianissimo
(p) Piano
(mp) Mezzo Piano
(mf) Mezzo Forte
(f) Forte
(ff) Fortissimo
Very Soft Soft Medium Soft Medium Loud Loud Very Loud
Adagio Adagietto Moderato Allegretto Allegro Presto
– slow and stately – rather slow – moderately – moderately fast – fast, quickly – extremely fast
middle ages 450 -1450 renaissance 1450-1600 baroque 1600-1750 classical 1750-1820 romantic 1820-1900 twentieth 1900- 20th century
- plain Chant (Hildegard of Bingen)
- MOTET (Josquin Des Prez)
- Opera (Johann Sebastian Bach)
- opera (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- classical ( Vincenzo Bellini)
Monophony
Polyphony
homophonic
Heterophony
- means music with a single “part”
- means music with more than one part
- music moves in the same rhythm
- same melody, but different times
pioneer ethnomusicologist
Alan Merriam
Music classification system was invented by German scholars____&____
Sachs and Hornbostel
Sonata is considered as _____
chamber music
Opera Buffa was different from Opera Seria by ____
Castrato singers were replaced with Bass singers to portray central characters
Italian comic opera was called ______
an opera buffa
An operatic number sung by two or more people is called a ______
ensemble
Which accurately describes Don Giovanni?
tragic and comical
“Alfin siam liberati” is an attempt by Don Giovanni to ______
convince Zerlina to come to his villa.
A concerto
is a musical composition in three parts; one solo instrument (piano, violin) is accompanied by an orchestra.
A symphony
is an musical composition contains at least one movement.
Roles of the soloist and the orchestra in the Classical concerto
the soloist and the orchestra alternate episodes of opposition, cooperation, and independence in the creation of the music
Define cadenza. Where is the structure of a concerto does it appear?
an improvised part in a classical concerto, normally near the end of the first movement
List the instruments (and the number of each) in a string quartet
2 violins, 1 viola and 1 cello
Define and describe the genre chamber music. Name two pieces that qualify as Chamber music. List their composers
as well.
classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber
- Ludwig van Beethoven(Quartet for Strings No. 14 in C sharp minor)
- Franz Schubert(String Quintet in C-major, D.956)
opera buffa vs opera seria
O.B. often tackles light, not so delicate subject matter where the ending often has a happy resolution.
O.S. the story revolves around heroes and myths, emphasis is also given to the solo voice
The Orchestra in the first movement of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor consist of ______
strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.
Beethoven wrote music in both the ________ style and the ________ style
Classical; Romantic
According to most sources, which characterizes Beethoven’s personality?
brusque and strong-willed