Vocabulary
What is melodrama? Who is the composer most closely associated with it?
Spoken word over orchestral accompaniment; Weber
What piece did Verdi compose? Name the stylistic elements.
Act 3, Scena and duet from "La Traviata"
What is coloratura?
Ornaments or embellishments
What piece did Rossini compose? Name the stylistic elements.
Una voce poco fa from "Il Barbiere di Siviglia"
How does Strauss modify the double theme and variations form to fit the story in Don Quixote?
DQ + SP; Fragments from DQ + SP; etc.
Describe the musical characteristics of folk spirituals
embraced slides, shakes, melismas, microtones, and interjections, syncopation, etc.
What piece did Strauss compose? Name the stylistic elements.
Don Quixote
Describe Burleigh's career including the type of works he composed and arranged
Spiritual arrangements, composed art songs, sang spirituals for Dvorak which influenced his "From the New World" symphony.
What piece did Puccini compose? Name the stylistic elements.
Excerpt from Act 1 from "Madame Butterfly"
What is the most important harmonic characteristic to Prelude of Act 1 and how does this relate to the libretto?
Read anthology
What is a reminiscence motive?
Motive that returns throughout the entire opera
What piece did Brahms compose? Name the stylistic elements.
Piano Quintet Op. 34, first movement
What is developing variations? Who is the composer most closely associated with this?
Continuously building on germinal ideas, use of tiny motives to construct melodies; Brahms
What piece did Weber compose? Name the stylistic elements.
Wolf's Glen Scene from "Der Freischutz"
Name the mighty five and the country they belong to.
Balakirev, Cui, Borodin, Musorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov; Russia
What is a seguidilla?
dance song, triple meter, major mode, upbeat rhythms
What piece did Musorgsky compose? Name the stylistic elements.
Coronation scene from "Boris Godunov"
What is a leitmotif? Who is the composer most closely associated with this?
represents something in a story, are woven together, come back, and drop out, emphasize something important in the story; Wagner
What piece did Wagner compose? Name the stylistic elements.
Act 1 scene 5 from "Tristan and Isolde"
Composer borrows ideas from another culture, conveys the country as fascinating
How is sonata form used in Brahms Piano concerto op. 34 mvt. 1?
modulates to a variety of keys; three key exposition
What piece did Francisco Barbieri compose? Name the stylistic elements.
"El barberillo de Lavapies" nos. 9 and 10
Name 3 nationalistic pieces.
Glinka: "A Life for the Tsar"
Musorgsky: "Boris Godunov"
Barbieri: "El Barberillo de Lavapies"
Draw the diagram of scene structures (both aria and duet or ensemble) in Italian opera.