MUSIC9 3rd Quarter

Program Music

It tells a story that conveys images, poems, ideas, or scenes without words.

Program Symphony

A composition in numerous movements.

Symphonie Fantastique

It is one of the famous program symphonies of Hector Berlioz.

Idee fixe

What is the term Berlioz used for the melody representing the loved one in his compositions?

Concert Overture

It is an independent composition and not intended to accompany a stage production. It consists only one movement.

Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and Romeo and Juliet Overture

What are the two(2) famous concert overtures?

Symphonic Poem or Tone Poem

Is a musical composition for ochestra in one movement. It is written in many forms; sonata form, rondo, or theme and variations.

Symphonic poems

became significant means “of expression for nationalism” in music during the late nineteenth(19th) century.

Incidental Music

It is intended to accompany the action or mood of a dramatic stage performance.

Incidental

It is called “____” because the music is not as significant as the play.

Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March”, an incidental music for Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

What is the famous example of incidental music?

Piano Music

It is one of the important factors in establishing the musical culture of Romantic era was the rise in popularity of the piano.

Piano

It attracted a large part of the middle class population because of its major characteristics-an instrument capable of playing both melody and harmony.

Character pieces

This are relatively brief, modest and highly subjective piano compositions in a characteristic style or mood.

Frederic Francois Chopin

He is the “Poet of the Piano”

Nocturne

It is a kind of quiet, reflective movement with a mood of melancholic nature as though reflecting the atmosphere at night. ( a night song )

John Field

Who created Nocturne(night song) ?

Impromptu

refers to piano compositions that have an extemporaneous character.

Ballade

It is a narrative song without words. It is a one-movement piece for solo piano.

Prelude

It is a short mood piece of no prescribed form. It conveys a specific idea or emotion.

Menuet

It is the French word for Minuet, meaning “slender or small”.

Minuetto

Minuet/Menuet was adopted from the Italian “____”.

Minuet

it reffers to a very small dance steps. It is a music style that accompanies dances.

Scherzo

It is played quickly and with an understanding of the humor that had been put into its writing.

Etude

It is a french word for “study” or “exercise”. It is a short piece that gives the student practice in a particular technical problem.

Mazurka and Polonaise

This are styled dance pieces for piano,

Sonata da Camera

It is the Italian term for “Suite”