Flashcards in Exam 2 Deck (28)
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Time period of the Classical era
1750-1820
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Form
organization of musical elements in time
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symphony
genre of music
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Haydn's duties
- compose music
- conduct performances
- train and supervise musical personnel
- keep musical instruments in repair
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What was each composer known for?
Haydn- known for cortets
Mozart- known for his operas
Beethoven- known for his symphonies
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Musical capital of the classical era
Vienna
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Beethoven wrote how many symphonies?
9
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Who is responsible for starting the romantic era of music?
Beethoven
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What was Haydn's title?
skilled servant
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What was Mozart's title?
child prodigy
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Mozart wrote how many symphonies?
40
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Haydn wrote how many symphonies?
104
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Where does opera start?
Florence, Italy
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Classical
the term is applied to the mature style of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Classical also suggests the time of ancient Greece and Rome, which shares many attributes with this period.
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types of form
1. sonata form
2. theme and variations
3. minuet and trio
4. Rondo
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sonata form
refers to form of a single movement ternary form (ABA)- 3 main sections
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3 sections of sonata form
- Exposition- intital statement of 1st and 2nd themes
- Development- tension building section, theme broken into fragments-motives
- Recapulation- resolution of tension, re-statement of 1st and 2nd themes
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single part form
no large contrasting "B" section (A A' A"), basic idea presented and then repeated over and over
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ternary form
based upon stately court dance of the Baroque
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rondo
features a main theme that keeps coming back
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coda
tag
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idee fixe
fixed idea
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Symphonie fantastique and other works made Berlioz what?
the leader of the radicals
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Who is responsible for starting the romantic era of music?
Beethoven
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Originality of Symphonie fantastique
- Using a symphony for a narrative
- Unifying a work through a recurring theme and thematic transformation
- Use of an astonishing array of instrumental colors
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Don Giovanni
Both types can be seen in the opening scene.
Leporello opens the scene complaining in an opera-buffa style.
Donna Anna and Don Giovanni sing in a dramatic opera-seria style, while Leporello frets in a buffa style.
The ensuing duel ends in a death, a shocking scene in a comic opera.
A powerful trio laments the turn of events.
At the end, Don Giovanni and Leporello revert to comic banter.
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The Eroica Symphony, No. 3 in E-flat Major (1803–4)
The first movement can be seen as a story of challenge, struggle, and victory.
The first theme, a triadic fanfare, ends with a surprising C-sharp.
The theme is subject to various adventures, but eventually it triumphs.
Syncopations, heard near the beginning, reach a terrifying climax in the development.
An early entrance in the horn prior to the recapitulation creates a dominant-tonic conflict.
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