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Who is Beethoven
Known as the "bridge" from the Classical Period to the Romantic Period
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What is sonata form
Starts by "exposing" main themes and "recapitulates" them later
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What is Impressionism
In painting, Monet; in music, Debussy
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What is Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Opens with short-short-short-long
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What is a Concerto
Features a soloist and an orchestra
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Who is Berlioz
His most famous work is one Fantastic Symphony!
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What is a fugue
Starts with each voice stating the same "subject"
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What is Classicism
Values balance, symmetry, and hierarchy
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What is The Elfking
Super scary song about a father and son on horseback and a supernatural being
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What is Gregorian Chant
Monks sing lots of this
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Who was Stravinsky
Started a riot with nothing more than a ballet
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What is Binary Form
Contains two sections; the first ends in V, the second ends in I, and both repeat.
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What is Expressionism
"Dark black giant moths kill the radiance of the sun" in this style
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What is The Rite of Spring
AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE
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What is Music-Drama
Wagner's term for his operas
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Who is Bach
In addition to composing, his contract required to teach singing, play the organ in church, conduct several choirs, and teach Latin to boys in school
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What is a Rondo
A favorite structure for Classical-period finales, this form contains a "refrain" that keeps returning
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What is Minimalism
AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE!
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What is Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung
(or just "The Ring Cycle" is ok)
Cycle of 4 operas to be performed 4 nights in a row
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What is Absolute Music
Music that doesn't contain a literary element or title
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Who was Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Although this composer's sibling is more famous today, just might have been the better composer
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What is an Episode
In a fugue or a ritornello form, the interlude-like section that does NOT contain the primary melodic melody
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What is Romanticism
It's all about me, my emotions, and my subjectivity
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What is Dido and Aeneas
Ends with main character committing suicide, while singing her own lament
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What is Texture
Examples are monophonic, homophonic, and polyphonic
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