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(4TH YEAR)

SINGLE-MOVEMENT VOCAL:

   > RECITATIVE AND ARIA
         - secco recitative with only basso continuo accompaniment
        - became gradually less dear until the two merge is "unending melody" of the
            music dramas.

> SONGS
> VOCAL ENSEMBLES
> CHORUSES

MULTI-MOVEMENT VOCAL:

> OPERA - extremely important and popular form of Romantic period.
                   - highly varied in form

      * Italian Romantic continued the development of the Classical Italian tradition.

   Types:
         OPERA SERIA - melodrama
         OPERA BUFFA - number styles featuring arias, recitative and ensembles.
         FRENCH GRAND OPERA - emphasis on virtuoso singing, spectacular staging
                                                      and brilliant ballet.
         FRENCH OPERA COMIQUE - passage of spoken dialogue
         FRENCH OPERA LYRIQUE - combines opera comique and grand opera
                                                 - sentimental plots set 2 melodious music

       GERMAN MUSIC DRAMA - idealistic attempt to fuse music, poetry, drama and
                                                       visual arts.
        CHORAL MUSIC - did not focus literally in Romantic period
        SONG CYCLES - set of songs written by one composer usually on text by
                                     one poet

SINGLE MOVEMENT INSTRUMENTAL

> SECTION FORMS
             - Character piece - generic term for works (prelude, intermezzo, nocturne,
                                                impromptu, song with words, rhapsody)
                             - written in piano appeared in chamber music and
                                                armphonic literature
              - Stylized dance - movements (waltz, polonaise, mazutrka, polka)

   > VARIATION FORMS - used for movements of a symphony and sonara pieces
   > SONATA - neglected and similar to CLASSICAL models
   > CHAMBER MUSIC - appear in programmatic and NATIONALISTIC elements
   > SYMPHONY - used for cyclic form addition and elimination of movements
   > CONCERTO - ROMANTIC concerto differs from the CLASSICAL concerto
   > BALLET - musical theater story using orchestra
   > SUITE - order of movements/free succesion of movements
   > SONGS (Lieder) - most characteristic expression of the Romantic period

   > SIMPLE STROPHIC FORM - each verse of the text is set to the same music
   > MODIFIED STROPHIC FORM - slight alterations mode
   > THROUGH-COMPOSED FORM - written for same/all of the verses.