music test #3

beethovens roots were firmily classical and he remained committed to the principles of the classical style but his music could be violent, solemn, severe, and gentle which emerged in response to romantic stirrings.

Erocia(Heroic) because napoleon declared himself emperor of france and that upset beethoven

around 1800 to 1810 many of beethoven piano sonatas and string quartets sound like symphonies

broad, brusque, jocular, and violent

people marveled at the organic quality of such music like the first movement of the 5th symphony it seemed to grow like a plant

the four movements of the fifth symphony trace coherent and dramatic pyschological progression in several stages like fate knocks at the door and then to the fate being nullified

joke in italian. it is a fast rushing movement in triple meter

starts with a struggle and slowly ends with a triumph

is in sonata form

was adopted by the romantics themselves. it first took hold in literature and then in 1820 music

romantic era is the first time that individual feeling is became the highest good

the insitutionalization of concert life also had its negitive aspect in that audiences gradually became more conservative in their musical tastes.

in a musical performance he rhythm is handled flexibly

mix of new combinations of instruments= multicolored shades of blended orchestral sound

conductors came to the floor. before they were conducted by the first violinist

instrumental music written in association with a poem, story, or literary source or even a highly suggestive word or two

piece of music lasting only a few minutes or even less. mostly songs and short piano pieces designed to convey a pointed emotion, momentary and undeveloped

erlkonig

though composed= music changes as words change

a song that repeats the same music over and over for all stanzas

a group of songs associated by a common poetic theme or an actual story

dichterliebe (a poets love)

study piece

set of 20 short character pieces that really are characters (musical portraits of masked guests at a mardi gras ball

schumann's pen name for his tender dreamy self and this little piece presents him at his most introspective

nocturne= night piece

noctunes, polonaises, mazurkas,etudes

flashy dashing looks and personality and womanizer

an early 19th century genre resembling an opera overature but without any following opera

• entire symphonies with programs spelled out movement by movement. 
• example= hector berlioz fanstatic symphony

• term assocaited with berlioz fanstatic symphony
• recurring melody

Rigoletto

aria in rigoletto that perfectly captures the compelling energy of the Duke

music drama

philosphical term meaning total work of art

leading motive

power and greed corrupts

righn of nibelungs= got it from german and north legends

• music drama in wagners sense gave way to new realistic tendencies
• operas=realism

madame butterfly