MUS 15 Study Guide - Final Guide: Child Prodigy, Aria, Recitative
COMPOSERS
Handel:
● Baroque
● Traveled a lot
● Many operas and oratorios (instrumental)
● Ev’ry Valley (aria)- duple, tenor and orchestra, major, homophonic
Bach:
● Baroque
● German and stayed in Germany
● Composed in all genres but NEVER opera
● Worked in church as organist
● Little Fugue in G Minor- organ, polyphonic
Mozart:
● Classical
● Austrian
● Child prodigy (keyboard, violin)
● Chamber music, symphonies, piano, concertos, operas
● Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Mvt. I
○ Serenade
○ Strings, homophonic, sonata form
● Marriage of Figaro
○ Non so Piu – aria
○ As son Perduto – recitative, 4 characters in dialogue
○ Cosa Sento – trio ensemble
Hayden:
● Classical
● Austrian
● Symphonies, string quartets, keyboard music
● Emperor String Quartet Mvt. II- string quartet, theme and 4 variations form, slow tempo
Beethoven:
● Classical
Document Summary
Ev"ry valley (aria)- duple, tenor and orchestra, major, homophonic. Composed in all genres but never opera. Little fugue in g minor- organ, polyphonic. As son perduto recitative, 4 characters in dialogue. Ii- string quartet, theme and 4 variations form, slow tempo. Symphony number 5, 7, 8, 9 (mvt. Erlking- through composed form, male voice and piano, different registers for different characters. In the lovely month of may - lied, strophic form, male voice and piano, unresolved dissonance. Intermezzo in a minor- character piece, ternary form, piano, triple meter, rubato. La campanella etude- character piece, theme and variations form, piano, fast triple, virtuosic. Military polonaise- character piece, ternary form, piano, triple meter. La donna e mobile- opera (aria), male tenor and orchestra, triple meter, strophic. Leitmotif - recurring musical theme that represents an idea. Ride of valkyries from the ring cycle- leitmotifs, big orchestra and female singers. 20 th century techniques- complex rhythms, more dissonance.
