Music appreciation test 2 AUBURN UNIVERSITY

da capo aria

Lyric song in ternary, or A B A, form, commonly found in operas, cantatas and oratorios

opera

Musical drama

Handel- Messiah No. 18 Aria "Rejoice Greatly" No. 44 Chorus "Hallelujah"

- amazing musician, but his music didn't really sell -says words in it. every happy and danceish (1741) - says hallelujah, know this song from church - lived 1685 to 59

Haydn- "Military" Symphony (No. 100 in G major), 2nd movement

- only one movement and slow -1794 (end of classical era) -military- happy with flute. very jumpy sounding in the beginning -2nd movement- slow and fluid, possible trumpet, could put you to sleep

chamber music

- the string quartet - cello, violin (2), and viola

Bach- Cantata No. 140 "Wachet auf" (Sleepers, awake) No. 1 Chorale Fugue No. 4 Unison Chorale

-140- same note in the beginning then going on slowly, then singing -1- cello -4 flute weird sounding

Beethoven- Symphony No. 5, complete (4 movements)

-1770-1827 -German composer and pianist -very separate from society - died at 57 -lost hearing -1st- know, dark, dum dum dum dummm -2nd- soft and loving with flutes and growing -3rd- trumpets, sounds like a marching army or someone is going to die, dramatic

cantata

-5 to 8 movements -many movements based on choral numbers, recitatives, and art

Vivaldi- "Spring" from The Four Seasons, 1st movement

-Italian violinist & composer - conservatorio del' ospedel - wrote four seasons music - 1725 - birds chirping -flute, heard before, danced to, happy (1678-1741) greatly grows song

ensemble

a group of musicians, actors, or dancers who perform together

aria

a long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio

castrato

a male that was castrated as a very young age so he could have a very high angelic voice

serenade

a piece of music sung or played in the open air, typically by a man at night under the window of his lover

chorale

unifying thread of protestant

word painting

using the words to paint a picture in the reader or viewers mind (songs) (music)

recitative secco

"dry", accompanied only by continuo

Mozart- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 1st movement/ 3rd movement

-most gifted prodigy in music history -his dad was a "stage dad" and forced him to play and travel to make money -1756-1791 (1787) -composer, violinist, pianist -freelance musician at 25 -1st (hum hum hum hum humhumhumhum) -drawn out hums sound like you would hear in the nutcracker party scene

concerto (solo & grosso)

-one force is instrument in contrast with others -Solo=is a concerto in which a single soloist is accompanied by an orchestra -Grosso=a musical composition for a group of solo instruments accompanied by an orchestra

oratorio

-preformed by solo voices, chorus, and orchestra -no staging or costumes

libretto

Author of the Opera

symphony

an elaborate musical composition for full orchestra, typically in four movements, at least one of which is traditionally in sonata form.

Purcell- Dido and Aeneas: Recitative "Thy hand, Belinda" Aria "Dido's Lament"

first part recitative and next part aria (when I am laid in earth) -1688 - lived 1659-1695

major-minor tonality

if the music seven keys are major (happy sounding) or minor (sad sounding)

absolute music

instrumental music composed purely as music, and not intended to represent or illustrate something else

overture

introducing the music and different themes in it

program music

music that is intended to evoke images or convey the impression of events

cyclical form

musical composition consisting of several movements

monody

new structure featuring solo song with instrument accompaniment

recitative accompagnato

solo voice used in an opera for narration or dialogue

Martin Luther

the man that started the church reformation