Music Appreciation Chapter 18 Flashcards
What is absolute music?
Absolute music is composed for the appreciation of the musical sound and does not attempt to tell a story or depict a scene in nature.
What is program music?
Program music is instrumental music that is composed to portray something beyond just the sound of the music. It tells a story, describe a picture or a scene, support the emotions in a literary work. It communicate something to the listener without the use of sung or spoken text.
Berlioz, the composer of “Symphonie Fantastique” said that this symphony was about whom?
The actress Harriet Smithson, it was the outpouring of his passion for her.
What is idee fixe or fixed idea?
A melody that he encounters and hears everywhere.
The technique of using one theme that changes during the Symphoni Fantastique is called _______________
Thematic transformation.
What is the genre of the Symphonic Fantastique?
Program symphony.
How many movements has the Symphonie Fantastique?
Five movements.
How many movements has a Symphony composed by either Mozart, Haydn, or Beethoven? (Classicism)
Three or four movements.
