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Music Theory Listening Exam
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Undergraduate 1
03/10/2011

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Franz Peter Schubert

Birth Dates

Definition
1797-1828
Term
Lived in Vienne during later part of Beethoven's life
Definition
Franz Peter Schubert
Term

Franz Schubert

(1797-1828)

What music era?

Definition

Romantic Era

(first important composer of time)

Term
How many art songs did Schubert write?
Definition
over 600
Term
How many symphonies did Schubert write?
Definition
8 Symphonies
Term
German artsong was VERY important in what era?
Definition
Romantic Era
Term
Whats a song cycle?
Definition

groups of songs that are connected in some way

ex. all deal with same story,

or all use texts by a single author

Term
Die Schone Mullerin(The Miller's Daughter), Winterriese, and Schwanengesang are examples of what?
Definition
song cycles
Term
Who wrote the song cycles Die Schone Mullerin, Winterriese, and Schwanengesang?
Definition
Franz Peter Schubert
Term
Schubert's artsongs contain consist of?
Definition
a lot of description, telling stories, and are poignant (full of feeling and emotion)
Term
Schubert used what instrument primarily to add the story telling of his songs?
Definition
Piano
Term
Die Forelle was written by who?
Definition
Franz Schubert
Term
What does Die Forelle mean?
Definition
The Trout
Term
What piece is Die Forelle(the trout) from?
Definition

Die Schone Mullerin

(The Miller's Daughter)

Term
What is the story in Die Schone Mullerin?
Definition
about a fisherman and a fish with a very wavy piano accompaniment
Term
Schubert's song "Death and the Maiden" was re-casted for what type of ensemble?
Definition
string quartet
Term
Schubert's "The Trout" was re-cast for what instruments/ensemble?
Definition
piano and strings
Term
Who wrote Die Erlkonig (the elfking)?
Definition
Franz Schubert
Term
What does Die Erlkonig mean?
Definition
The Elfking
Term
When was Die Erlkonig written and by whom?
Definition
written in 1815 by Franz Schubert
Term
How old was Schubert when he wrote The Elfking?
Definition
18
Term
What are the four characters used in The Elfking?
Definition
the narrator, the father, the son, and the elfking
Term
How can you distinguish between the four characters in Schubert's The Elfking?
Definition
the are all given differing vocal ranges, each have differing melody/accomp
Term
How does Schubert use music to describe the story in The Elfking?
Definition
he uses different harmonies, vocal ranges, major key vs. minor key
Term
Who wrote the text for Schubert's The Erlkonig?
Definition

Johann Von Goethe

(a great German Romantic author)

Term
What is through-composed?
Definition
means that each verse is given a different melody
Term
Is The Erlkonig Through-composed?
Definition
yes
Term
What are Robert Schumann's Birth dates?
Definition
1810-1856
Term
What did Schumann start out as in music before he became a composer?
Definition
he was a prodigious pianist aspiring to be a professional performer
Term
Why did Schumann not continue on to be a professional pianist?
Definition
because of a hand injury which ended his career
Term
After Schumanns injury, what did he begin to focus on?
Definition
composing and editing a music journal
Term
What was the name of the music journal Schumann edited?
Definition

The Journal For New Music

(Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik)

Term
When did Schumann found The Journal For New Music?
Definition

1833

(still published today)

Term
Schumann is known as a ______ composer.
Definition
Prolific
Term
Schumann was an important catalyst for many 19th century composers, who are some of those composers?
Definition
Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, and Johannes Brahms
Term
What is Schumann most known for?
Definition
his artsongs, piano music, symphonies, and chamber music
Term
How many symphonies did Schumann write?
Definition
4
Term
Schumann wrote two song cycles, what are their names?
Definition
Dichterliebe and Frauenliebe und Leben
Term
Schumann's early works are primarily for what instrument?
Definition
piano
Term
Who wrote Carnaval?
Definition
Robert Schumann
Term
What is Carnaval?
Definition
a cycle of short , discriptive pieces for piano
Term
Who did Schumann fall in love with in 1834?
Definition

