Test #3 (Lecture 11) Flashcards
Describe the “death of the symphony” in the mid 19th C
- viability of symphonic genre thrown into question
- Wagner said Beethoven’s 9th marked end of genre, futility of absolute music
define symphonic poem
- new name for concert overture
- coined by Liszt
- more apt as a term because these pieces are both symphonic and poetic
- programmatic sources varied
who succeeded Liszt as the master of symphonic poem?
Strauss
at what point did the symphony become the largest, most ambitious and most prestigious of genres?
end of 19th C
what helped the symphony regain popularity?
- growing size of orch
- increased number of civic orchestras
- continued public nature
- hybrid symphonies
Brahms constantly felt the looming presence of which composer?
Beethoven
which one of Brahms’ symphonies was similar to Eroica?
4th (set of variations in finale)
Describe Brahms Symphony No. 4
- series of 30 variations
- each variation 8 m long
- each variation based upon an 8 m theme
- theme based of ostinato from Bach Cantata no. 150
- structure of mvt suggests old forms can be rejuvinated
- ostinato and variations Baroque-like
- harmony, orchestration and flow more progressive
Mahler’s First Symphony is in the tradition of _____ with trajectory from struggle to triumph
Beethoven
Mahler 1 is perhaps influenced from which woodcut by Schwind?
“The Animals Bury the Hunter”
Mahler 1 third movement incorporates a ___ ___ and ___ music
funeral march; klezmer music
the use of the funeral march in Mahler 1 relates directly to what?
second mvt of Eroica
*but more mocking and ironic
which minor mode variant of a children’s song is used in Mahler 1?
Frere Jacques
the Klezmer passage in Mahler 1 is followed by a brief return to Frere Jacques and a lyrical melody from another one of Mahler’s compositions called:
The Two Blue Eyes of my Beloved
Mahler 1 is an example of:
- collage and contrast
- juxtaposition between high and low
