test 2

Question 1

romanticism

Answer 1

emphasis on individuality, embracing strong emotions and feelings, the focus on expanding imagination. Typically through a novel, poem, and fiction. Early 19th century. supernatural elements.

Question 2

character pieces

Answer 2

piano miniatures with descriptive titles. Pierrot (clown from commedia dell’arte)

Question 3

davidsbund: florestan vs. eusebius

Answer 3

schumann character pieces. Florestan: hot-headed virtuoso, passionate, extroverted, heated. Eusebius- contemplative dreamer, mystic, abstract, slow, melancholy, pensive.

Question 4

etude/concert etude

Answer 4

technique piece that focuses on a particular skill. Virtuosic, based on a skill with aesthetic value

Question 5

prelude

Answer 5

acts as an introduction

Question 6

mazurka

Answer 6

polish. means “concert”

Question 7

waltz

Answer 7

a dance, party music

Question 8

ballade

Answer 8

polish, narrative characters, tone poem for piano without actual poem. Chopin.

Question 9

polonaise

Answer 9

in ¾, dotted rhythms. military march/dance. Chopin.

Question 10

clara schumann

Answer 10

wife of Robert Schumann. Performance pianist, very successful. Piano trio Op 17, piano concertos, many piano pieces, several collections of Lieder. Piano instructor at Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt.

Question 11

solo recital

Answer 11

how Liszt created his career. He played over a thousand recitals in his lifetime. Mixed repertoire, personal compositions and others’ compositions

Question 12

nicolo paganini

Answer 12

famous Italian violinist. Liszt is compared to Paganini as the Paganini of the piano. Influenced Liszt to write etudes based on Paganini’s themes.

Question 13

19th c. orchestra, new instruments

Answer 13

E flat clarinet, development of brass, large orchestras

Question 14

midsummer night’s dream overture

Answer 14

one of Mendelssohn’s greatest works. Played this piece with his sister on the piano, later orchestrated it. Based on fairy characters, embodies romanticism.

Question 15

how many symphonies did mendelssohn write?

Answer 15

five

Question 16

name of mendelssohn’s symphony no. 3?

Answer 16

scottish

Question 17

name of mendelssohn’s symphony no. 4?

Answer 17

italian

Question 18

did mendelssohn write a violin concerto?

Answer 18

yes, e minor

Question 19

did mendelssohn write a string octet?

Answer 19

yes, op. 20

Question 20

mendelssohn oratorio

Answer 20

elijah

Question 21

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Answer 21

performed mendelssohn’s midsummer night’s dream

Question 22

elfin style

Answer 22

From Mendelssohn’s MSD: “fairy” style

Question 23

how many symphonies did schubert write?

Answer 23

four

Question 24

Neue Zeitschrift für Musik

Answer 24

“journal of music.” Schumann founded it.

Question 25

who were the literary composers?

Answer 25

schubert, mendelssohn, schumann, berlioz

Question 26

bel canto

Answer 26

“beautiful singing.” Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini. Distinguishes declamatory German opera from melismatic, melodic Italian vocal writing. 19th c. bel canto is mostly not romantic.

Question 27

Cantabile and Cabaletta

Answer 27

Rossini. “Una voce poco fa.” forms found throughout bel canto, type of aria. Usually slow

Question 28

il barbiere di siviglia

Answer 28

Rossini opera. Naples, bel canto, “romantic,” political about excessive nobility freedom and abuse. Comic opera. Source: Marriage of Figaro by Mozart

Question 29

Cenerentola

Answer 29

rossini opera. cinderella

Question 30

Guillaume Tell

Answer 30

rossini opera. William Tell, French, Grand opera. Rossini's last opera

Question 31

french grand opera

Answer 31

large sets, large stage, large crowds, long, animals on stage.

Question 32

Vincenzo Bellini

Answer 32

famous for opera seria. Born after Rossini, before Donizetti. Wrote the opera Norma.

Question 33

L'elisir d'amore

Answer 33

donizetti opera. comedy, makes fun of magic love potion from Tristan and Isolde

Question 34

lucia di lammermoor

Answer 34

donizetti opera. librettist: salvadore cammarano. Comes from Scottish novel by Sir Walter Scott. Romantic, contains a ghost, dreaming, love through death. glass harmonica effect in mad scene.

Question 35

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Answer 35

most operas are serious and political. Galley years- worked for opera houses composing music. 19th c. divided Italy. Supported Italian unification. Risorgimento movement.

Question 36

nabucco

Answer 36

verdi opera. risorgimento

Question 37

macbeth

Answer 37

verdi opera. not bel canto

Question 38

rigoletto

Answer 38

verdi opera

Question 39

la traviata

Answer 39

verdi opera. “the fallen one.” Courtesan girl in high class society in France.

Question 40

otello

Answer 40

verdi opera. from Shakespeare, high drama. Not bel canto. History of blackface by opera companies.

Question 41

falstaff

Answer 41

verdi opera. comedy, character. Not bel canto.

Question 42

Francesco Piave

Answer 42

Verdi’s longest collaborator/librettist

Question 43

Arrigo Boito

Answer 43

poet and composer, collaborated with Verdi.

Question 44

Giulio Ricordi

Answer 44

convinced Verdi out of retirement resulting in his legacy of fame.

Question 45

Shakespearean Opera

Answer 45

romantic

Question 46

Italian Risorgimento

Answer 46

Verdi. Italy was divided, controlled by different countries, nobles, and the Pope.

Question 47

scene structure

Answer 47

scena, tempo d'attacco, cantabile, tempo di mezzo, cabaletta