Repertoire Studies

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Symphony

  • Extended inrtumental work for orchestra
  • Usually 4 mvts- fast, slow, scherzo/trio, fast
  • 17th century= unspecified instrumentation
  • Early 1800s= strings
  • Mid-1800s= wind additions
  • Late 1800s= classical orchestra
  • Mvt 1= sonata form
  • Mvt 3= AABB (minuet/ scherzo), AABB (trio), AB (minuet/ scherzo)
  • 19th century= further growth of orchestra
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Symphony SPT- Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5

  • 1888
  • Motto theme
  • Starts E minor, ends E major
  • Mvt 1= sonata form with 3 key exposition ( e minor, b minor, d major)
  • Mvt 2= fluctuating tempo
  • Mvt 3= waltz
  • Mvt 4/ finale= brass heavy
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Lied

  • 19th century
  • Voice and piano
  • Settings of poems
  • melodie= French art song
  • Schubert and Schumann= big lied composers
  • Schubert= mimetic piano
  • Schumann= piano postlude
  • Kirchenlied and Volkslied
  • Strophic, binary, ternary, through-composed
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Lied SPT- Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben

  • 1840
  • Poems by Chamisso
  • 8 songs
  • Complex structures, eg song 2
  • Strophic= song 1
  • Rondo= song 4
  • Mimetic piano= song 7 (baby's heartbeat)
  • Recitative= song 8
  • Overall cyclic form
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Mass

  • Latin, biblical text
  • Strcuture= Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
  • Polyphony
  • Cantus firmus
  • Requiem= for dead- different text
  • Isorythm
  • Imitation
  • Canon
  • Homorhythm and homophony
  • Less text= melismatic
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Mass SPT- Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli

  • 1562
  • Kyrie= ABA, polyphonic
  • Imitation down 4th, 5th or 8ve
  • Paired imitation
  • Gloria= homophonic
  • Credo= homophonic, perfect cadences, suspensions, sectioned using pauses
  • Sanctus= tonic and dominant chords
  • Repeating motif not previously written
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Concerto

  • 2 Baroque forms- concerto grosso and solo concerto
  • Concerto grosso= concertino and ripieno
  • Solo concerto= orchestra vs soloist, 3mvts (fast, slow, fast)
  • Ritornello form
  • Bach
  • Classical= more instruments, sonata form, cadenzas
  • Romantic= virtuosic, 1st mvt sonata with ritornello
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Concerto SPT- Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.5

  • 1719
  • Concerto grosso
  • No ripieno mvt 2
  • Harpsichord in concertino- solo mvt 1
  • Concertino= flute, violin, harpsichord
  • Ripieno= violin, viola, cello, contrabass
  • Ritornello form
  • Related keys, eg mvt in D major uses A major and B minor
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Opera

  • Narrative
  • Origins in late 16th century
  • Number operas= movements consecutively numbered, each act framed by overture and finale, standard form until mid-19th century
  • Mozart= numbers with transitions
  • Wagner= continuity
  • Opera Seria= Italian, upper classes, 3 acts with 10 scenes each, subject- mythology, happy ending
  • Comic opera= lower classes, funny, simple stories from everyday life
  • Opera Buffa (It)
  • Dramma Giocoso (It) more serious
  • Opera Comique (Fr)
  • Singspiel (Ger)
  • Aria
  • Recitative
  • Overture
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Opera SPT- Mozart Die Zauberflote

  • 1791
  • Number opera
  • Overture
  • Singspiel
  • Arias- Papageno, Queen of the Night
  • Coloratura- Queen of the Night
  • Duet- Pamina and Papageno
  • Quintet- 3 Ladies, Papageno and Tamino
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Chamber Music

  • Renaissance= string accompaniment for singers-secular
  • Baroque= undefined instrumentation, figured bass, polyphony
  • Early 1800s= light and dance-like, thinner texture
  • Classical= call and response, string quartet, piano
  • Romantic= virtuosic, absolute vs programmatic music, dissonance, impressionism, nationalism
  • 20th century= demise of tonality
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Chamber Music SPT- Messiaen Quatuor Pour la Fin du

  • 1941
  • Inspiration= end of time (divine and musical)
  • Birdsong
  • 8 mvts
  • Mvt 1= isorhythm, rhythmic pedal
  • Mvt 2= imitates vocalise, ternary form
  • Mvt 3= contrasting sections
  • Mvt 6= additive rhythm, false meter
  • String techniques
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