Music Appreciation Test 3 – Flashcards

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Sonata-allegro form
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an organizational structure based on contrasting musical ideas. three main sections - exposition, development, and recapitulation sometimes includes an optional coda at the end.
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Recapitulation
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in sonata-allergo form, the return to the first theme and the tonic key following the development
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Coda
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a final and concluding section of a musical composition
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Symphony Orchestra
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a large classical orchestra, including string, wind, brass, and percussion instruments.
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First Viennese School
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The First Viennese School is a name mostly used to refer to three composers of the Classical period in Western art music in late-18th-century Vienna: Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
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exoticism
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use of sounds drawn from outside the traditional Western European musical experience 19th century europe
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exposition
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in sonata-allegro form, the principle section, in which all thematic material is presented
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transition
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in sonata-allegro form, the unstable section in which the tonality changes from tonic to dominant in preparation for the appearance of the second theme
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Symphony
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a genre of instrumental music for orchestra consisting of several movements
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Romanticism
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a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual.
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Development
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the centermost portion of sonata-allegro form, in which the thematic material of the exposition is developed and extended, transformed, or reduced to its essence; often the most confrontational and unstable section of the movement
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Theme and variation
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a musical form in which a theme continually returns but is varied by changing the notes of the melody, the harmony, the rhythm, or some other feature of the music
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Piano sonata scherzo
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scherzo often refers to a movement that replaces the minuet as the third movement in a four-movement work, such as a symphony, sonata, or string quartet.
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Art Song
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a genre of song for voice and piano accompaniment with high artistic aspirations
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Movements of a symphony
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Movement 1 Fast, usually an allegro and in what became known as sonata form. Movement 2 Slow and often in a simple form such as ternary form. Movement 3 Minuet and trio, a dance borrowed from the Baroque period and in ternary form. Movement 4 Fast and usually an allegro, often light-hearted in style and in a form such as rondo form, theme and variations or sonata form.
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Haydn
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Haydn, Symphony No. 94, the "Surprise," 2nd movement
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Mozart
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position as assistant concert master child prodigy Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, 1st movement Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G minor, 1st movement Mozart, Piano Concerto in A Major, 1st movement
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Beethoven
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Beethoven, Sonata No. 8 in C minor for piano, Opus 13, 1st movement Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor, 1st movement Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor, 2nd movement Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor, 3rd movement Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor, 4th movement
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Schubert
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Shubert, Erlkonig
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Don Giovani
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Mozart "dramatic, brutal, funny"
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leporello
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f-key, simple, from the country side
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