Music Appreciation Exam 2

Baroque

Baroque comes from a Portuguese word that originally meant "misshapen" or "distorted."

Cantata

Is a genre that was made famous by Bach. It was composed to serve as part of a Lutheran church service.

Oratorio

Is a genre that was made famous by Handel. It is a large-scale dramatic genre with a sacred text.

Lining-out

A leader sings each line of a song and the congregation repeats it.

Baroque Dance Suit example

Handel's "Water Music"

Baroque Dance Suite

Has movements such as "hornpipe," "allemande," and "courante."

Famous instrument manufacturers

Stradivarius, Guarneri, and Amati

Baroque Concerto

A soloist or group of soloists alternates with a larger accompanying ensemble.

Vivaldi

Composed "The Four Seasons."

Ritornello

Is a short recurring instrumental passage that is often found in Baroque Concerti.

Program Music

Example occurs during Vivaldi's "Spring." The soloist mimics the sound of a bird on his/her violin.

Viennese School

School of composition that includes Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven (not Bach).

Homophonic Texture

Was the most prevalent texture during the Classical era.

Thematic Development

"Music expression of a theme by varying its melodic outline, harmony, or rhythm."

First movement of a symphony

Likely to be long and dramatic at an allegro tempo.

Second movement of a symphony

Likely to be slow and lyrical.

Third movement of a symphony

Likely to be dancelike.

Haydn's career

Spent most of his career working for the Esterházy family.

Haydn's final symphonies

Composed his final twelve symphonies to be performed in London.

Sonata-Allegro Form main sections (in order)

Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation.

Development section of Sonata-Allegro Form

Themes are varied, expanded, contracted, and broken apart.

Leopold Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Father.

Sonata

Typically performed by one solo instrument (usually piano) or by duos (violin and piano, for example).

The first movement of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata"

Is a "song without words." This is different than traditional sonatas of the Classical era.

Beethoven's transitional role

Between the Classical and the Romantic periods.

Eroica

Beethoven's 3rd Symphony. He originally dedicated this work to Napoleon.

Beethoven's 5th Symphony

Considered to be a "model of the symphonic genre." It is best known for its short-short-short-long motive.

Ode to Joy

Beethoven's 9th Symphony contains this tune.