Beethoven and Schubert
"the memory of a great man"
What is the dedication of Beethoven's 3rd symphony?
an unhealthy fixation on one idea
What is the idee fixe?
a theme (usually well-known) is repeated with different alterations to melody, harmony, orchestration, etc.
What are variations?
The fiery and impulsive character Schumann invented.
Who is Florestan?
The difference between a sound in a large cathedral versus a small room.
What is reverb?
The correct pronunciation of the author of the text to Erlkonig.
What is Goethe?
the movements representing walking through Victor Hartman's exhibition.
What are the promenades?
The country where this piano-virtuoso and rival to liszt was from.
What is Poland?
A famous publishing company based in Leipzig.
What is Breitkopf and Härtel?
The name of the piece of the earliest public example of music concrete
What is Poème électronique?
The musical device Schubert uses in Erlking right before it is revealed the son is dead.
What is silence?
The 2 solo instruments featured in the 3rd movement of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.
What are oboe and English horn.
The term for the musical transformation Liszt executed on Paganini's La Campanella
What is transcription?
The piece that was the subject of Schumann's compliment: "Hats off, gentlemen, a genius"
What is Variations on "Là ci darem la mano"?
True silence measured in dB.
What is - infinity dB?
The 3rd Schubert song we looked at besides Erlkonig and Gretchen.
What is Der Fischer?
All 7 of the movements from Ravel's orchestration that we looked at in class.
What is Promenade, The Gnome, The Old Castle, The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks, The Catacombs, The Hut on Hen’s Legs (Baba Yaga), and The Great Gates of Kiev.
The 3 composers and pieces/sets of pieces that Liszt transcribed (that we looked at in class).
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, Schubert songs, and Beethoven symphonies?
All 6 of the movements listed in the study guide of Schumann's Carnaval.
what are Eusebius, Florestan, Chiarina (Clara), Chopin, Paganini, and Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins?
This EQ filters out high sound.
What is a low pass filter?
Where Beethoven was born.
What is Bonn?
The drug the artist takes in Symphonie Fantastique.
What is opium?
The supposed reach of long fingered Liszt's fingers on the piano (the interval)
What is a 12th?
The piece and composer that Mendelssohn discovered in the archives of Leipzig and helped reintroduce to the world.
What is Bach's St Matthew's Passion in b minor?
The name of the famous early electronic music studio in Paris.
What is IRCAM?