MUS318W Quiz 2 Review

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  1. 7. An meeting of literary, artistic, intellectual and/or musical figures, held at the home of a wealthy patron; the lied and character piece in particular were performed most often in salons
  2. 8. Lorenzo ___ ________: Italian librettist, whose collaborations in opera buffa with Mozart among others made him the most significant librettist of his generation
  3. 10. Pianist, organist, conductor and composer whose music combines Romantic expression with Classical forms, techniques; he was the leading German composer of the 1830s and 40s
  4. 13. ___________ piece: A short piece, typically for piano, that depicts or suggests a mood, scene, or character
  5. 15. Song form in which each verse of text is set to different music
  6. 17. “Storm and Stress”: 18th-c. movement in German literature that aimed to frighten, to stun, to overcome with emotion; works by Haydn and Mozart have the emotional, agitated character associated with this movement
  7. 18. A theory that emphasizes the importance of history; in music; its emergence coincides with the creation of the Classical Canon in the mid-19th century
  8. 22. Fryderyk ___________: French-Polish composer and virtuoso pianist whose works represent the quintessential Romantic piano tradition and who reflected Polish nationalism in some of his works
  9. 23. 19th-century artistic and intellectual movement which focused on the ideas of individualism, self-expression, the emotional, irrational, and fantastic, the hero, and nature. As a musical period it starts in the 1820s as a distinction from the Classical canon
  10. 25. ____________ music: instrumental music that recounts a narrative
  11. 28. Hector ____________: French composer, music critic, and conductor who reconceptualized the symphony as program music and was a leader of the Romantic radical wing
  12. 29. When referring to a musical work, writing that is natural for a particular instrument and taking advantage of that instrument’s technical possibilities; for example, Chopin’s writing for the piano
  13. 30. Ludwig van _____________: Virtuoso pianist, violinist and composer who represents the transition from Classical to Romantic style and is one of the most influential and admired composers of all time
  14. 33. A group of songs designed as a unit, which may have a unifying theme or narrative; Schubert’s Winterreise and Schumann’s Dichterliebe are examples
  15. 35. Robert __________: German pianist, composer, and critic who composed in all the musical genres of his day and was an influential critic as well as a leading Romantic composer
  16. 36. Classical ___________: a repertoire of musical “classics”—composers of the past, especially Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven—that emerged in the mid-19th century, deeply impacting the amount of music by living composers that was performed
  17. 37. Text _________: The use of musical gestures to reflect the meaning of a word or phrase
  18. 38. German art song for voice and piano, in which composers sought a perfect union of poetry and music
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  1. 1. __________ Schumann: German pianist, composer, and teacher, who championed her husband’s works as well as those of Brahms and others; she was one of the foremost pianists of the 19th century
  2. 2. ____________ Testament: letter and will written by Beethoven in 1802 to explain to his brothers his despair resulting from his increasing deafness but also ultimately his resolution to continue living and working in his music
  3. 3. Franz ___________: Hungarian virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor, whose innovations in form, harmony, technique, and concert presentation made him a leader of the Romantic movement and the greatest piano virtuoso of his time
  4. 4. Song form in which multiple verses of text are set to the same music
  5. 5. __________ Hensel: German composer, pianist, and salon hostess; one of the most prolific female composers of the 19th century and a champion of Bach, Beethoven, and her brother
  6. 6. A short, secular work for choir or small vocal ensemble, usually for amateurs’ domestic music-making; it is the equivalent of a choral Lied
  7. 9. The art of combining the sounds of specific instruments in orchestral music
  8. 11. A short, lyrical, expressive character piece for piano; Chopin wrote many of these, a few of which have virtuosic elements
  9. 12. Term coined by Berlioz for the theme, representing the hero’s beloved, that recurs throughout the Symphonie Fantastique
  10. 14. A school designed for special instruction in music, in particular in the 19th c. for the training of professional musicians
  11. 15. An arrangement of a piece of music for different instrument(s); Liszt wrote many of these for piano of songs, symphonies, operas, and other works, bringing them to audiences who didn’t know the originals
  12. 16. Franz ___________: Austrian singer and composer who was the first great master of the Romantic Lied
  13. 19. Wolfgang Amadé ___________: Child prodigy, keyboard virtuoso and composer, who is considered one of the greatest composers in the Western art tradition
  14. 20. ___________ strophic: Song form in which multiple verses of text are set to music that is mostly the same, with minor variations
  15. 21. A Polish folk dance; Chopin wrote several stylized versions for the piano
  16. 24. ____________ music: In the theatre, music performed as part of the performance of a spoken drama
  17. 26. Choral ____________: choral ensemble formed and supported by members, usually amateurs
  18. 27. Choral music sung without instrumental accompaniment. Originally used to refer to 16th-century polyphony, during the 19th c. new works were written in that style
  19. 31. E.T.A. ___________ : German writer, composer, and critic whose view of Beethoven as “a purely Romantic composer” influenced later reception of Beethoven’s music and legacy
  20. 32. ___________ music: instrumental music as an idealized play of sound and form, with no extra-musical connotations
  21. 34. A short pedagogical work for piano or other instrument, which develops a specific technical skill