AD Music: Early Romantics
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- In Italian, what instruments evoke the pastoral atmosphere?
- Clarinets and woodwinds
- Name types of works Mendelssohn wrote.
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Oeuvre - 5 symphonies(plus other 12)
Concert overtures, concertos, chamber music, lieder for piano, stage music, choral works
- What does Symphony No.5 in C minor Finale express?
- Emotional Romantic style
- When was Symphonie Fantastique written?
- 1830
- What inspired the Revolutionary Study?
- Russians takeover of Warsaw, 1831
- Beethoven was more ___ and ____ then Classicists.
- Assertive, expressive
- How did Beethoven die? Where was he buried?
- Cirrhosis of the liver; beside Schubert in Vienna
- How is Beethoven classified?
- A bridge between Classical and Romantic
- Where was Beethoven born?
- Bonn, Germany
- How long was a typical Classical symphony?
- Twenty minutes
- What did Chopin do in 1831?
- Settle in Paris, made money give lessons, wrote with Polish dance forms
- In March to the Scaffold, what creates an atmosphere of fantasy?
- Horns w/ percussion
- In Revolutionary Study, the musical content of the piece reflects the ____ of its _____.
- drama, subject matter
- Symphony No.5 in C minor Finale includes conversational interplay between what sections?
- Strings and woodwinds
- What heightens dramatic moments?
- Enlarged orchestration w/ percussion
- Where was Rossini born? Where did he study music?
- Pesaro, Italy; Bologna
- In the Storm, builds up the storm?
- Dynamic ranges and contrasts
- The solo Symphony No.5 in C minor Finale is given to _______.
- The bassoon
- What is an overture?
- Orchestral piece played before opera
- Mendelssohn traveled through Europe as a ____ and ____.
- Pianist, conductor
- The Pastoral Symphony depicts _____ and _______.
- Natural world, landscape
- When does the triumphant fanfare appear in Symphony No.5 in C minor Finale?
- After 33 seconds of modulatory material
- In March to the Scaffold, what instrument plays the idée fixe?
- Clarinet (solo)
- What does Symphony No.5 in C minor Finale symbolize?
- Struggle, heroic triumph
- At young age Beethoven established himself as what?
- A pianist and composer for the piano
- In William Tell Overture, what do the French horn and strings do?
- Create dramatic conclusion to the work
- When was Symphony No.5 in C minor Finale written?
- 1809
- March to the Scaffold is what movement of Symphonie Fantastique?
- Fourth
- Discuss the program of Symphonie Fantastique.
- Man in love overdoses on opium, imagines he killed lover then finds her in hell
- What is col legno?
- Percussive effect where bow stick taps against string (in March to the Scaffold)
- In The Storm, what evokes anxiety and fear?
- Obscured tonal center in opening
- In the Storm, what do the clarinet and flute do?
- Invoke a sunny, pastoral moment
- Who composed Symphony No.5 in C minor Finale?
- Beethoven
- Mendelssohn has distaste for innovations of whom?
- Wagner, Berlioz; he preferred more pleasant sounding works
- Symphony No.5 in C minor Finale is ___ and ___? This is indicated by what key change?
- Powerful, triumphant; C minor to C major
- Who wrote the first complete program symphony?
- Hector Berlioz
- Expanded dynamic ranges in Symphony No.5 in C minor Finale do what?
- Build and release tension
- What is an idée fixe? Who developed it?
- Recurring theme; Berlioz
- What is Eroica? How long was it? To whom was it dedicated?
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Beethoven 3rd Symphony; 45 minutes;
Napoleon until he declared himself emperor
- Where was Chopin born?
- Warsaw, Poland
- Name three European cultural centers.
- Vienna, Berlin, Paris
- The Storm is from the __ movement of Pastoral Symphony.
- Sixth
- What part of the program is occurring in March to the Scaffold?
- Man killed lover and being marched to gallows, beheaded
- What is Mendelssohn often called?
- Classical Romantic
- When was the Revolutionary Study written? To whom was it dedicated?
- 1831; Franz Liszt
- Hector Berlioz is a leading representative of____?
- Romanticism in French music
- What does Italian reflect?
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Fascination with Italy, clear skies, warmth
Exoticism - Saltarello dance rhythm
Regional flavor - pizzicato
- What type of chord depicts the dark, dramatic nature of the storm?
- Diminished 7th chord
- What is conversation is between whom?
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Stings/bassoon
Woodwinds/ strings, tympani