Unit 2 - Review

Ballet began in the courts of Europe, especially

The Symphonie fantastique by Berlioz is a _____symphony - the ideas are conveyed purely through the music.

Which opera by Bizet was initially not well received? Bizet died thinking it was a failure.

The singer of Schubert’s “Der Erlkönig” is required to change his voice to represent four roles. These are

Program music is

In what style period was this work written?

An ancient Greek philosopher who considered music an essential part of education & music influenced moral character

The third large section (3) of a musical work in sonata form is the

This piece is

born in Germany, during his early career known more as an organist than a composer - Baroque period

En pointe is the technique for

Nationalism in music refers to musical works that

Instrumental music during the Renaissance featured the

Who wrote this music?

In what era was this composed

A character piece is

one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time, phenomenal memory & ability to work out entire pieces in his head

Characters from verismo operas come from

Which composer-pianist poured much effort into his composing, lost his hearing,

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel would have made more public performances in her lifetime except

Who is the composer of this music?

When writing an art song, the composer

The term bel canto means beautiful

Who composed this music?

We have a good idea of how ancient music sounded because of the many written & recorded musical examples.

Opera buffa was

Who wrote the Classical period opera Don Giovanni?

Who wrote the Baroque oratorio, the Messiah?

Hildegard’s Ordo virtutum is

Relied on emotion & imagination rather than rational intellect, beautiful tender music with fascination with evil&misery

What did Wagner call his operas?

reason and logic are the way to truth, music was light, airy, elegant, & well thought-out, sonata form wasa popular form

One of the first pianists to turn the piano sideways for a concert or recital and memorize his music was

What is the genre of this music?

The second large section (2) of a musical work in sonata form is called the

Born in Germany, lived much of his life in London, composed the Messiah

A system used in the Baroque period in which a composer composed music exclusively for their employer was the

The first large section (1) of a musical work in sonata form is called the

secular music written by troubadours, little secular music preserved, Gregorian chants

This music is from what musical style period?

grandiose dimensions, love of drama, religious intensity, genres of music included operas, oratorios, fugues,

loyal to his native Poland, one of the first composers to write almost exclusively for piano

born in Austria, born the same year as George Washington, referred to as the “father of the symphony,”

most significant type of secular music was the madrigal

A virtuoso is someone who

The instrumentation of a string quartet consists of

The text or script of an opera is called the

Who composed this music?

In the Baroque period a series or a set of musical works that belong together, usually a collection of dances

In Medieval times or the “Dark Ages,” noblemen who were poets and composers & hired minstrels to sing their songs were