MH2 Exam #1

Two or more phrases of music; a complete thought concluded by a cadence

After the capitulation that revisits one or more themes and confirms the tonic key

Accompanied recitative

Which listening?

Characters the occupy the middle ground between comic and serious

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Form in which new material is presented in the Dominant at the end of the 1st section & repeats

Comic opera performed in two or three segments between the acts of a serious opera or play

Ital/Amer librettist poet & Ro/Cath priest. Wrote 28 operas by 11 composers incl. 3 of Mozart's

Which listening?

broken chord accompaniment used in Galant music style and later

A bass singer in comic opera

Resting points break the melodic flow into segments that relate as part of a larger whole

Family is known for association w/ the composer Joseph Haydn, who served as their Kapellmeister

ProtoRomantic movement in German literature&music that took place from the late1760s early1780s

Which listening?

Composition for an instrumental soloist; often with piano accompaniment

(1685-1757) one of the most original and creative keyboard composers of the 18th century

Which listening?

Exposition, Development, Recapitulation

(1802) Letter to his brothers that first references the onset of Beethoven's hearing problems.

Sung with a free rhythm dictated by accents of the words;“dry” accompanied only by the continuo

Plots: About everyday situations; Humorous including disguises, trickery, and misunderstandings

Bowed string instrument sim. to the violin but distinguished by an extra set of plucked strings

(1756-1791)composer considered one of the greatest musicians of the Western classical tradition

An Italian composer, oboist, organist, choirmaster and teacher

Which listening?

Instrument played like a keyboard, player presses keys, mechanism plucks one or more strings

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Developed for social music making; two violins, viola, and cello

1732-1809 hailed in his time as the greatest composer alive, exemplified Enlightenment

Subject, diminution, augmentation, inversion, retrograde, inverted retrograde, stretto

A verse drama specifically written to be set to music for an opera; usually a serious opera

1730-1815 music period with terms like galant, empfindsam, and ‘the Haydn idiom” for the style

Which listening?

Italian comp, violinist & organist. Works include his Stabat Mater & La serva padrona.

Restatement of a motif or longer melodic passage at a higher or lower pitch in the same voice

Unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation; plot device in a play or novel

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Multiple melodies

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A sequence of notes or chords comprising the close of a musical phrase

One melody

Process of changing from one key to another

A mod. fast to very fast tempo w/ rhythmic patterns;each syllable of text corresponds to a note

Simultaneously combining # of parts, each forming individual melody & harmonizing w/ each other

European stringed keyboard;striking brass or iron strings w/ small metal blades called tangents

Pianos of 18thcent called this to distinguish them from larger/louder forms of 19thcent piano

Aria that features two contrasting sections; ABA form

Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste

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Dramatizes large-scale events and often take place in remote places. Emotional content.

An accompanying part that includes the bass line and harmony; provides the harmonic structure

Musical language based on songful, periodic melodies with light accompaniment

Sensitive or tender; style of musical composition and poetry developed in 18th century Germany

Classical form:2 sections are roughly equal length & feature musical material that is different

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A work in 3 or 4 movements, primary homophonic style, w/o the division of orchestra & soloists

Form highlights return to tonic in the 2nd section by repeating material opened the 1st section

Which listening?

Castrated male in order to sing higher (Julian Mendoza)

European intellectual movement of 17th/18th cent. emphasizing reason & individualism

Short musical idea, fragment or succession of notes has a special importance or characteristic