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Love-unrequited, hopeless, fatal Death- Mystery Religion-Supernatural, mysticism Politics-National ID Nature- Relationship with humanity |
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Strophic Throughcomposed Modified Strophic |
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| Same melody repeated with each stanza, or strophe, of poem |
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durchkomponiert no repetitions of whole sections, music follows the storyline- ballad (new music throughout) |
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| Combines feature of two other forms |
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1797-1828 Der Erlkonig (Character Piece) solo piano |
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1810-49 Polish by birth lived in France most of life |
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1811-86 Virtuoso- look at me! |
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an orchestral work with descriptive title or program. Beethoven's 6th symphony |
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Berlioz's term for recurring idea linking the movements of symphonie fantastique (cyclic) |
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The Mass for the dead (Or something written in honor of dead) |
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A rhymed sequence written by Thomas of Celano which became part of the Requiem Mass. Often set polyphonically by composers |
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| strike the strings with the bow |
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An alto or bass brass instrument. tall narrow 12 holes and keys |
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wind instrument serpent shape related to cornett |
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| orchestral pirce occompanied by program poem or poetic piece |
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| Verdi dominated the opera scene from 1840 on. Themes of his included the unification and independence of italy. |
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avoided small musical units obscured and used unusual cadences started using leitmotifs |
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a musical fragment related to drama that recurs. suggests something unseen to viewers (recollection, intuition, prediction) |
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Novelistic- tells a story |
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| multi-movement work with explicit indications of emotional content |
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loved harriet smithson (shakesperian actress) -wrote symphonie fantastique to impress her |
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| cycled theme- incorporated Requiem mass from chants |
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Ma Vlast (My homeland) from Vlatava Bohemian (Czech) progressive |
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big deal at time Giuseppe Verdi |
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Rigoletto Il tovatore La traviata |
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Composer ideal for the nazi party egomaniac Der ring des Nibelungen (4 4hr pars) -das rheingold -die walkure sigfried -die gotterdammerung |
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a "complete artwork" that represents and synthesizes into one gestural verbal and musical types of expression. |
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leitmotivs or, grundthemen (as Wagner called it) are all woven together |
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early 19th century to ealry 20th. Emphasis on indefinable and infinite
HARVARD DEF |
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| repetition of same music for every strophe |
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| the range of a part most often used |
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| program piano piece. evokes particular mood or scene. |
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| altering the tempo (stolen time) |
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performer of great technical ability
liszt |
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| a festive processional, polish, moderato |
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