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Music 103 Ch. 20-24
The Romantic Era
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Undergraduate 1
04/06/2010

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The form of ABA is often called ---, or the first movement
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Sonata Allegra
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The form of ABACA, ABACABA, ABABA, are all often called ---, and is usually the last movement
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Rondo
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Minuet and Trio has --- form (ABA, ABACA, ABACABA, ABABA)
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ABA
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ABA form always has --- meter
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Triple
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A virtuosic passage played during a solo concerto
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Cadenza
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The --- was given a cast iron frame to support more tension on the strings
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Piano
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The piano has a combined tension of --- lbs. and weighs around --- lbs.
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60,000
1,400
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--- instruments were given values or pistons
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Brass
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The --- was invented in 1816
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Metronome
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This composer: lived from 1770-1827; parents hoped for a prodigy; met and played for Mozart, but never studied with him; was a composer in both "Classical" & "Romantic" eras;
studied with Haydn
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Ludwig Von Beethoven
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This composer also: had a difficult and temperamental personality; difficult to work with; very stormy temper; kind and generous
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Ludwig Von Beethoven
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--- introduced the new form of opera that saved it from extinction, imposed classical restraint on the music, arias and recitatives were less extreme and as natural as possible
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
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A summary/introduction of major work being performed
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Overture
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The western world finally went back to the "---" style of expressive singing
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"Italian Bel Canto"
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Two major forms of opera singing
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Comic Opera
Opera Buffa
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Type of opera that is smaller in scaled, written in vernacular, used spoken dialogue instead of recitable
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Comic
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Type of opera that: dialogue was set a recitative; used trained voice for the first time in effect; ensemble finale
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Opera Buffa
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This composer's operas: always felt the text served the music; "Dies Irae"; dressed adult females as young boys
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Mozart
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This composer: initially wanted to study law and go into government, but at 23 entered the music conservatory, and was appointed professor of harmony 3 years later; mostly commonly known for his ballets (Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker)
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Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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This composer: is accredited with the development of the program symphony, or "Symphonie Fantastique"; Went to Paris to become a doctor, but left and entered the Paris conservatory; A reoccuring theme or melodic idea in this symphony, the "Idѐe Fix"
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Hector Berlioz
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Changing the theme to fit the story's mood during a piece. This increased the size of a standard orchestra to offer more --- and ---
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Thematic Transformation
Volume .and. Colorful Sonorities
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A one-movement orchestral work concieved as a kind of poetry expressed in tones instead of words (two terms)
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Symphonic Poem .or. Tone Poem
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The return to the classical ideals of the classical era
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Absolute Music
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