INTRO TO MUSIC 121 (Continued)

The title of Mozart's works are often followed by the letter "K" and a number (like K. 273). What does this number represent?

Where in Kochel's chronological listing in the Mozart piece can be found.

What is Opera Buffa?

Comic Opera

In concert and rehearsal, orchestras, wind ensembles, choirs, and other large ensembles are led by whom?

Conductor

The text to Schubert's Der Erikonig (The Elf King) was based on a poem by whom?

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In German, art songs are referred to as....

Lieder

When a second melodic line was added to Gregorian Chant, the song was then referred to as...

Organum

The opening rhythmic motif of Beethoven's 5th Symphony is often nicknamed what?

The fate motif

In the medieval period, it was common to hear secular music from troubadours, trouveres, and minnesingers. Who were these people?

Poet-musicians of France and Germany who created the first secular songs of which we have record. They're like the singer-songwriters of the medieval period.

Frederic Chopin was from ______. He loved his country and was incredibly nationalistic.

Poland

1450-1600 marks the years of which musical period?

Renaissance

Schubert's Der Erikonig (The Elf King) follows which of the following plots?

A father and son ride on horseback through the woods. The boy screams that the Elf King is after him (through the father dismisses it as a shadow or the wind). The Elf King comes into contact with the boy and when they arrive home, the boy is dead.

What is word painting?

A musical concept in which melodies depict specific words that are sung (like notes going higher in pitch on the word "ascend").

What is J.S. Bach's Coffee Cantata about?

A young girl who is addicted to coffee and her father who desperately tries to free her of this addiction.

What is a cantata?

An often dramatic musical work for solo voice or choir with instrumental accompaniment (like a small orchestra). Similar to an opera but shorter and has no costumes, stage props, or acting.

What is a trouser or pants role?

An operatic role in which a grown woman plays the character of a pre-pubescent boy.

Franz Schubert's greatest compositional output was in the genre of the ...

Art Song

What do we call a song in which poem is set to music and is designed to be performed by one sinnger and one pianist? These songs were most popular during the romantic period

Art Song

Johann Sebastian Bach lived during what musical period?

Baroque

Few romantic composers could escape the influence of ______ symphonies.

Beethoven's

During the romantic period, who was given the title Queen of the Piano?

Clara Schumann

Franz Joseph Haydn belonged to which musical period?

Classical

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart belonged to which musical period?

Classical

With what impairment did Beethoven struggle for much of his life?

Deafness

A group of muscians performing together is referred to as a/an...

Ensemble

_____ are study pieces that are designed to help musicians get better at a specific technique related to their instrument.

Etudes

Comic Opera is often called opera seria.

False

Despite the popularity of Ludwig van Beethoven in the classical period, his influence was hardly felt in the romantic period (as musicians began to forget who he was).

False

In music, the composer always leads the orchestra while the conductor always writes the music.

False

What is improvisation as it relates to music?

Music that is created by the performer during the moment of performance.

In response to his time in the united states, what did Antonin Dvorak nickname his ninth symphony?

From the New World

A _____ is a musical work where the main melody (the subject) is developed polyphonically. After the initial melody is heard, that same melody enters a few seconds later but at a different note-level. This process continues until all layers of melodies have entered and a complicated web of sound has been created.

Fugue

This medieval period composer was an advocate of the ars nova (which brought great change to music.) He was a well-educated poet-musician. Because of his preservation of music manuscripts (mainly by gifting them to patrons), his music was preserved. This helped push the music scene forward into the next musical period. Who was the composer?

Guillaume de Machaut

What famous work influenced Franz Joseph Haydn so much that it led to his creating the oratorio The Creation?

Handel's Messiah (specifically the "Hallelujah" Chorus)

In 1802, Beethoven wrote a letter in which he poured out his heart and revealed his struggles, inner turmoil, and thoughts of suicide. This letter, though, also included his drive to fight through his struggles and succeed. Which letter is this?

Heiligenstadt Testament

Who created the libretto for three of Mozart's most famous operas: Le nozze di Figarro (The Marriage of Figaro), Don Giovanni (Don Juan), and Cosi fan tutte (All Women Are Like That)?

Lorenzo da Ponte

To which composer do we often look as helping move the musical world from the classical period into the romantic period?

Ludwig van Beethoven

A secular vocal genre containing a short poem set in the vernacular, this type of music was for multiple voices, found during the renaissance period, and used word painting so frequently that the genre's title became synonymous with the word painting technique. What is this describing?

Madrigal

What do we call a piece of music for solo piano that reflects the peace and quiet of night time?

Nocturne

George Frederic Handel's Messiah is a/an...

Oratorio

What do we call a multi-movement work where each movement is based on a particular popular dance? It is composed for a solo instrument and commonly found in the baroque period.

Suite

Handel's Messiah focuses on what subject?

The life of Jesus from the Bible

Who was Hildegard of Bingen?

The main documented female composer of the medieval period.

Cantatas can be sacred or secular.

True

Comic Opera is often called opera buffa.

True

Mozart was a master of all music genres in existence during this time.

True

Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) is a comic opera.

True

Music that is sung with no instrument accompaniment is called a capella.

True

The third movement of Gustav Mahler's first symphony quotes the children's tune Frere Jacques (Brother John).

True

How does a wind ensemble differ from an orchestra?

Wind ensembles do not have the full string family present.

The term madrigalism was often synonymous with what other term?

Word Painting