Composition - Erlking - p. 86-89 Flashcards
Answer the following for the musical excerpt:
Title:
Composer:
Genre:
Source of text:
Song structure/type:
Performing forces:
What does the music in the excerpt represent?
What feelings does it create?
Title: Erlking
Composer: Schubert
Genre: Lied
Source of text: poem by Goethe
Song structure/type: through composed (durchkomponiert)
Performing forces: solo voice and piano
The very fast and strong octaves triplets in the right hand describes the horse galloping. The left hand melody describes the storm and wind.
The piano creates a feeling of nervous energy and that something bad is about to happen quickly
Answer the following for the musical excerpt:
Title:
Composer:
Genre:
Source of text:
Song structure/type:
Performing forces:
Which character sings the excerpt?
What feeling is the character trying to convey and how is accomplished?
Title: Erlking
Composer: Schubert
Genre: Lied
Source of text: poem by Goethe
Song structure/type: through composed (durchkomponiert)
Performing forces: solo voice and piano
The father sings this excerpt.
The father is trying to assure his child with rounded tone in the lower register.
Answer the following for the musical excerpt:
Title:
Composer:
Genre:
Source of text:
Song structure/type:
Performing forces:
Which character sings the excerpt?
What feeling is the character trying to convey and how is accomplished?
Title: Erlking
Composer: Schubert
Genre: Lied
Source of text: poem by Goethe
Song structure/type: through composed (durchkomponiert)
Performing forces: solo voice and piano
The Erlking sings this excerpt.
The Erlking is trying to trick the boy and creating a spooky atmosphere by singing in major mode.
Answer the following for the musical excerpt:
Title:
Composer:
Genre:
Source of text:
Song structure/type:
Performing forces:
Which character sings the excerpt?
What feeling is the character trying to convey and how is accomplished?
Title: Erlking
Composer: Schubert
Genre: Lied
Source of text: poem by Goethe
Song structure/type: through composed (durchkomponiert)
Performing forces: solo voice and piano
The son sings this excerpt.
The son is scared so this is conveyed by rising pitches.
Describe the introduction and the four characters depicted in the poem.
-Introduction - piano to convey the horse galloping and the stormy night
-Narrator - middle register
-Father - lower register, legato (rounded) phrases to calm his son
-Son - upper register to convey his young age and fear
-Erlking - middle register with a fake sweetness
Name one composer and the association to Goethe.
Goethe wrote the poem that Schubert’s Erlking is based.
Give definition of Art Song
Art song is the musical setting of a poem for solo voice and generally with piano accompaniment.
Give definition of Lied (plural Lieder)
A lied is the musical setting of a German poem and it is for solo voice, generally with piano accompaniment and popular in the 19th century.
Give definition of durchkomponiert
It is a song structure that does not repeat entire sections of the music. The music reflects the meaning of the text as the story unfolds.
What is the English translation of durchkomponiert?
Durchkomponiert is through-composed in English.
What is the musical setting of a poem for solo voice and generally with piano accompaniment called?
Art Song
What is the term for the musical setting of a German poem and it is for solo voice, generally with piano accompaniment and popular in the 19th century?
Lied (plural: Lieder)
What is the song structure that does not repeat entire sections of the music? The music reflects the meaning of the text as the story unfolds.
Through-composed (durchkomponiert)
