Music History II, MUS-222

Review Sheet for Quiz 2

Terms: (Choose any 12) grand opera, opera comique, exoticism, music drama, lietmotif ,The Ring of the Niebelungen, Der Freischutz, Aida, nationalism, impressionism, The Mighty Handful, primitivism, Mikrokosmos, Le Sacre du Printemps, tone (symphonic) poem, verismo, atonality, Expressionism, 12-tone system (can be expanded for a discussion question)

Choose 3 of the following composers and discuss:

• Mahler
• Debussy
• Stravinsky
• Richard Strauss
• Schonberg
• Berg
• Webern
• Mussorgsky
• Bartok
• Wagner

Listening will be taken from the list below.

· Debussy Trois Nocturnes

· Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps

· Bartok, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste

· Schonberg, Pierro Lunaire

· Berg, Wozzeck

· Mahler, Kindertotenlieder