Italian Opera
French Grand Opera
German Opera
The Art Song
Instrumental
100
The equivalent movie type that is associated with Italian Opera
What is the tear jerker (big epic love stories)
100
The equivalent movie type that is associated with French Grand Opera
What is the Romantic Comedy
100
The equivalent movie type that is associated with French Grand Opera
What is sci-fi
100
This country wrote beautiful art songs but called them lied
What is Germany (Austria)
100
Brahms and Mendelssohn were considered abolute composers meaning:
they were conservative in their writing
200
Italians care more about this than the plot/drama
What is the singing/showing off the voice
200
French become obsessed with this concept in order to make operas more interesting and "different"
What is exoticism in the music
200
he was the main composer of german opera
Who is Wagner
200
This composer was insitutionally insane and wrote incredible compositions
Who is Hugo Wolf
200
These composers were known for writing program symphonies
Who are Berloiz, Schubert
300
Giuseppe Verdi's (Joe Green) most famous opera
What is La Traviatta
300
The French always add this to any opera.
What is dances or ballets
300
This is a rhythmic or melodic entity that reminds you of something non-musical. (weaved throughout the work)
What is leit motif
300
The composers used a style of writing that was not like the Classical period in which many accidentals were used
What is chromaticism
300
This is a multi-movement orchestral work with no stoping between movements and usually based on nationalistic themes
What is a tone poem
400
The term that the Italians used for "beautiful singing" - a technique still used today.
What is Bel Canto
400
Main composer of French Operas such as L'Africaine, Les Huegenots, and Robert le Diable
Who is Giacomo Meyerbeer
400
He wrote the libretti for Wagner's operas
Who is Vagner
400
This composer, born in 1797 not only wrote program symphonies but also many many lieder
Who is Schubert
400
This genre is the first movement to A Mid-Summer Night's Dream by Felix Mendelssohn
What is concert overture
500
The 5 main Italian Opera composers
Who are Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini
500
This was Meyerbeer's original first name.
What is Jacob
500
Using 2 tonal centers at the same time
What is dual tonicization
500
In art songs, the piano's roles are:
What is accompaniment and solo
500
These Nationalistic composers wrote political music from which country: Rimsky Korsakov, Borodin, Mussorgsky, Cui and Balakirev
What is Russia (They were called the Russian 5)
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