Clara Wieck

(a piano virtuoso)

Term
How old was Clara when Schumann fell in love with her?
Definition
15
Term
When was Schumann able to marry Clara?
Definition
in 1840 when she was 21
Term
What were the two names Schumann wrote under in The Journal for New Music?
Definition
Eusebius and Florestan
Term
What kind of character was Eusebius?
Definition
tender, dreamy, pensive, and melancholy
Term
What kind of character was Florestan?
Definition
impetuous and fiery
Term
If Schumann didn't like a piece he would write under which name?
Definition
Florestan
Term
If Schumann really liked a piece he would write under which name?
Definition
Eusebius
Term
In Schumann's Carnaval piece, how many characters are present?
Definition
18-20 characters that are set at a masked ball 
Term
Schumann's imaginative personality may have attributed to his demise, what is do people think he suffered from?
Definition
mulitple personalities disorder
Term
What year did Schumann attempt suicide?
Definition
1854
Term
After Schumann's attempt at suicide, where did he go and how long was he there for?
Definition

asylum and was there from 1854-1856

(2years)

Term
Schubert liked to use contrast of ideas in his text, what did Schumann like to use?
Definition
romantic irony
Term
Shcumann used irregular phrasing and harmonic overlapping in his songs, what did Schubert use?
Definition
clear sectional division and regular phrasing
Term
Did Schumann or Schubert like motivic unity?
Definition
Schubert
Term
Which composer liked expressive harmonies, NCT's, and syncopation?
Definition
Schumann
Term
What type of harmonic progression did Schumann use?
Definition
tonal ambiguity and linear bass lines
Term
What type of harmonic progression did Schubert use?
Definition
mode change, clear tonics, and diatonic key relations
Term
Schubert liked to use what type of accompaniment?
Definition
subordinate to voice and motivically descriptive
Term
Schumann liked to use what type of accompaniment?
Definition
independent-interludes, countermelodies,and lack of resolution of vocal lines
Term
Who wrote Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai (In the Wonderfully Lovely Month of May)?
Definition
Schumann
Term
What does Im Wundershonen Monat Mai mean?
Definition
In the Wonderfully Lovely Month of May
Term
What is Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai from?
Definition
Dichterliebe 
Term
When was Dichterliebe composed and by who?
Definition
1840 by Schumann
Term
Who is the author for Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai?
Definition

Heinrich Heine

(famous German Romantic author)

Term
Harmony is unresolved until when for the Dichterliebe song cycle?
Definition
the beginning of the next song in the cycle
Term
What are Hector Berlioz's birth dates?
Definition
1803-1869
Term
What kind of composer was Berlioz?
Definition
French composer of the Romantic Era
Term
Who wrote Symphonie Fantasique?
Definition
Berlioz
Term
When was Symphonie Fantastique written by Berlioz?
Definition
1830 
Term
When was Symphonie Fantastic revised?
Definition
1833
Term
What did the program notes for Symphonie Fantastique include?
Definition
tells the story of the composer's opium-induced dream of himself and his love interest
Term
Who was the the actress that Berlioz was in love with but never in a relationship with?
Definition
Harriet Smithson
Term
In Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz, he wrotea specific theme to represent who?
Definition
Harriet Smithson the actress he had feelings for
Term
Berlioz told the story of himself and Harriet Smithson in the movements of what piece?
Definition
Symphonie Fantastique written in 1830 revised in 1833
Term
Movement I of Symphonie Fantastique tells of Berlioz's ______.
Definition
passion
Term
Movement II of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique tells the story of ____________________.
Definition
him and Harriet Smithson at a ball together
Term
Movement III of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique tells a story in the ______.
Definition
country
Term
Movement IV and V of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique the music takes a dark turn, What is being told in these movements?
Definition

IV/V- he dreams of an opium overdose and that he has killed his lover

 

