MUAR 211 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Giacomo Puccini

• School: McGill University
• Department: Music-Arts Faculty
• Course: MUAR 211
• Professor: Jerry M.Cain

Document Summary

Vienna, austria associated with 3 of the most influential musicians of this period (haydn, mozart, beethoven) Esterhazy family: wealthiest & most powerful hungarian royal family; patron of haydn. Patron: composer"s employer; supports composer with room, board, allowance or giving him good salary anything that will allow him to compose music. Joseph haydn (1732-1809: composed london string quartets & london symphonies, choirmaster to the esterhazy family, considered largely responsible for codifying structure of string quartet. Double concerto: concerto with two featured soloists. Woodwind quintet: group of 5 woodwind instruments. Key: collection of pitches organized around central pitch. Major scale: group of 7 different pitches that features following interval pattern if arranged in ascending order, starting on the tonic: c d e f g a b c. Dominant pitch: the 5th note of a major/minor scale; second most important pitch. Minuet & trio form: middle section for a trio. & symmetry: exposition: the first section of a sonata form movement.