TEST 3

Question 1

Romanticism

Answer 1

Literature term, provokes emotion

Question 2

Etude

Answer 2

Study meant to improve technique

Question 3

Song cycle

Answer 3

Group of songs with a common theme.

Question 4

Symphonic poems

Answer 4

A large work for an orchestra not divided up into movements

Question 5

Nocturne

Answer 5

Night music

Question 6

Lieder

Answer 6

German art song

Question 7

Through composed

Answer 7

The music changes while the lyrics change

Question 8

Strophic

Answer 8

Music stays the same while lyrics change

Question 9

Total work of art is…

Answer 9

A concept created by Wagner who wanted German opera to be good from its orchestra to its singing, opposed Italian opera who just focused only on singing

Question 10

Expressionism

Answer 10

A German movement in the arts which sought to express the most extreme of human feeling by divorcing art from everyday literalness

Question 11

Experimental

Answer 11

the word that best describes the activities of modernists (20th century) who were dealing with “sound for sound’s sake”

Question 12

Avant-garde

Answer 12

French military term meaning “first into battle”

Question 13

Atonality

Answer 13

the absence of a key center in music

Question 14

Wagner

Answer 14

the composer who coined the term “total work of art”

Question 14

Minimalism (post modern)

Answer 14

the term that was used to describe the simple melodies and harmonies of post-modern music

Question 14

Neoclassic

Answer 14

a return to the style and form of pre-Romantic music but using 20th-century rhythms and harmonic style

Question 15

Character piece

Answer 15

a short romantic piece that portrays some definite mood

Question 15

The 19th century was the golden age for this genre

Answer 15

opera

Question 15

Leitmotiv

Answer 15

a guiding musical motive associated with a person, thing, or idea

Question 16

Chromaticism

Answer 16

a musical style employing all of many of the notes on a keyboard

Question 17

Musique concrete

Answer 17

music composed with natural sounds recorded electronically

Question 18

Industrial

Answer 18

this revolution was one of the many factors contributing to the direction fine art music would make in the 20th century

Question 19

Impressionism

Answer 19

a French movement in the arts that was considered “non-threatening” and dealt with color and light

Question 20

Nationalism

Answer 20

the incorporation of national folk music into concert pieces, songs and operas

Question 21

Rubato

Answer 21

rhythm handled flexibly in performance

Question 22

Barbarism

Answer 22

tough, precise absence of emotionality usually associated with driving, irregular beats

Question 23

Chance music

Answer 23

the type of music in which certain elements much as the order of notes or their pitches are not specified by the composer

Question 24

The chief aim of the music of the 19th century was to express these

Answer 24

feelings

Question 25

Modernism

Answer 25

music in the 20th century that dealt with radical experimentation and “sound for sound’s sake”

Question 26

The name of the composer whose music occupies a unique position between 18th cent. classicism, 19th cent. romanticism

Answer 26

Beethoven

Question 26

Serialism

Answer 26

replaces the old “language” of music which was based on harmony and tonality

Question 27

After Romanticism, fine art splits into…

Answer 27

traditional and modern

Question 28

What are some characteristics that are modern/post-modern?

Answer 28

Modern- radical experimentation, sound for sounds sake
Post Modern- return to tonality, simple harmonies and melodies

Question 29

Difference between impressionism and expressionism

Answer 29

Impressionism- (French) color and light
Expressionism- (German) abrasive dissonance, bold and barbarism

Question 30

Beethoven’s time periods

Answer 30

-First style period, to c. 1803. Still almost entirely within classical conventions; Haydn’s influence dominates, but also other influences: Mozart, and especially Clementi
-Second style period, 1803-1815. Expansion of classical forms, emergence of characteristic language. Creation of the works that have remained most popular and became models the 19th century.
-Third style period, 1815-1827. Often breaks out of traditional forms, becomes “experimental”. Expression becomes very intimate, personal. Not well understood or appreciated during 19th century.

Question 31

Climate of Opinion of the 19th century

Answer 31

New inventions, industrial revolution(?)

Question 32

Totalism

Answer 32

Minimalism painted itself in a corner and after minimalism came totalism meaning you can totally do anything now, electrónica, salsa. It’s a catch all for alternative music at that time