Ancient and Medieval Music
__________believed that musicians could be professionals. _________believed that musicians could not be professionals.
Ancient Romans, Ancient Greeks
The _____________________ invented opera.
Florentine Camerata
Oratorios…
Had sacred topics, no characters or costumes, and were religious reflections
Sonatas, symphonies, and concertos were all in ______ form.
ternary
What is the difference between program music and absolute music?
Program music tells a story. Absolute music conveys emotion. Both are entirely instrumental.
_____________ chants had different words and music every day.
Proper chants
Martin Luther believed that religious authority comes from…
Scripture alone (sola scriptura)
The three types of Baroque concertos were:
Solo concerto, concerto grosso, orchestral concerto
What is the main difference between a concerto and a sonata?
A concerto is a solo set against a full orchestra. A sonata is just the solo instrument by itself, with no orchestra.
Please define nationalism in your own words.
Patriotism on steroids.
+150 points: translate three of the five movements into English
Kyrie eleison: Lord, have mercy
Gloria in excelsis Deo: Glory to God in the highest
Credo in unum Deum: I believe in one God (Nicene Creed)
Sanctus: Holy
Agnus Dei: Lamb of God
The Calvinist metrical psalm was…
A metric, rhymed French translation of a psalm sung to newly composed music
A fugue is:
A solo keyboard piece in which voices imitate each other when they enter
What is a problem opera?
An opera that has characteristics of both opera seria and opera buffa, so can't be classified as either.
Ex: Mozart, Don Giovanni
Please explain in your own words the plot of Franz Schubert's Die Erlkonig.
A boy and his father are riding through the woods at night. The boy is frightened because the Elf king is after him, but the father tells him not to worry, and that it's just his imagination/a leaf in the wind/the mist/etc.. The Elf king continues to try to entice the boy from his father, and ultimately takes the boy's soul by force. By the time the two reach home, the boy is dead in his father's arms.
A motet is…
A French polyphonic piece with a chant melody and several poems sung simultaneously
Palestrina saved Catholic polyphony by…
Accentuating words correctly; making them understandable.
Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo involved the first use of the________.
ritornello
The sections of ternary form, in order, were:
Exposition, Development, Recapitulation
Explain in your own words the plot of Hector Berlioz's Symphony fantastique, explaining each individual movement.
+100 points: What is an idee fixe?
Movement 1: MC meets a girl and falls instantly in love.
Movement 2: The girl rejects the MC and then dies.
Movement 3: MC is depressed.
Movement 4: "March to the Scaffold;" MC goes on a criminal rampage, gets caught, and gets beheaded.
Movement 5: "The Witches' Sabbath;" MC wakes up to ghosts/demons/witches/etc. dancing on his grave. His love interest also comes and dances on his grave.
Ancient Greeks believed that music could affect...
A person’s moral character, or ethos
Humanists wanted….
To revive ancient learning, especially the trivium and quadrivium
__________ was a bass line with harpsichord and cello that was always under the melody.
Basso continuo
The tempi of each movement of a Classical symphony, in order, are:
fast, slow, fast and dance-like, fast
Please categorize these composers by country and musical medium: Berlioz, Bizet, and Chopin
Countries: Russia, France, Germany, Italy
Musical Medium: Piano, Orchestra, Opera
French Piano: Chopin
French Orchestra: Berlioz
French Opera: Bizet