MUSIC Q4 LESSON 1

• Romantic Period - emotional subjectivity
• Importance of feelings, imagination, and individualism
• Romantics - realm of fantasy, the unconcious, the irrational, the world of dreams
• Nationalism was the main subject of the Romantic Period
• Nationalism was the main subject of the Romantic Period

  True

  or

  False
• Vocal Music focuses on art songs and opera
• Oratorios and Choral Music was semi important
• Strophic Form - all the verses of the poem are sung in the same tune of music
• Through Composed Form - different music settings for each stanze are present
• Through Composed Form - each section of the text receives fresh music
• Opera - dramatic stage performance that combines acting, music, costumes, dancing, scenery to relay a story
• Most operas are sung with no spoken lines
• melody - long and lyrical with irregular phrases
• harmony - expanded with more dissonant
• rhythmn - frequently changes its tempo and time signature
• intstruments - modified versions of instruments
• Grand Opera Spectacle was important
• The threatrival elements of an opera are: Acting, Music, Scenery, Costumes, Dance
• Libretto - script or text of an opera
• Overtume - opening piece, instrumental movement played at the beginning
• Recitative - vocal music that has no tune but set words to imitate
• Aria - long vocal solo intended to be sung by the main character
• Chorus - large organized group of singers that perform together
• Orchestra - group of instruments that accompany
• Ballet - dance intended for opera
• Acts/Scene - divison/unit for theater
• Female Singing Voice includes Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto
• Male Singing Voice includes Tenor, Barritone, Bass
• Art Song - composition for solo voice and piano