FINAL Flashcards
(26 cards)
what is setting of a poem for a solo voice an piano, translating the poems mood and imagery into music
art song
instrumental music associated with a story poem, idea, or scene.
what is program music
what is a programmatic composition for orchestra in one movement which may have a traditional form or an original irregular form
Tone poem
what are some things about Guiseppi Verdi
Studied in Buessto and Milan
Known for opera
Nationalist
What kind of music did Verdi write
love story with unhappy ending
hero and villeins
what are some things about richard wagner
german
ran up debts
famous for opera
what kind of music did wagner write
large full blown affairs
huge orchestrations for operas
what is folk songs, dances, legends, and other national material in a composition to associate it with the composers homeland
Nationalism
what is used for melodies rhythms or instruments that suggest foreign lands
exoticism
what is vocal form in which the same music is repeated for each stanza of a poem
Strophic form
what is vocal forms in which there is new music for each stanza of a poem
Through composed
what is a group of art songs unaffiliated by a story line that runs through their poems or by musical ideas linking the songs
Song cycle
what is a single melody used in several movement of a long work to represent a recurring idea
idee fixe
what is short musical idea associated with a person object or thought characteristic of the opera of wagnor
Leitmotif
what are some tings about franz liszt
hungarian
touring concert pianist until 36
incrediable show man
what was franz listzt music like
extremely controversial
broke away from strict classical forms
created symphonic poem
what were some things about Chopin
Polish
Poet of piano
known for his beautiful tone rhythmic flexibility and use of piano petals
avoided concert halls
what are some things about chopins music
developed a personal style at an early age
captured the spirit of the polish people
what were some things about Claude Debussy
French
Liked Luxary but stayed in debt
Studied in Paris and Rome
what were some things about Debussy’s music
Attempted visual art
used orchestra as pallet of sound
used five note cords instead of traditional three
made use of pentatonic and whole tone scale
wat are some things about Arnold Schoenburgh
Vienna
Father of the 12 tone system
When nazi came he was forced to America because he was a jew
taught at UCLA until death
what were some things about Schoenburghs music
Atonality
gives equal importance to all pitches in octave
pitches arranged in a sequence or row
what is a 12 tone system
gives equal importance to all 12 pitches in an octave
pitches arranged in a sequence or row
what are some things about Igor Stravinsky
Russian
Studied with Rimsky Korsakov
Success with ballet music
moved due to wars
