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Music 10 Vocab 2

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Nationalism
less powerful countries, references to folk music or depiction of historical events
serial music
applies set theory beyond pitch: rhythm, dynamics, etc.
"Absolute" Music
abstract, no dramatic intent
Internationalism
influence extends beyond one's own cultural material
Exoticism
exploration/development of outside music
Symphonic Poem/Tone Poem
one movement, narrative flexible use of sonata form
second Viennese school
Schoenberg, Webern, Berg
Gustav Mahler
Movement III from Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Bel Canto Opera
beautiful singing, centered in Milan, Venice, Naples, drama, acting, Bellini
Franz Schubert
Gretchen am Spinnrade (1814)
dolce
"sweetly"
Vincenzo Bellini
Norma, Casta Diva
tonality
defined key, hierarchy of pitches & chords within key
Antonín Dvorák
Slavonic Dances, Symphony No. 9
Niccolo Paganini
Romantic violinist, composer
Piotr Tchaichovsky
Violin Concerto in Major (1878), Romeo and Juliet (1869)
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique
atonality
equality of pitches, equality of dissonance & consonance
lied
German -solo voice with piano accompaniment
Fryderyk Chopin
Mazurka in A Minor
Robert Schumann
Carnaval (1835)
Program Music
instrumental music that attempts to tell a story
Lili and Nadia Boulanger
taught music in Paris
Gioseppi Verdi
Otello
"avant-garde"-Modern Era
concurrent developments in other artistic mediums
12-tone/serial music
pre-determined series of 12 pitches serve as compositional building block
Debussy
La soirée dans Grenade (1903)-Spanish influence, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (1834)
cabaletta
fast aria
Lili Boulanger
Psalm 24 (1916)
Paris
attracted artists like Chopin, rejected German ideas, music from Spain, USA, Southeast Asian
Impressionism
chords move together, not strong tension/release, timbre, gesture
liet motif
"leading motive"=short motive associated with one character, idea, or subject
Franz Liszt
Romantic pianist, composer of solo piano, mass
Arnold Schoenberg
Pierrot Lunaire
Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (1913)-"Pagan Russian" and "primitivism", Firebird (1910)
Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
rubato
"robbed time"
Arioso
middle-ground between recitative and aria
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
actually variations on St. Anthony Chorale
Ballets Russes
most famous ballet company of the time
passacaglia bass
longer than bass ostinato but the same thing
Russian Nationalism
emerged in 1860-1870's, "Mighty Handful", favored orchestral showpieces and opera
animato
"animated"
"Mighty Handful"
Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Borodin
Bedrich Smetana
Moldau-river, built National Theater in Prague
sprechstimme
"spoken song"
pizzacata
plucked strings
scena
groups of arias and recitatives, longer structures
cavatina
slow aria
Richard Wagner
Ring Cycle

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