Listening
45 second excerpt. [Name the piece and composer]
What is Symphony Fantastique "Witches Sabbath" by Berlioz?
A romantic trend reflective of nature where a piece of music grows out of a single idea.
What is organicism?
Goethe’s preferred text-setting.
What is strophic text-setting?
A violin technique employed by Paganini in which 3 strings are played simultaneously.
What is triple stopping?/What are triple stops?
The opposite literary character to Schumann’s kinder, more sensitive and inward Eusebius.
Who is Florestan?
45 second excerpt. [Name the piece and composer]
What is "Una voce poco fa" from The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini?
Heroic
What is Beethoven's middle period?
A sung narrative poem that often includes dramatic dialogue between humans and supernatural beings.
What is a ballad?
A synonym for arrangement, most often of works originally composed for other instruments and voices.
What is a transcription?
The musical motif that represents the hero’s ‘beloved’ in Symphony Fantastique.
What is the idée fixe?
25 second excerpt. [Name the piece and composer]
What is Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique" (Mvt. 3) by Ludwig van Beethoven?
“A virtually superhuman idea.”
Hint: This is a direct quote from the textbook.
What is a "successful deaf composer"?
The proliferation and popularity of this genre owes in part to innovations in fortepiano construction and affordability.
What is Lied?
A social change in the 19th century whereby amateur musicians and the public audience for music grew due to greater access to sheet music, instruments and private instruction.
What is the democratization of taste?
Much older musical material heard in the recapitulation (in the lower brass) of “Witches Sabbath” from Symphony Fantastique.
What is the dies irae?
45 second excerpt. [Name the piece and composer]
What is "Don Juan Fantasy" by Liszt?
Prince Karl Lichnowsky and Princess Christiane.
Who were (some of) Beethoven's earliest patrons?
Intimate musical gatherings organized by Schubert’s friends to celebrate his music.
What is a Schubertiade?
Where “People exchange anecdotes about his life, wait for him in the street, try to catch a word or two from him, order his portrait, buy his handwriting - in short, he comes the vogue.”
The musical cipher that represents the town where one of Schumann’s (pre-Clara) girlfriends lived.
What is ASCH?
45 second excerpt. [Name the piece and composer]
What is Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" by Franz Schubert?
Wrote the poem "An Die Fruede" which features in Symphony No. 9’s choral finale.
Who is Friedrich Schiller?
The melody and accompaniment of the primary theme of Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony (first movement) originates from this song.
What is "Der Zwerg" by Schubert?
Liszt heard Paganini play in this city, where Rossini was enjoying an early retirement.
What is Paris?
The bass tuba usually covers the part of this instrument which was a particularly innovative addition to Symphonie Fantastique.
What is an ophicledie?