listening quiz 4

Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra

Carl Maria von Weber

Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra

small, short concerto in condensed form and usually one movement

Carl Maria von Weber

a piano virtuoso and a major influence on liszt and wagner

Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Orchestra

this piece tells the story in full

Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Orchestra

Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky

Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky

had the three most popular ballets in the repertory

Scheherazade: Movement III

solo violin plays main character throughout

Scheherazade: Movement III

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

part of the mighty five

Don Quixote

cello is the character of don quixote

Don Quixote

Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss

tone poems and operas

"Enigma" Variation

each variation was dedicated to a friend/collegue of elgar’s

"Enigma" Variation

Edward Elgar

Edward Elgar

first british composer to acheive international status in 200 years

Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 1

has furiant - couple dance in triple meter

Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 1

Antonín Dvorák

Antonín Dvorák

preferred to incorporate own folk like melodies with national dance styles

"Deep River"

one of the best known african american spiruals

"Deep River"

Harry T. Burleigh

Harry T. Burleigh

friendship with antonin dvorak, baritone voice

"Steal Away"

one of the first african american spirtuals to be performed in concert

"Steal Away"

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Fisk Jubilee Singers

choir of emancipated enslaved persons

Symphony in E Minor, Op. 32 ("Gaelic Symphony"): Movement II

Amy Cheney Beach

Symphony in E Minor, Op. 32 ("Gaelic Symphony"): Movement II

this song created a different definition of an american sound and was based on the little field of barley

Amy Cheney Beach

excluded from teaching at university and wrote large scale works to show women were capable of creating them

"The Dauntless Battalion"

combines military with lighter dance elements

"The Dauntless Battalion"

John Philip Sousa

John Philip Sousa

conducted the united states marine band

Treemonisha: Act III "A Real Slow Drag" 

themes of education as liberation, community empowerment, and black american leadership grounded in dignity and intellect

Treemonisha: Act III "A Real Slow Drag" 

Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin

“king of ragtime”

"Memphis Blues"

finisher to concerts and had short solo interjections with note bends and swoops

"Memphis Blues"

James Reese Europe

James Reese Europe

organized the clef club and formed hellfighters band, was also stabbed by band member

Kindertotenlieder: "Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n

songs on the death of children

Kindertotenlieder: "Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n

Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler

incorporated folk songs, marches, chorales, and humor into works and was jewish born which led to difficulties

"Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"

Claude Debussy

"Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"

about a mythical creature, half man/half goat

Claude Debussy

passed from colon canser and was entered into the paris conservatoire at age 10, was influenced by symbolist poetry, javanese gamelan, and non-western musical traditions

Jeux d'eau

impressionist piece inspired by debussy and liszt

Jeux d'eau

Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel

studied with gabriel faure and tried to win the prix de rome five times

"Dried Embryons"

mocks beethoven’s symphony

"Dried Embryons"

Erik Satie

Erik Satie

laziest student in the paris converatory

"Asturias"

sudden chordal outbursts

"Asturias"

Isaac Albéniz

Isaac Albéniz

works often evoke specific locales, festivals, and landscapes of spain

Homenaje "Le Tombeau de Debussy"

homage to the death of debussy, habanera rhythms and famenco guitar styles

Homenaje "Le Tombeau de Debussy"

Manuel de Falla

Manuel de Falla

collected and arranged national folk songs with modernist influence

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

double string quartet

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams

one of the first ethnomusicologists

First Suite in E-Flat: I. Chaconne

combined classical with military band

First Suite in E-Flat: I. Chaconne

Gustav Holst

Gustav Holst

trombonist and was during the sanskrit period

"Vers la flamme"

targets the earth’s continuing heat that would lead to destruction, descending half steps and whole steps melodic motive

"Vers la flamme"

Alexander Scriabin

Alexander Scriabin

liked the mystic chord and had synesthesia

Prelude in G Minor

Sergei Rachmaninov

Prelude in G Minor

both hands involved in accompaniment and melody at all times

Sergei Rachmaninov

giant hands

Pierrot lunaire: No. 8, "Die Nacht"

sprechstimme - speaking voice

Pierrot lunaire: No. 8, "Die Nacht"

Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg

schoenberg developed the twelve tone method and was a modernist

Wozzeck: Act III

based on real event in which a man who may have been insane was executed for killing the woman he lived with and is one of the most successful modern operas and by far the most popular atonal opera

Wozzeck: Act III

Alban Berg

Alban Berg

studied with schoenberg but had greater popular sucess, also wrote works with much more tonal sense

Symphony Opus 21: Movement I

has succession of timbres similar to shoenberg’s concept of klangfarbenmelodie (tone-color melody), can be compared to pointilism

Symphony Opus 21: Movement I

Anton Webern

Anton Webern

felt that evolution in art was necessary and that history can only move forward

The Rite of Spring: Dance of the Adolescents

primitivism

The Rite of Spring: Dance of the Adolescents

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

serge diaghilev commisionned strqavinsky to compose for the ballet russes

Symphony of Psalms: Movement I

uses psalms from the latinvulgate bible and has baroque features

Symphony of Psalms: Movement I

Igor Stravinsky