Chamber Music
Enei Kleine Nachtmusik translates to this.
What is a litte night music?
Haydn is the father of these two genres, both working with various quantities of people.
What is the symphony and string quartet?
lyre
What is a chordophone?
This means soloist plus piano or just piano.
What is a sonata?
This is the technique of passing/completing a melody around many players. (think Pierrot Lunaire)
What is klangfarbenmelodie?
These are the instruments that make up a wind quintet.
What are flute, oboe, clarinet, french horn, and bassoon?
This is the number of composed symphonies.
What is 107?
Piano
What is an idiophone?
What is soloist plus orchestra?
What is a concerto?
This era features more of simple melodies and accompaniment.
What is the Classical era?
These instruments make up the string quartet. This instrument majorly has the melody during the Classical period
What are two violin, viola, cello? What is the first violin?
These were the employers in Austria, making Haydn a personnel manager among many other hats.
Who are the Esterházys/Princes?
Viola de gamba
What is a chordophone?
This is an atonal, speech-like style producing eerieness in German operas during the 20th century (around the world wars). It originates in the expressionism of composers like Berg in his Wozzeck.
What is sprechstimme?
Sonata form usually occurs in this movement. (But can occur anywhere by composer's choice)
What is the first movement?
This is the order of four movements. (Think tempo)
What are fast, slow, dance, and fast?
This is the Joke.
What is never ending? (something of similar answer)
Accordian
What is an aerophone?
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.
What is a little night music?
These are the steps of sonata form.
What is the exposition (repeat), developmental, recapitulation, (cadenza in Classical concertos), coda?
This is the number of players in Pierrot Lunaire and the instruments they double.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY (double points): What is 5 players, 8 instruments?
This is the joke of the farewell symphony, and the score reflects it this way.
What is players leaving and parts having double bar lines ending early?
Timpani
What is a membranophone?
This is a german comic opera during the classical period.
What is singspiel?
Sonata form derives from this expanded form.
What is expanded binary form?