Listening Quiz III

Symphony no. 7 in A-minor (2nd movement, 1811)

- Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

- Symphony in four movements

- Instrumental

- Orchestra

- homophonic

- ternary form

- simple duple meter (2/4)

- minor key

- Beethoven's 2nd period

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770-1827

Erlkönig in g- minor (‘ The Erlking, 1815)

- Composed by Franz Schubert

- Lied (Song)

- Instrumental and Vocal (1 voice depicting four characters)

- strophic form

- miniature

- simple quadruple or common time (4 /4)

- minor key

Franz Schubert

1797-1828

Piano Sonata in E major (1st movement, 1820)

- Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

- piano

- instrumental

- sonata in three movements

- sonata form

- simple duple (2/4 meter)

- major key

- Beethoven 3rd period

Fryderyk Chopin

1810-1849

Nocturne in F-sharp (Op. 15, no. 2, 1831)

- Composed by Fryderyk Chopin

- Nocturne

- Instrumental

- piano

- free binary form

- (a, a', b, c, a", coda), min

Hector Berlioz

1803-1869

Fantastic Symphony (Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, 5th movement, 1830)

- Composed by Hector Berlioz

- Program symphony

- Instrumental

- Large Orchestra

- Symphony in five movements

- homophonic

- self-sustaining free form in four sections

- common time (4/4) and compound duple (6/8)

- minor key

Giuseppe Verdi

1813- 1901

Rigoletto (Act III, Scene I, 1851)

- Composed by Giuseppe Verdi

- Opera in 3 acts

- Aria and orchestral recitatives

- Form (recitative, aria, recitative, quartet, quartet, recitative)

- Vocal and Instrumental

- Orchestra

- Vocal ensembles (quartets)

- Aria ‘ La donna è mobile in simple triple meter (3 /8) and major key

- Quartet ‘ Bella figlia dellamore in common time (4 /4) and major key

Richard Wagner

1813- 1883

Walkyrie (Act I, Scene I, ‘ Siegmund and Sieglinde Scene, 1851- 1856)

- Music drama in 3 acts

- composed by Richard Wagner

- concept of Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art)

- leitmotif (leading motive)

- vocal and instrumental

- flowing orchestral recitatives (climaxes)

- simple triple meter,

- minor key with continuous modulations

Modest Mussorgsky

1839-1881

Pictures at an Exhibition ('Bydlo' Cattle, 4th movement, 1874)

- Composed by Modest Mussorgsky

- short orchestral miniature

- the work is as programmatic suite in different parts (ten short orchestral miniatures)

- orchestra

- simple duple meter (2/4)

- minor key

Gustav Mahler

1860-1911

Symphony no. 1 'Titan' (3rd movement, 1888)

- Symphony in four movements

- musical form

- 4 sections: 1. funeral march, 2. Bohemian folkloric and klezmer dancing passages, 3. Trio, 4. March

- common time 4/4

- minor key

Romantic Period

1790-1910

Early Romantic Period

1790-1848

Late Romantic Period

1848-1910