Test #4 Lapin
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Beethoven
Started the Romanticism era.
Studied with Haydn
He renamed symphony #3 Eroica when Napoleon betrayed the revolution and declared himself Emperor of France
Beethoven's Symphonic Ideals
Rhythmic drive, Motivic consistency, and psychological progression
Scherzo
As early as symphony #2 Beethoven replaces the 3rd movement of stylized dance with a fast, rushing movement in triple meter
Style features of Romantic music
Rhythm- it was handled flexibly. The meter itself may waver
Improvisation abolished
Melody- they became more emotional, effusive, and demonstrative
Harmony use of chromaticism
Tone Color new combination of instruments
Form wanted work to show inner form
Program Music
Nonvocal music written in association with a poem, story, or other literary source, even a highly suggestive word or 2
Miniatures
Songs designed to convey an emotion in only a few minutes
Lied
German song that evolved in the late 18th century. Most important type of “miniature.”*Always accompanied by piano alone.
*Usually based on a Romantic poem.
*Very intimate mood. Not intended for the concert hall.
Song Cycle
A group of songs with a common poetic theme or an actual story connecting all the poems
Character pieces
Short Romantic piano pieces.
Each is supposed to convey a definite mood or character
Concert Overture
an early 19th century genre resembling an opera overture, without the opera
Romantic opera
Important theme of Romanticism was the surpassing of artistic barriers.
Orchestra plays a much more active and motivic role.
Dramatic quality of the opera
Music Drama
Combined music, poetry, drama, philosophy, stage design, and acting
Leitmotiv
A musical motive associated with some person, thing, idea, or symbol in the drama
Gesamtkunstwerk
Total work of art
Aspects of Wagner opera
the total work of art idea where nothing (including voice) was more important than anything else,
the idea of the lietmotiv,
and that he thought of his operas more as music dramas.
Symphonic Poem
A one movement orchestral composition with a program in a free musical form
Exoticism
Music written to depict a different culture
Nationalism
The incorporation of national folk music into concert pieces, songs, and operas.
The programs or librettos of operas and symphonic poems took up national themes
The Mighty Five
Kuchka-Balakirev
Borodin
Cui
Rimsky-Korsakov
Musorgsky
Interest in collecting folk songs and making Russian music "Russian"
