Test 5 Flashcards
Approximate years of romantic era:
Late 17th - early 18th (1798-1837)
Lieder:
A German-texted solo song with piano accompaniment.
Song Cycle:
Groups of lieder unified by a narrative thread or common theme.
Incidental Music:
A series of music performed between the acts of a play.
Nationalism:
Music based on: National heroes, historic events, scenic beauty, and songs of specific people, based on folklore/peasant life.
Exoticism:
The idea that outside cultures are exotic and fancy.
Gesamtkunstwerk:
“Total Artwork”, Music Drama.
Leitmotif:
A song designated to one character, place, or dynamic.
Verismo:
realism, everyday life
Spirituals:
Songs that were associated with religion, were commonly created by slaves as a way of self-expression.
Ragtime:
A song that uses syncopation, evolved by black Americans.
Erlkonig:
Franz Schubert- persistent low beats/horse hooves.
Morning Mood- Peer Gynt
Edvard Grieg, orchestra/calm
In the Lovely Month of May
Robert Schumann - deep and longing male voice
In the Hall of the Mountain King - Peer Gynt
Edvard Grieg - evil
