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Name the Keys of Brahms' Symphonies in Chronological order.
- c minor (1876)
- D (1877)
- F (1883)
- e minor (1885)
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What is the form of the Finale of Brahms' Fourth Symphony?
Passacaglia-Chaconne (on bass of Bach's Cantata 150, "Nach dir Gott verlanget mich")
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Unique devices that Brahms used in his symphonies (10).
- Rhythm as formal device to delineate texture and form
- Shifting metric accents
- Master or counterpoint/development (no repeat of exposition)
- motto themes to unite
- Syncopated and superimposed rhythm- 3 against 2
- overlapping phrases/cadential elisions
- arch of melodic line and lyricism through non-melodic means (texture and harmony)
- key center as single pitch rather than modality, major and minor mix (example, E, not EM)
- tonality constantly shifting to related and unrelated keys
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Which Brahms Symphony contains the "F-A-F" motto and what does it mean?
- No. 3 in F Major (1883)
- means "frei aber froh" (free, but happy)
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2 larger works that Brahms wrote before his first symphony
- Ein Deutsches Requiem
- Renaldo (cantata for tenor, men's chorus and orchestra)
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Which Tchaikovsky Symphonies have titles?
- 1- Winter Daydreams
- 2- Little Russion
- 3- Polish
- 6- Pathetique
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Which "symphony" by Tchaikovsky is really a set of tone poems based on Byron's poem of the same name?
Manfred Symphony (1885)
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Tchaikovsky wrote 4 large multi-movment works for orchestra that he did not call symphonies. What did he call them?
orchestral suites
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Name 3 stylistic characteristics of Tchaikovsky Symphonies.
- prominence of melody (Russian folk song influence)
- repetition and sequencing of materials
- masterful orchestration
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2 unusual features of Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6.
- waltz in 5/4 (II)
- last movement is slow/moderately slow throughout and ends softly (IV)
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What was the type of Finale used often by Tchaikovsky?
Russian Festive Finale (like Glinka, Russlan und Ludmilla and Kamarinskaya)
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Keys of all Tchaikovsky Symphonies in order
g,c,D,f,e,b
(Manfred, b minor)
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describe Tchaikovsky's typical orchestra
- picc
- 2 fl
- 2ob
- 2 cl
- 2 bsn
- 4 hn
- 2 tpt
- 3 tbn
- tuba
- 3 timpani
- bass drum
- cymbal
- strings
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