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Miniature Compositions
Miniature Compositions for Test III for Music and the Human Imagination
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Undergraduate 1
10/27/2011

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Beethoven's life was of very large importance to the Romantic Composers. He was the first to composer to write what (2 things)?
Definition
Wrote Lieder and First Song Cycle
Term
Miniature Compositions convey?
Definition
Pointed emotion
Term
Each piece is an individual unit, even if in a set. This phrase describes what pieces?
Definition
Miniature compositions
Term
Lied (Plural- Lieder) is what?
Definition
A particular type of German song that evolved in the late 18th century and flourished in the 19th century
Term
Characteristics of a Lied
Definition
Accompaniment
-piano only
-piano and voice are often equal in importance
High art poetry
Intimacy of expression
-Inward, individual emotion expressed
-Intended for small performance space
Term
Erlkönig:
Composer?
Type?
Describe the accompaniment?
Definition
Schubert
Lieder
easy, repetitive piano accompaniment
Term
Poem for Erlkonig written by?
Definition
Goethe
Term
Characters in the Erlkonig?
Definition
Narrator
Son
Father
Erlkonig
Term
Song Cycle
Definition
Group of songs associated by a common poetic theme or story
Term
Composer of Dichterliebe? Translation?
Definition
Schumann
"Poet's Love"
Term
Characteristics of Schumann piano accompaniments.
Definition
Piano prelude and postlude
more advanced accompaniment
Term
What is unique about "Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai" from Dichterliebe by Schumann?
Definition
Strophic
No final cadence or resolution
Term
"Die Alten, Bosen Lieder" (from Dichterliebe by Schumann) is written how?
Definition
Through Composed
Term
Der Mond Kommt Still Gegangen is written by whom? What is the form?
Definition
Clara Schumann
Modified Strophic form
Term
Character pieces do what?
Definition
Portrait a definite mood or character
Convey intense emotion
Usually have a programatic title
Term
Moment Musical No 2 is written by whom? Form?
Definition
Franz Schubert
ABA'B'A''
Term
Who wrote Eusebius? What is it from? What is the double meaning of the title?
Definition
R Schumann
A collection of 20 piano pieces entitled Carnaval (Each iece represents a person at a masked ball)
Schumann's pen name for his 'dreamy' side
Term
Florestan was Schumann's what?
Definition
Impetuous (impulsive) side
Term
Chiarina?
Definition
Schumann's depiction of Clara at the masked ball (from Carnaval). His ex-girlfriend had a movement too.
Term
Nocturne in F#, Op 15 was composed by who?
Definition
Frederic Chopin
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