Final Music Flashcards
(38 cards)
TITLE - Piano Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 “Pathétique”
COMPOSER - Ludwig van Beethoven
DATE/ERA -1798; Classical Era
GENRE - Piano sonata
INSTRUMENTATION - Piano
FORM - Sonata form
Piano Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 “Pathétique”
Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
COMPOSER - Ludwig van Beethoven
DATE 1806–1807
GENRE Symphony
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra
FORM Sonata Form
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE - Sinfonia in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 6
COMPOSER - Johann Christian Bach
DATE/ERA - ca. 1760s/Classical
GENRE - Sinfonia
INSTRUMENTATION - Orchestra
Two oboes, two horns, Strings, Basso continuo (harpsichord)
Sinfonia in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 6
Johann Christian Bach
TITLE Symphony No. 56 in C Major, first movement
COMPOSER Franz Joseph Haydn
DATE/ERA - 1774/Classical
GENRE - Symphony
INSTRUMENTATION - Orchestra
Oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets, Timpani, Strings
Symphony No. 56 in C Major, first movement
Franz Joseph Haydn
TITLE Symphony No. 45 in F# Minor, “Farewell,” first movement
COMPOSER Franz Joseph Haydn
DATE/ERA 1772/Classical
GENRE Symphony
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra
Oboes, bassoons, horns, Strings
Symphony No. 45 in F# Minor, “Farewell,”
Franz Joseph Haydn
TITLE Piano Concerto in G Major, No. 17, iii (third movement)
COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DATE/ERA 1784 Classical
GENRE Piano concerto
INSTRUMENTATION: Orchestra and piano
FORM Theme and Variations
Piano Concerto in G Major, No. 17, iii (third movement)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE Don Giovanni, a cenar teco
COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DATE/ERA 1787 Classical
GENRE Opera (Dramma giocoso)
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra; voice
LANGUAGE Italian
Don Giovanni, a cenar teco
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE Don Giovanni, da qual tremore insolito
COMPOSER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DATE/ERA 1787 Classical
GENRE Opera (Dramma giocoso)
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra; voice
LANGUAGE Italian
Don Giovanni, K 527 - Da Qual Tremore Insolito.
TITLE Der Erlkönig
COMPOSER Franz Peter Schubert
Poet - Johann Wolfagng von Goethe
DATE/ERA 1815
GENRE Lied
INSTRUMENTATION Piano, Voice (Baritone)
LANGUAGE German
Der Erlkönig -
Franz Peter Schubert
TITLE Symphonie Fantastique, fifth movement, “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath”
COMPOSER Hector Berlioz
DATE/ERA 1830/Romantic
GENRE Symphony
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra
Symphonie Fantastique, fifth movement, “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath” - Hector Berlioz
Title Lied für das pianoforte (“Song for the piano” or “Song Without Words”), Op. 8 No. 1
Composer Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Date/Era ca. 1846, published posthumously in 1850/Romantic era
Genre “Song for the piano”—solo piano piece
Instrumentation Piano
Lied für das pianoforte (“Song for the piano” or “Song Without Words”), Op. 8 No. 1 -
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
TITLE Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
COMPOSER Fryderyk Chopin
DATE/ERA 1835/Romantic Era
GENRE Ballade
INSTRUMENTATION Piano
Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
- Fryderyk Chopin
TITLE “Largo al factotum” (“Figaro’s Aria”) from The Barber of Seville
COMPOSER Gioachino Rossini
DATE/ERA 1816/Romantic Era
GENRE Opera buffa (“Comic opera”)
INSTRUMENTATION Baritone, orchestra
LANGUAGE
Italian
“Largo al factotum” (“Figaro’s Aria”) from The Barber of Seville
- Gioachino Rossini
TITLE Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
COMPOSER Franz Liszt
DATE/ERA 1847/Romantic era
GENRE Rhapsody
INSTRUMENTATION Piano
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Franz Liszt
TITLE The Ride of the Valkyries
COMPOSER Richard Wagner
DATE/ERA Late Romantic Era
GENRE Music drama
LANGUAGE German
INSTRUMENTATION Voice; Orchestra
The Ride of the Valkyries Richard Wagner
TITLE Hungarian Dance No. 5
COMPOSER Johannes Brahms
DATE/ERA Late Romantic era
GENRE Dance
FORM ABCAB
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Johannes Brahms
TITLE Sempre libera (“always free”)
COMPOSER Giuseppe Verdi
DATE/ERA 1853/Romantic era
GENRE Opera
LANGUAGE Italian
INSTRUMENTATION Voice, orchestra
Sempre libera (“always free”)
Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE 1812, A Solemn Overture, Op. 49
COMPOSER Piotr I. Tchaikovsky
DATE/ERA 1880/Late Romantic era
GENRE Overture
INSTRUMENTATION
Orchestra, Brass band (any brass instruments available) and . . . cannons!
1812, A Solemn Overture, Op. 49
Piotr I. Tchaikovsky
TITLE La Mer (The Sea)
Third movement, “Dialogue du vent et de la mer” (“Dialogue of the Wind and Waves”)
COMPOSER Claude Debussy
DATE 1905
ARTISTIC MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPOSER/ WORK Impressionism
GENRE Symphonic work
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra
Blurred sense of tonality, form, meter.
La Mer (The Sea)
Third movement, “Dialogue du vent et de la mer” (“Dialogue of the Wind and Waves”) - Claude Debussy
TITLE “Nacht” from Pierrot Lunaire
COMPOSER Arnold Schoenberg
DATE 1912
ARTISTIC MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPOSER/ WORK Expressionism
GENRE Song
LANGUAGE German
INSTRUMENTATION Soprano, piano, cello, bass clarinet
TITLE “Nacht” from Pierrot Lunaire
COMPOSER Arnold Schoenberg
TITLE Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)
COMPOSER Igor Stravinsky
DATE 1913
ARTISTIC MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPOSER/WORK Primitivism
GENRE Ballet
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra
TITLE Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)
COMPOSER Igor Stravinsky
TITLE “Putnam’s Camp, Redding, Connecticut” from Three Places in New England
COMPOSER Charles Ives
DATE 1903–1929
GENRE Orchestral work
INSTRUMENTATION Orchestra; piano
“Child at a picnic on 4th of July”
TITLE “Putnam’s Camp, Redding, Connecticut” from Three Places in New England
COMPOSER Charles Ives
TITLE Maple Leaf Rag
COMPOSER Scott Joplin
DATE 1899
GENRE Ragtime
INSTRUMENTATION Piano
TITLE Maple Leaf Rag
COMPOSER Scott Joplin
TITLE
Piano Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 “Pathétique”
COMPOSER
Ludwig van Beethoven
DATE/ERA
1798; Classical Era
GENRE
Piano sonata
INSTRUMENTATION
Piano
FORM
Sonata form
TITLE
Piano Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 “Pathétique”
COMPOSER
Ludwig van Beethoven
