| First movemenet concerto form |
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| sometimes described as a sonata-allegro form with a double exposition. Usually opens with an aorchestral exposition, or ritornello, in the tonic key, often presenting several themes. Mozart’s piano concerto in G major is a notable example of this genre |
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| Known as nannerl, was an accomplished pianist who as a child toured extesively with her brother wolfgang, performing concertos and four-hand piano works. |
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| Maria Theresa Von Paradis |
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| Blind musician. Excellent pianist and organist, she was renowned for her remarkable musical memory. SHe was a composer. |
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| Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven all wrote music influenced by the Turkish Janissary, or military |
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| Beethoven’s best known piano work, evokes the new Romantic style |
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| a musical setting of the most solemn service of the Roman Catholic Church |
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| a musical setting of the mass for the dead |
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| serious or tragic italian opera |
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| the traditional character derived from the theater of buffoons, who spoke to the audience in a bass voice, with a wink and a nod |
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| one of Mozarts most popular comic operas |
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| resulted in the rise of a middle class, or bourgeois society |
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| One of the prime traits of all romantic artists was their emphasis on intensely emotional expression |
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| include strophic and through-composed forms; some songs fall between the two, into a modified strophic form |
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| Composers wrote these in order to unify a group of songs by poem or theme |
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| learned the violin from his father, and piano from an older brother. His music marked the confluence of the classical and romantic eras. In his lieder and piano pieces, he was wholly the Romantic. |
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| based on a legend that whoever is touched by the king of the elves must die. |
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| known for his symphonies, piano music, chamber music, and Lieder. Married to clara, wrote four symphonies. He wrote his great song cycle A POet’s Love in 1840 |
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| In the romantic era, the piano was both a popular instrument for home use and for virtuoso such as Liszt, Chopin and the AMerican pianist Louis Gottschalk |
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| called the “poet of the piano.” one of the most original artists of the nineteenth century. One of his most heroic works is the Military Polonaise in A major. He music also depends on tempo rubato- the “robbed time,” or “borrowed time.” |
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| virtuoso pianist, composer and leading interpreter of the music of Brahms, Chopin and Robert Schumann. Known for her songs, piano music, and chamber music. Her works are technically difficult and also deeply introspective |
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| first internationally acclaimed American composer of classical music. His music draws inspiration from African-American, creole, and latin american folk songs and rhythms, and often quotes familiar tunes, particularly from stephen foster songs |
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| instrumental music with a literary or pictorial association supplied by the composer |
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| pure music which consists of musical patterns that have no literary or pictorial meanings |
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| single movement concert piece for orchestra, typically from the Romantic period and often based on a literary program |
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| music written to accompany dramatic works |
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| multimovement programmatic orchestral work, typically from the nineteenth century |
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| one movement orchestral form that develops a poetic idea, suggests a scene, or creates a mood, generally associated with the Romantic era |
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| one movement orchestral form that develops a poetic idea, suggests a scene, or creates a mood, generally associated with the Romantic era |
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| wrote Symphonic fantastique ( a five movement program symphony), while living in Italy. |
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| recurrent theme; fixed idea |
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| Symphonic fantastique; Part 1 |
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| I. Reveries, passions- Allegro section introduces a soaring melody- the fixed idea. |
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| A ball; dance movement is in ternary, or three part form. In the middle section, the fixed idea reappears in waltz time |
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| Scene in the fields; composer said his aim in this pastoral movement was to establish a mood of sorrowful lonliness |
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| March to the scaffold; at the very end the fixed idea reappears for an instant, like a last thought of love interrupted by the fall of the blade |
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| Dream of a withces sabbath |
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| wrote nationalistic music about his homeland, including a set of six symphonic poems entitled My Country. Most famous is the moldau |
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| studied the traditional music of African Americans and incorporated elements of spirituals into his music. The New World Symphony is his most popular work today. It is classical in its structure but Romantic in its orchestral and harmonic color |
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| known for his four symphonies, his solo piano and chamber music, and his lieder |
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| unaccompanied secular songs in three or four parts |
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| written for his mother and robert schumann |
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| sister of Felix mendelssohn, was a talented composer and pianist, mother wsa her paino teacher, produced few large scale works, lieder, piano music, choral works, 2 dozen part songs |
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| Grand opera- based on serious historical themes, influences by propaganda of the leaders of the country |
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| musical drama- richard wagner |
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| marked the peak of the bel canto- beautiful singing, style |
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| went east to eastern asia; madame butterfy, samspon and delilah |
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| swedish nightingdale, toured in America, tour master was PT Barnum |
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| best known for his 28 operas; Rigoletto- based on a play by Victor Hugo is one of the most performed works in the repertory today |
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| german composer; gesamtkunstwerk- a total work of art unifying all elements. Wagner’s operas called music dramas are not sectional but are continuous. They are unified by Leitmotifs-recurring themes that represent a person, place or idea. Chromatic dissonance heightens the emotion. Most famous work is his four-opera cycle. The King of the Nibelung |
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| wrote some of the best loved operas of all time. La Bohemea and madama butterfly. In madame butterfly he combines verismo- realism, and exocitism (japanese music and culture) |
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| most closely equivalent to a courtesan in western culture |
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| harp, flute and piccolo and bells |
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| established as an independent art form in the 18th century, particulary in france and russia |
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| ballet; Marius Petipa; Ilyic Tchaikovsky |
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| established as an independent art form in the 18th century, particulary in france and russia; created the pas da deux (dance for two); Swan lake, sleeping beauty and the nutcracker |
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