Practice Flashcards on Classical Music Scores and Song Cycles

This set of flashcards covers vocabulary and key concepts from the scores of Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Weber, Rossini, and Berlioz.

Franz Schubert ($1797-1828$)

The composer of the song cycles Die schöne Müllerin and $Winterreise$, as well as Symphony No. $9$ ($The Great$).

Ernestine von Fricken

A youthful friend of Robert Schumann; the notes of the melody in Symphonische Etüden were provided by her father.

Ophicléïde

A bass brass instrument featured in the orchestration of Felix Mendelssohn's $A Midsummer Night's Dream$ and Hector Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette.

Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust

The opening song of the cycle Die schöne Müllerin, translated in the text as "In motion the miller leads his life."

U. N. Khokhlova

The editor of the published edition of Schubert's selected songs for voice and piano, published by $Muzika$ in $1977$.

Symphonie fantastique

A work by Hector Berlioz featuring movements such as Rêveries - Passions, $Un Bal$, and $Marche au supplice$.

M.M. = $72$

The metronome marking assigned to the $Andante con moto$ movement of Mendelssohn's $Scottish$ Symphony.

Roméo et Juliette

A dramatic symphony by Berlioz that includes sections such as "Scherzo de la Reine Mab" and "Sermon of Father Laurence."

Die alten bösen Lieder

The final song mentioned from Schumann's cycle $Dichterliebe$, meaning "The old evil songs."

Mässig geschwind

A musical tempo marking meaning "moderately fast," applied to Schubert's song "Das Wandern."

Winterreise

A Schubert song cycle published in $1895$ by Breitkopf & Hàrtel, comprising songs like "Gute Nacht" and "Der Leiermann."

La Cenerentola

An opera by Gioachino Rossini containing the piece "Una volta c'era un re" ("Once there was a king").

Hüon

The character in Carl Maria von Weber's opera $Oberon$ who sings the Allegro energico aria "Von Jugend auf schon im Kampfgefild."

Scherzo (Allegro vivace)

The third movement of Schubert’s Symphony No. $9$, orchestrated for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, and strings.

J. Tyumenev

The individual credited for the Russian translations of lyrics in the works of Schubert and Schumann.

Oboe and Corno inglese

The woodwind instruments used in the Scène aux champs of Berlioz's $Symphonie fantastique$, with the English horn playing behind the scene.

Père Laurence

A character in Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette who leads the petit choeur in an andante maestoso section.

Symphonische Etüden (Op. $13$)

A piano work by Robert Schumann composed in $1834$, structured as a series of variations and dedicated to Ernestine von Fricken.

Am Brunnen vor dem Thore

The opening line of the song "Der Lindenbaum" from Schubert's vocal cycle $Winterreise$.

Breitkopf & Härtel

A publisher located in Leipzig, responsible for editions of core classical works by Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Berlioz.

Symphony No. $3$ (Scottish)

A symphony by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy with movements including $Vivace non troppo$ and $Allegro vivacissimo$.

Sponge-headed drum-sticks

The specific type of sticks (Baguettes d' éponge) required for the timpani in Berlioz's $Marche au supplice$ and $Songe d'une nuit de Sabbat$.

Una volta c'era un re

A narrative song from Rossini's opera describing a king who eventually chose innocence and goodness.

Gute Nacht

The first song of Schubert's $Winterreise$, beginning with the phrase "Fremd bin ich eingezogen, fremd zieh ich wieder aus."

Marche au supplice Timpani Instructions

Instruction to play the first quaver of each half-bar with $2$ sticks and the other five quavers with the right hand stick alone.