Types of Pieces
A piece written in a two part, binary form.
What is a Minuet?
"Storm and Stress"
What is Sturm und Drang?
A dynamic that tells the player to get loud, go soft, then grow loud.
What is Sforzando?
A collection of Piano Works created by Bach.
What is the Well-Tempered Clavier?
Romantic Composer who wrote mostly piano music.
Who is Chopin?
French Comedic Operas
What is Opera Bouffe?
A musical term for something that is optional in the score.
What is Obbligato?
A technique created by Brahms that takes a beginning theme and fleshs it out.
What is Developing Variation?
Wagner's "Total Art"
What is Gesamtkunstwerk?
Classical composer who nearly committed suicide after losing his hearing
Who is Beethoven?
A piece that attempts to trick the listener by breaking up predictable patterns
What is a Scherzo?
Creating musical themes for people or events
What is a Leitmotif?
A type of Opera singing created by Rossini
What is Bel Canto?
People, Typically Aristocrats, who supported the arts and artists.
What are Patrons?
Who is Wagner?
A musical work that is a musical version of a literary poem
What is a Symphonic Poem
The image of a hero's beloved that is often found in Romantic music.
What is Idee Fixe?
What is Ternary From?
A characterization of Classical music, meaning a succession of small phrases combined together.
What is Periodicity?
Classical Composer known as the master of the strings.
Who is Haydn?
French Opera that was a little more serious and had
Hollywood levels of popularity.
What is Grand Opera
A bass line created in the classical era named after a composer.
What is Alberti Bass?
An expressive form created by Chopin.
What is Tempo Rubato?
The Root of a Triad
What is Fundamental Tone?
Romantic Composer who spent time in America which inspired his symphony, "From the New World".
Who is Antonin Dvorak?