Music History II Mid-term review

1. Terms (choose 15)

Rondo form, Scherzo, Missa Solemnis, Eroica, Idee fixe, Program music, concert overture, mazurka, rubato, etude, song cycle, Winterreise. grand opera, opera comique, exoticism, music drama, lietmotif ,The Ring of the Niebelungen, Der Freischutz, Aida, nationalism, through-composed.

Choose 3 of the following composers and discuss:

  1. Verdi
  2. Wagner
  3. Beethoven
  4. Brahms
  5. Schubert
  6. Schumann
  7. Chopin
  8. Liszt

 

4. Listening

Berlioz, Sym. Fantastique

Beethoven Pathetique Sonata

Schubert, Gretchen am Spinnerade

Chopin, Nocturne in D-flat major

Verdi, La Traviata

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde