Music History 3 Listening Quiz 2

Symphonie Fantastique, 1st mvmt

Berlioz, Program Symphony, 1830

Symphony 1, 4th mvmt

Brahms, Symphony, 1876

Piano Quintet in F minor

Brahms, Quintet, 1864

Revolutionary Étude 

Chopin, Étude, 1831

A Life for a Tsar

Glinka, Tragic Opera, 1836

Boris Godunov, coronation scene

Mussorgsky, Political Fable Opera, 1870

Nocturne in B flat Major 

Maria Szymanowska, Nocturne, 1828-1831

Tristan und Isolde

Wagner, Music Drama, 1865

Va Pensiero

Verdi, Opera Chorus, 1842

Parigi, O Cara

Verdi, Cantabile Cabaletta Duet, 1853

Gesamtkunstwerk

Complete and total artwork; used by Wagner.

Scene ed Aria

Formal structure in opera where a musical composition begins with a scene (dramatic accompanied recitative section that sets the scene and presents the plot) and is followed by an Aira (lyrical, melodic, section that expresses characters emotions or reflection); used by Verdi.

Nocturne

A short composition of a Romantic or dreamy character; suggestive of night, typically for piano. Used by Chopin.

Unendlich Melodie

Continuous flowing musical style, with one musical idea seamlessly transitioning into the next, rather than having distinct and separate melodies; used by Wagner

Risorgimento

Use of music during the unification of 19th Century Italian Unification against the Hapsburg Empire; used by Verdi.