Listening Final Flashcards
(25 cards)
Pathetique Sonata
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13
Mvmt. 1
Beethoven
1799
Title means passionate
Was virtuosic - showy and challenging.
Form
Emotional Intensity
Symphony No. 5 in C Major, Op. 67
Mvmt. 1
Beethoven
1808
Fate motive
Depicts struggle - triumph over adversity.
Missa Solemnis - Credo
Beethoven
1823
Mass
Text is the Nicene creed
Name means Solemn mass
Was two years late - was originally for his friend becoming an Archbishop.
Has two overlapping fugues.
Der Erikong, D. 328
1815
Franz Schubert
Leid/Ballad
Set to Goethe, a poem, about the Elfking.
About a Danish folk tale.
Three different characters that need to be portrayed by the singer.
Die Forelle, D. 550
1817
Franze Schubert
Leid
Means “The Trout” - Text is by Schubart
Piano Quintet in A major, D 667 “The Trout”
1819
Franz Schubert
Theme and Variations on Die Forelle
Viola, Viola, Double Bass, and Piano
Das Jahr, September: At the River
1841
Fanny Mendelssohn
Character Piece
Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
1826
Felix Mendelsohn
Concert Overture
Written by Felix at 17.
There are four themes for the four main characters.
Elijah: “Lord God of Abraham”
1846
Felix
Oratorio - based on 1 Kings.
Original written in German, but translated for the premier.
Elijah sings a recitative BEFORE the overture.
Symphony Fantastique, Op. 14
1830
Hector Berlioz
Has 5 Mvmts. in a different order than normal to best fit his story.
Program music
Influenced mostly by Confessions of an English Opium Eater
Contains Dies Irae theme.
Piano Trio in G Minor
1846
Clara Schumann
Piano Quintet, Op. 44
4th Movement
1842
Robert Schumann
Nocturne in Db, Op. 27 No. 2
1835
Frederic Chopin
Caprice No. 24 in a minor, Op. 27, No. 2
c. 1805
Niccolo Paganini
A theme and variations
Was virtuosic in nature; often involved multiple stops, fast runs, and very high notes. Harmonics in general and large leaps.
Many composers used the theme from it later to also write variations.
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 in C-sharp Minor
1851
Franz Liszt
Piano Rhapsody
Inspired by Gypsy music
Nationalistic and virtuosic
Carmen:
Aria: Toreador Song
1875
Opera Comique
Georgez Bizet
based on the book Carmen by Prosper Merimee
Performed at the Opera Comique and considered inappropriate.
Escamillo the bull fighter sings the aria.
The Barber of Seville
Act 1, Scene 1 - Aria.
1816
Gioachino Rossini
Opera - ABA format.
Based on a trilogy of plays by Beaumarchais; first one about Figaro.
The count is trying to sign a serenade to Rosina.
Rigoletto
1851
Opera
Giuseppe Verdi
Based on a play by Victor Hugo “The king amuses himself.”
Librettist was Piava
Prelude to Das Rheingold
1854
Richard Wagner
Overture to the entire four operas of the ring cycle.
136 measures of Eb arpeggios
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 94
Mvmt. 4
1885
Brahms
Symphony
Passacaglia - a theme that repeats many times - based on Bach Cantata 150.
30 variations of 8 bar phrase.
Ein Duetschez Requiem
4th mvmt
1869
Brahms
German Requiem - different from typical Catholic Requiem
Text is passages from scripture, apocrypha.
4th movement on joy and happiness.
Symphony No. 9
Mvmt. 2
1893
Dvorak
Influenced by Native and African American music - possibly ‘swing low, sweet chariot.’ And poem, “The Song of Hiawatha.”
In Ternary form.
Scheherazade
Mvmt. 3
1888
Rimsky-Korsakov
Symphonic Suite
Story is of Prince Ibrahim
Modal Melodies - A
Percussion - B
Modal Melodies - A’ (Scheherazade theme)
Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”
Mvmt. 3 and 4
1893
Tchaikovsky
Programmatic music to Tchaikovsky; a story meaningful to him so he wouldn’t share it. Written in 4 weeks.
3rd mvmt is triumphant, but 4th is tragic.
Died a couple weeks after the premier.
