Music Quiz 4

Oratorio is to

Opera

Church is to

concert halls

Sacred is to

secular

Opera seria

serious opera, people die and not many are left at the end

What happened with castrato?

stopped and instead a female plays the male role

Trouser role

guy part song by girl

What did they call comic opera in France?

opera comique

What did they call comic opera in england?

ballad

What did they call comic opera in Italy?

opera buffa

Recitative

dialouge song between 2 people plot progresses. short

Aria

typically a solo, plot is frozen. has 1 emotion or idea. long

Chopin

1810-1849, french/polish composer and pianist. THE COMPOSER in Poland, but career in Paris

What was Choplin known as?

The Poet of Piano

Who was George Sand

a french novelist that was actually a lady named aurore dudevant and she died from tuberculosis

The Romantic Period

1820-1900. focused on emotions

Bohemian artist

seen as misunderstood or rejected dreamer

Major changes in romantic period

bigger orchestras, new instruments, public concertos, more music schools(conservatories), Orchestration became an important art

What is orchestration?

choosing and combining instruments

Nationalism

composers used folk song & dance and music inspired by certain countries

Exotic subjects

composers explored unfamiliar places and cultures

Characteristics of Romantic Period

memorable melodies, expressive harmony, making instruments sing, chromaticism, dissonance, and larger symphonies

What is chromaticism

using notes outside the main scale

Lied

solo voice and piano. german art song

Lieder

more than one song

What do german art songs contain?

express emotion and meaning of poem. intimate mood. themes of love and nature

Strophic

same music repeats. each verse uses the same melody

Through-composed

new music throughout . the music follows what’s happening in the story

Modified strophic

a mixture, mostly repeats, but some parts change

Song cycle

group of songs connected by common theme or story

Schubert

1797-1828. austrian composer, socially shy, home and salon concertos called schubertiades. died from syphilis. wrote 600+ songs

Polonaise

originally a noble processional dance