Term
What is the title of movement V of Symphonie Fantastique?
Definition
Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
Term
What does Idee Fixe mean?
Definition
fixed idea
Term
Who uses fixed idea in one of his pieces?
Definition
Berlioz
Term
What is fixed idea?
Definition
a melody that is used in each movement that makes a cyclic work
Term
What does Berlioz use in movement V of Symphonie Fantastique?
Definition
13th Century plainchant from a requiem mass
Term
When did Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) come into prominence in Symphonie Fantastique?
Definition
in the revision (1833)
Term
Berlioz's Treatise on Orchestration occured in what year?
Definition
1834 and was used exculsively for more than 100 yrs
Term
What are the birth dates of Frederic Chopin?
Definition
1810-1849
Term
Where was Chopin born?
Definition
Poland
Term
Where did Chopin live?
Definition
Paris
Term
Every piece Chopin wrote included what instrument?
Definition
piano
Term
What era did Chopin live during?
Definition
Romantic Era
Term
Who infused functional (hierarchic) progressions with linear progressions?
Definition
Chopin
Term
What is functional progressions infused with linear progressions intail?
Definition
abandonment of functionality for harmonies organized by sequential processes
Term
What are the two piano genres that Chopin wrote?
Definition
the Mazurka and the Nocturne
Term
What is a Mazurka?
Definition

a stylized Polish dance

*triple meter

*ABA form

*beat 2 emphasis

*first chord Dominant

*regular Phrasing

Term
What is a Nocturne?
Definition

a "night piece" with striking typical traits

*wide-ranging arpeggiated left hand

*very florid (highly embellished) melody

*very slow harmonic rhythm (rate of harmonic change)

Term
What are Modest Mussorgsky's birth dates?
Definition
1839-1881
Term
What kind of composer was Mussorgsky?
Definition
Russian
Term
What group of composers was Mussorgsky apart of?
Definition
the Mighty Five
Term
What did the Might Five do?
Definition
impacted the 19th centruy with a movement called Nationalism
Term
Who were the Mighty Five?
Definition

*Modest Mussorgsky

*Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

*Cesar Cui

*Mily Balakirev

*Alexander Borodin

Term
What is Nationalism?
Definition
music that is particulary descriptive/laudatory of one's homeland
Term
Who wrote Pictures at an Exhibition?
Definition
Mussorgsky
Term
When was Pictures at an Exhibition written?
Definition
1874 as a tribute to one of Mussorgsky's friends Victor Hartmann
Term
Who was Victor Harmann?
Definition
Mussorgsky's friend and an artist
Term
What is promenade?
Definition
a recurring theme meant to depict a person's act of walking from pice to piece in an exhibition hall
Term
How many movements are in Pictures at an Exhibition?
Definition
15
Term
What did Maurice Ravel do in 1922 with Mussorgsky's music?
Definition
made a transcription of the original piano parts for orchestra 
Term
What are Johannes Brahms's birth dates?
Definition
1833-1897
Term
Who helped further Brahms's career?
Definition
Robert and Clara Schumann
Term
What were the two differing groups of composers during Brahms's time?
Definition

1.group who was preoccupied with heightened chromaticism and progress

2. group who was more traditional

Term
Which group did Brahms belong to?
Definition
the traditional group
Term
Who were the composers of each group?
Definition

non-traditional group:Wagner,Liszt,Mahler,Debussy

traditional group:Brahms,Bruckner,Dvorak,etc.

Term
Who wrote A German Requiem in 1864?
Definition
Brahms
Term
When did Brahms's parents get divorced?
Definition
1864
Term
When did Brahms's mother die?
Definition
1865
Term
How was Brahms's Requiem different than most that had a conotation of "terror of death"?
Definition

*German Text over Latin

*Biblical text over Tradtional liturgical texts

*Protestant ideas of hope and consolation

 

Term

What are some of Brahms's compositional styles?

 

Definition

*counterpoint-imatation,equality of voice

*subtle key shifts

*unifying melodies and motives

*text painting-"for my soul longs and faints for the lord" and "my soul and body cries out"

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