Composers and Repertoire Flashcards
(84 cards)
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Who is the composer of the music used for the Star-Spangled Banner?
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John Stafford Smith
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What is the cataloguing system used for Bach?
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BWV
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List some composers that have had their symphonies “renumbered.”
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Dvorak, Schubert
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What is the number of Bruckner’s Romantic Symphony?
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No. 4
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What are the numbers of the following Mozart symphonies?: Haffner Jupiter Linz Prague Paris
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No. 35 No. 41 No. 36 No. 38 No. 31
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What is the number of Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony?
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No. 1
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What are the numbers of the following Schumann symphonies:
Rhenish
Spring
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No. 3
No. 1
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What are the numbers of the following Shostakovich symphonies: Babi Yar The Year 1917 The Year 1905 May Day To October/October Revolution
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No. 13 No. 12 No. 11 No. 3 No. 2
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What are the numbers of the following Tchaikovsky symphonies? Little Russian Pathetique Polish Winter Dreams
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No. 2
No. 6
No. 3
No. 1
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Salient points about Brahms Serenade No. 2
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No violas
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Salient points about Strauss Alpine Symphony
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Uses offstage brass banda; Heckelphone, Wagner tubas, 2 tubas
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Salient points about Mozart Symphony No. 40
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Two different versions (with clarinet or without- Barenreiter)
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What are the keys of the Beethoven Symphonies?
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- C Major
- D Major
- E-flat Major
- B-flat Major
- C minor
- F Major
- A Major
- F Major
- D Minor
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Prague Symphony
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Mozart #38
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Inextinguishable Symphony
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Nielsen #4
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New World Symphony
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Dvorak #9 (previously known as #5)
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Little Russian Symphony
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Tchaikovsky #2
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Turkish Concerto
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Mozart Violin Concerto #5
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London Symphony
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Haydn #104
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Romantic Symphony
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Bruckner #4
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What work is this excerpt taken from: “Viennese Musical Clock”
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Hary Janos - Kodaly
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What work is this excerpt taken from: “Ev’ry Valley”
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Messiah - Handel
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What work is this excerpt taken from: Che gelida manina
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La Boheme - Puccini
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What work is this excerpt taken from: Death of Tybalt
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Romeo and Juliet - Prokofiev
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What work is this excerpt taken from: Danse Bacchanale
Samson et Delilah - Saint-Saens
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What work is this excerpt taken from: Un bel di
Madam Butterfly - Puccini
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What work is this excerpt taken from: Nimrod
Enigma Variations - Elgar
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What work is this excerpt taken from: Questa o quella
Rigoletto - Verdi
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What work is this excerpt taken from: O mio babbino caro
Gianni Schicchi - Puccini
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Which composer does this catalogue refer to: Ryom
Vivaldi
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Which composer does this catalogue refer to: Hoboken
Haydn
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Which composer does this catalogue refer to: BWV or Schmieder
Bach
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Which composer does this catalogue refer to: Deutsch (D.)
Schubert
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Which composer does this catalogue refer to: Fanna
Vivaldi
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Which composer does this catalogue refer to: Kirkpatrick
Scarlatti
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Which composer does this catalogue refer to: Kochel
Mozart
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Which composer does this catalogue refer to: Pincherle
Vivaldi
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What work might have the following instrumentation:
4444 - 8532 timp perc 2hp 3 offstage trumpets str (includes incidental Vln solo)
[1.2.3.pic, 1.2.3.4/Eh, 1.2.Eb.Bcl, 1.2.3.contra]
Ein Heldenleben/Strauss (includes tenor tuba)
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What work might have the following instrumentation:
5555 - 8532 timp perc str
[1.2.3/pic2.pic1.alto, 1.2.3.4/Eh2.Eh1, 1.2.3/Bcl2.Bcl1.Ebcl, 1.2.3.4/contra2.contra - 1.2.3.4.5.6.7/TW1.8/TW2, 1.2.3.4/Bt.Pt]
Rite of Spring Stravinsky
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If you were told to use the "standard" cuts in the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, where and for what would you be looking?
In the 3rd movement, there are several cuts traditionally taken, but you must check these cuts with the soloist in every case since there are different versions of the cuts.
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In Beethoven Symphony No. 9, if the principal horn tells you that he or she will play the solo in the third movement, what must you do?
Photocopy Horn 4 for the principal and assistant, Horn 3 for the 2nd, and Horns 1&2 for the 3rd and 4th players. (Or, copy Horn 4 for the principal, and adjust the other parts as instructed by the principal.)
