Various Terms

Question 1

Historicism

Answer 1

—> Attitude - The historian takes the period on its own values, ideology, instead of comparing/contrasting to current or other times
—> Creative Agenda - to make new art that invokes the past; This is the architecture of the 19th century.

Question 2

French Revolution

Answer 2

Often designated as the beginning 19th c

Question 3

Opera comique

Answer 3

comedie melee d’ariettes, spoken dialogue and song, contemporary settings that include a mix of classes

Question 4

Paris Conservatoire

Answer 4

1795 by government, access to training regardless of socioeconomic status, prompted formal curriculum for vocal and instrumental pedagogy as well as for theory and music history

Question 5

Heiligenstadt Testament

Answer 5

1802) (the most famous of his non-musical documents - a will/testament written for his brothers) In this letter, Beethoven reveals his hearing loss to his brothers. Contemplated suicide, but artistic mission was more important. —Another aspect of the Beethoven myth.

Question 6

Neuer Weg (new path)

Answer 6

Beethoven - hybridization of genres, reframing the cycle (last movement becomes the most important, rather than the first, because themes are realized)
Alternatives to I/V polarity - The quintet in C major (First movement in C major, then second movement in A major)
New notions of “theme” (+form) - not self-contained, open ended, more subject to exploration and development, what is its syntactic functio

Question 7

Grand Traite d’instrumentation et d’orchestration modernes -

Answer 7

1844, Berlioz treatise on orchestration - was the benchmark and in many ways, still is, paris conservatoire?, new treatment of colors/timbre, utilize massive orchestras