Mus 100 Study Guide
MUS 100 FINAL STUDY GUIDE
CHAPTER 17:
- Fortepiano: early piano, named for its range of dynamic levels; it was smaller and less sonorous than the modern instrument.
- Classical style: restrained, objective style of art. Classical refers to Western music characteristic of the period from 1750-1825.
Composers:
- Mozart: Invested much of his music with a degree of emotion expression unusual for his time. Never allowed emotion to dominate his art.
- Haydn: Wrote pleasant, good-natured music throughout his long life. Wrote masses, oratorios, and other religious compositions for church and for concert performance.
- Beethoven: Wrote masses, oratorios, and other religious compositions for church and for concert performance.
CHAPTER 18:
- Form: organization and design of a composition, or of one movement within a composition.
- Symphony: multimovement orchestral form.
- Sonata-Allegro: “first movement form”. The 3 sections: exposition, development, and recapitulation-form a binary design.
- Exposition: first section of a fugue or of a sonata-allegro.
- Development: 2nd section of the sonata-allegro; it moves through many keys.
- Recapitulation: 3rd section of the sonata-allegro. Reviews the material of the exposition, presenting it in a new light.
- Coda: Meaning, “tail”; a closing section.
- Minuet and Trio: ABA. Often the 3rd movement of a symphony, sonata, or string quartet. Consists of two minuets, the second (trio) lighter and more lyrical than the first.
- Cadenza: extended passage for solo instrument; typical feature of a solo concerto.
- Rondo: ABACA. Form in which various episodes alternate with the opening material. The tempo is usually fast, and the mood merry.
- String Quartet: chamber ensemble consisting of two violins, a viola, and a cello.
- Sonata (classical period): a multimovement composition for one or two solo instruments.
CHAPTER 19:
- Overture: introductory orchestral piece.
- Comic Opera (ope’ra comique, singspiel, opera
CHAPTER 17:
- Fortepiano: early piano, named for its range of dynamic levels; it was smaller and less sonorous than the modern instrument.
- Classical style: restrained, objective style of art. Classical refers to Western music characteristic of the period from 1750-1825.
Composers:
- Mozart: Invested much of his music with a degree of emotion expression unusual for his time. Never allowed emotion to dominate his art.
- Haydn: Wrote pleasant, good-natured music throughout his long life. Wrote masses, oratorios, and other religious compositions for church and for concert performance.
- Beethoven: Wrote masses, oratorios, and other religious compositions for church and for concert performance.
CHAPTER 18:
- Form: organization and design of a composition, or of one movement within a composition.
- Symphony: multimovement orchestral form.
- Sonata-Allegro: “first movement form”. The 3 sections: exposition, development, and recapitulation-form a binary design.
- Exposition: first section of a fugue or of a sonata-allegro.
- Development: 2nd section of the sonata-allegro; it moves through many keys.
- Recapitulation: 3rd section of the sonata-allegro. Reviews the material of the exposition, presenting it in a new light.
- Coda: Meaning, “tail”; a closing section.
- Minuet and Trio: ABA. Often the 3rd movement of a symphony, sonata, or string quartet. Consists of two minuets, the second (trio) lighter and more lyrical than the first.
- Cadenza: extended passage for solo instrument; typical feature of a solo concerto.
- Rondo: ABACA. Form in which various episodes alternate with the opening material. The tempo is usually fast, and the mood merry.
- String Quartet: chamber ensemble consisting of two violins, a viola, and a cello.
- Sonata (classical period): a multimovement composition for one or two solo instruments.
CHAPTER 19:
- Overture: introductory orchestral piece.
- Comic Opera (ope’ra comique, singspiel, opera