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In Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, what is the problem with regard to the clarinets, with the music as published?
In the last (5th) movement, the Eb clarinet part is in the 1st clarinet part, and the only soprano clarinet part is in the 2nd clarinet part.
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In the French repertoire (like Ravel's Rapsodie Espagnole), which instrument will play the sarrusaphone part?
Contrabassoon
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Salient points regarding Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste?
Double string orchestra, divided on both sides of the stage, with 3rd and 4th violins, 2nd violas, 2nd celli, and 2nd basses making up the stage left orchestra
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Salient points regarding Berlioz's Requiem?
4 Brass bands scattered in 4 corners of the auditorium, and multiple timpani parts
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Salient points regarding Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet suite?
Each conductor tends to make his or her own suite with movements from the 3 different published suites, rather than using the published suites as-is.
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Salient points regarding Britten's War Requiem?
There is a separate chamber orchestra, sometimes requiring a second conductor.
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Identify the "Double" Concerto
Brahms Concerto for Violin, Cello, and orchestra
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Identify the "Surprise" Symphony
Haydn Symphony No. 94
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Which work is this excerpt from: "Habanera"
Bizet Carmen
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Which work is this excerpt from: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
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Which work is this excerpt from: Siegfried's Rheinfahrt"
Wagner Die Gotterdammerung
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Which work is this excerpt from: Great Gate of Kiev
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
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What are the keys of Mozart symphonies #39, 40, & 41?
Eb major, G minor, C major
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What are the keys of the Brahms Piano Concertos 1 & 2?
D minor, Bb major
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What is the instrumentation of Brahms Symphony No. 1?
2223[1.2.contra] - 4230 timp str
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What cataloging system is used for Haydn?
Hob or Hoboken
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What cataloging system is used for Mozart?
K, KV, or Kochel
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What cataloging system is used for Schubert?
D or Deutsch
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What cataloging system is used for Vivaldi?
R, RV, or Ryom
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What is the French title of "Pictures at an Exhibition"?
Tableaux d'une exposition
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What do you need to confirm if "Pictures at an Exhibition" is programmed?
The orchestrator - there are a lot more than just the Ravel orchestration.
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In Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, what is unusual about the solo Viola part?
It's written in a different key (D), so the violist has to tune up 1/2 step and produce a brighter/more resonant sound.
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What work is subtitled 'Pictures from Pagan Russia?'
The Rite of Spring
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Which Mahler symphonies have offstage parts?
2, 3, 6, 7
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What are some salient points about Mahler Symphony No. 6?
Controversy over the order of the inner movements, and rehearsal numbers for these movements vary between scores/parts. Are there two or three great hammerstrokes? The oboe parts might need to be adjusted (there are only two English horns needed at any given time, but Eh is written in 3 different parts).
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What is the cataloging system used for Bruckner?
WAB; Cahis numbering system for symphonies
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What unusual instruments can be found in Bolero?
Oboe d'amore, soprano and tenor sax
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What is the cataloging system used for Richard Strauss?
TrV
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What is the "retouche" in Beethoven's Egmont overture?
A correction of empty-sounding horn chords. Beethoven probably would have wanted the added notes, but they weren't available on the horns of that day.
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What is the "title" of Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5?
"Reformation"
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What is the Emperor Concerto?
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5
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Titan
Mahler Symphony No. 1
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Haffner
Mozart Symphony No. 35
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"Trumpet Overture"
Mendelssohn Overture for Orchestra in C Major, Op. 101
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Tragic
Mahler Symphony No. 6
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What work is "The Doll Song" from?
Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffmann"
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What work is Nessun Dorma from?
Puccini's Turandot
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What work is Blumine from?
It was the 2nd movement originally in Mahler's Symphony No. 1, then was removed
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What issues might arise when preparing Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique?
The E-flat clarinet part is in the first clarinet part, and the only Bb clarinet part is in the 2nd clarinet part, so I might need to copy the parts and switch them for that movement. There are offstage parts for oboe and low bells. The ophicleide parts should be played by the tubas.
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What issues might arise when preparing Stravinsky's Firebird?
If it's the suite, need to find out which version. In the full ballet, there is backstage brass and Wagner tubas.
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What issues might arise when preparing Respighi's Pines of Rome?
Offstage trumpet
6 buccine - soprano and tenor usually played by flugelhorn, bass usually played by euphonium or baritone; but would need to confirm this with brass players
Bass trombone often played by tuba, but would need to confirm
Nightingale recording - obtain from publisher
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Drum Roll
Haydn Symphony No. 103
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"The Year 1905"
Shostakovich Symphony No. 11
