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Critical Listening Final Quiz
Stravinsky & Schoenberg
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Undergraduate 1
12/03/2006

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Igor Stravinsky
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1882-1971; 3 works before WWI Firebird Suite, Petrushka, Rite of Spring (ballets); changes meter often; driving rhythms; not so much on melody; meticulous; architect (of sound); used coronets not trumpets
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Sergei Diaghilev
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artistic director of Ballet Russe; discovered Stravinsky with the Firebird Suite
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Vaslav Nijinsky
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Ballet Russe dancer; Petrushka in its original production
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biggest differences between modern and other periods
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tonality and rhythm
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Petrushka
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Stravinsky's second famous ballet; four tableaux; puppets
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Arnold Schoenberg
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1874-1951; Austrian; one of most important modern composers before WWI; began as Romantic, changed; 1st true atonal composer; expressionism; Erwartung; Pierrot Lunaire (used sprechstimme); experimental; 4 string quartets
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expressionism
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reaction to impressionism; "shriek of the soul"; portrayed inner emotions
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Erwartung
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Schoenberg opera for one singer; means "expectations"
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Pierrot Lunaire
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Schoenberg song cycle; uses "sprechstimme"
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sprechstimme
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"speaking voice" (used by Schoenberg)
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string quartet
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2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello (violoncello)
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chamber music
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1 person for each part; more for the performer than the listener
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tessitura
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range of a particular instrument
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pedal point
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note in bass held over other parts - always tonic or dominant
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Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2
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last tonal piece, ends in F# major chord; some consider it atonal
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pizanti
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heavy
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allargando
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louder and slower
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dolente
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pathetic
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etwas
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somewhat, rather
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langsam(er)
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slow(er)
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mit dampfer
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with mute
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nicht zu rasch
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not too quick
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ruhig
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calm
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sehr
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very
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so stark wie moglich
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as strong as possible
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viel langsamer
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much slower
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viel rascher
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much quicker/heavier
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