Quiz 2 Flashcards
(80 cards)
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Der Freischütz
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Weber Nationalistic Opera.
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Otello and Falstaff
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Verdi Last 2 Operas based on plays by Shakespeare, libretti by Boito
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La Traviata
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Verdi Opera
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Barber of Seville
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Rossini Opera
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La Boheme
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Puccini Opera
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Turandot
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Puccini Opera set in China
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Orpheus in the Underworld
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Offenbach Opera
8
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William Tell
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Rossini French Opera
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Salome, Elektra and Die Fledermaus
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Strauss Operas
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Der Rosenkavalier
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Strauss Opera - First of his second period
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Lohengrin
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Wagner’s last romantic opera.
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Grand opera
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Usually in five acts on grand historic topics. Meyerbeer dominated this type of opera.
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Aida
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Verdi Opera commissioned for a new opera house in Cairo
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Carmen
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Bizet Opera - Opera Comique
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Tristan und Isolde
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Wagner Opera - most influential work
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Ring Cycle
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Cycle of 4 German music dramas by Wagner - Norse Mythology
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Die Meistersinger
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Wagner’s late comic opera.
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Samson et Dalila
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Saint Saëns Opera
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Manon
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Massenet Opera
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Mikado
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Sullivan Opera, Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
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Tosca
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Puccini Opera
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Bel Canto
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Italian opera known for its long lyrical phrasing and frequent improvisation.
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Pagliacci
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Leoncavallo Opera
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Opera Buffa
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Offenbach Operas that satire French society.
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Norma
Billini Opera
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Faust
Gounod Opera
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Aria
Voice solo piece in Opera
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Boris Godunov
Musorgsky’s Greatest Opera
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Opera comique
Originally French comic opera. Eventually any French opera with spoken dialogue.
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Madame Butterfly
Puccini Opera set in Japan
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Music Drama
Term Wagner used to describe his works following Lohengrin. The principles of the Gesamtkunstwerk are used. Orchestra gives drama, solo vocal writing instead of chorus and ensembles.
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Leitmotif
A short musical idea associated with an object or a character in a Wagner Opera.
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Reminiscence theme
Recurring music in Italian opera. Verdi.
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Gesamtkunstwerk
Total work of art in a Wagner Opera.
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Verismo
Late 19th c. "truth" or realism in opera.
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Melodrama
Spoken word over music.
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Symphonic poem
A single movement, multi-sectional piece with a program. Related to Liszt.
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Tone poem
Tone poems are one movement programmatic pieces for orchestra, fitting the same description as a programmatic concert overture or symphonic poem. Unlike Liszt, however, Strauss tried to bring out in greater detail the original source in the orchestra.
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Octatonic scale
8 note scale. 2 forms alternating whole and half step, or half and whole step.
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Mighty Handful (Fistful)
A group of Russian composers who sought to establish a Russian style of music.
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Brahms/Wagner controversy
In the second half of the 19th c. debates began about the “Music of the Future” of Wagner, and the more Conservative style of Brahms. Wagner represented the Gesamtkunstwerk, and Brahms the Absolute music, using traditional forms and genres. This debate quickly became polarized into 2 sides or camps. It was the followers of the 2 composers more than the composers themselves that fueled this.
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Mystic chord
Created by Scriabin.
In C: C F# Bb E A D
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Tristan Chord
The original Tristan chord is heard in the opening phrase of Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde as part of the leitmotif relating to Tristan. It is made up of the notes F, B, D♯, and G♯
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Italian serenade
Wolf String quartet - most famous instrumental piece
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Italian songbook
Wolf work, text by Heyse
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Spanish songbook
Wolf work, text by Heyse and Geibel
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Planets
Holst work
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New world symphony
Dvorak Symphony No. 9
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Don Quixote
Strauss Tone Poem based on Cervantes Novel
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Also Sprach Zarathustra
Strauss Tone Poem based on Nietzsche philosophical work
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Metamorphosen
Strauss study for 23 strings
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Das Lied von der Erde
Mahler Unnumbered Symphony
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Symphony of a Thousand
Mahler Symphony No. 8
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Romantic symphony
Schubert Symphony
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Pathetique symphony
No. 6 Tchaikovsky
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Nutcracker/Swan Lake/Sleeping beauty
Tchaikovsky Ballets
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1812 overture/Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky Overtures
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Enigma variations
Elgar Work
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Peer Gynt
Grieg incidental piece
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Sea/London/Pastoral symphonies
Vaughan Williams Symphonies
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Night on Bald Mountain/Pictures at an Exhibition
Musorgsky
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Finlandia
Sibelius
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Grieg Nationality
Norway
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Elgar Nationality
England
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Who composed the Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini for solo piano and orchestra
Rachmaninov
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About The Planets - Holst (4)
- Orchestral Suite
- 1914-1916
- First movement: Mars
- Ends with a chorus of female voices
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Smetana Nationality
Czech
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Vaughan Williams Nationality
England
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Rachmaninow Nationality
Russia
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Holst Nationality
England
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Sibelius Nationality
Finland
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Scriabin Nationality
Russia
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Dvorak Nationality
Czech
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Who went to NYC to become director of the National Conservatory of Music
Dvorak
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Grieg was influenced by
Schumann
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Nielsen composed concerti for
Clarinet and flute
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About Aida - Verdi (4)
- Opera which occurs in Egypt.
- Isis is protecting the country
- Trumpets are on stage.
- Triplet - Quarter notes
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Nielsen Nationality
Denmark
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About Das Rheingold - Wagner (3)
- The King of Gods swings a hammer over his head.
- They are going to their new home - a fortress in Valhalla
- Gold was stolen from them
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About Carmen - Bizet
(3)
- “Love is the child of a gypsy life.”
- “If you won’t love me, I’ll love you.”
- Carmen gives Don Jose back his ring and he stabs and kills her.
