Test 2 listening

Question 1

oboe + french horn
Very German alto lady
long lyrical
Campbell?

Answer 1

Gustave Mahler
Kindertotenlieder
1. Non will die sonn so hell aufgen’h

Question 2

Piano, rolling left hand, dramatic, chordal ending
FULL EVERYTHING

Answer 2

Franz Liszt
Trois Etude Concert
No. 3 Un Sospiro

Question 3

Orchestra
Do ti do la so me?
English horn + weirdly native flute solo
Low emotional moving thing
Low rumbling end
FULL EVERYTHING

Answer 3

Claude Debussy
Nocturnes No.1 Nuages

Question 4

tame
solo alto,
stiff youtube lady

Answer 4

Felix Mendelssohn
St. Paul
No 13 Und zog mit einer shar

Question 5

Orchestra, opening interval of Morceau
Sparse and evil
More movement/seperation
Plucked Bass

Answer 5

Richard Wagner
Tristan and Isolde
Prelude

Question 6

Chromatic phrase, happy birthday?
More tonal

Answer 6

Johannes Brahms
Symphony no 4 in e minor
4. Allegro energico y passionato

Question 7

Piano, hobby lobby,
FULL EVERYTHING

Answer 7

Frederic Chopin
Nocturnes in Db major

Question 8

Light walts
1-31-31 String bass
or downbeat
Trills
Man women duet

Answer 8

Guiseppe Verdi
La Traviata
Act 3
Duet: Parigio

Question 9

Alto, sparse orchestra background, occasional runs

Answer 9

Gioachini Rosinni
Barbieri Di Siviglia
Act 1 no 7 Una voce poco fa

Question 10

choir + brass + low strings

Answer 10

Felix Mendelssohn
St. Paul
No 16. Watchet auf rauf uns die stimme

Question 11

Flex piece- strong
plucked strings
Strong orchestra with opera soprano duet

Answer 11

Guiseppe Verdi
La Traviata
Act 3
Recitive: Signora

Question 12

Between about 1880 to 1905, two opposite approaches to musical
composition were active, writing musical compositions and writing prose about
music. Name at least two members at each extreme. What was everyone trying to
achieve? What techniques did they employ to achieve these ends?

Answer 12

Brahms
Goals- Develop and preserve classical tradition
Absolute music, music as an abstract art form, not storytelling
Make music for music’s sake- non-programmatic.
Techniques-
Structural: sonata allegro and theme/variation
Continuous development. Inspo: Beethoven, Mozart, Hadyn.
Example: Symphony 4, tight motivic construction and emotional intensity.

Wagner
Goals-
Combine different areas of art for deeper (symbolic) meaning
Techniques-
Not focused on form, but continuous flow and development of ideas.
Expand harmonic capabilities with chromaticism and avoidances of cadences, eventually breaking down functional tonality
Programmatic, character pieces, leitmotifs.