Philosophical movement that intended to apply the principles of scientific objectivity to issues of social justice. Human over the divine, reason over religion, and clarity over complexity.
What is the Enlightenment?
100
Music that tells a story
What is program music?
100
German art song for voice and piano
What is a Lied?
100
Born in Salzburg this composer is known as one of the most incredible child prodigies in music history
Who is Mozart?
200
a dance that admitted only relatives of those who had died by the scaffold as part of the persecution during the Revolution
What is the Victims Ball?
200
interest in nature, fascination with the dark and grotesque
What are supernatural themes?
200
the violent overthrow of the French monarchy
What is the French Revolution?
200
"Father" of the symphony and string quartet
Who is Haydn?
300
Instrumental works typically were in 4 movements
Fast first movement
Slow second movement
Dance-related third movement
Fast fourth movement
What are Classical Forms?
300
a lighthearted movement in a fast tempo and in triple meter, similar in form to a minuet
What is scherzo?
300
Often the choice of structure for last movements
What is rondo form?
300
freelance composer and teacher.
his music is broken up into 3 periods.
Who is Beethoven?
400
this form consists of exposition, development, and recapitulation
What is sonata form?
400
a brief musical phrase of idea connected dramatically to some person, event, or idea in the drama
What is leitmotiv?
400
a returning theme in each of the movements of the symphony
What is Idée Fixe?
400
an expressive conductor and used unconventional forms. came into music quite late at the age of 12
Who is Berlioz?
500
became dance master at the Opera Comique at the age of 20.
Who is Jean Georges Noverre?
500
premiered at the Salle Le Peletier of the Paris Opéra on March 12, 1832