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Chapter 49
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- 1Ferdinand WaldsteinOne of Beethoven's most influential supporters in Bonn; spoke highly of Mozart but poorly of Haydn who was the greatest living composer of that time
- 2WoO Numbersworks without opus number; how many compositions of Beethoven's are categorized; assigned to pieces in the standard catalog of Beethoven's music compiled by Georg Kinsky and Hans Halm
- 3French RevolutionMonarchy was abolished and a republican form of government established; Armies from German lands, primarily Prussia and Austria, marched on France at this time to try to protect the French king and the Austrian provinces in what is now Belgium, but they failed in both objectives
- 4improvisationplaying or singing without reference to an existing musical composition
- 5Carl Czernyone of Beethoven's piano students; praised Beethoven's legato playing
- 6fantasiaan imaginative composition the exact nature of which depends on the period of origin; in earlier eras these were usually contrapuntal works; later, the term suggested an improvisatory piece in free form, or sometimes pieces incorporating pre-existing themes
- 7sonata-rondo forma design often found in the finales of symphonies and concertos of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that merges elements of sonata and rondo forms
- 8episode (in rondo form)opening theme returns in the tonic key after each in a series of contrasting themes (contrasting themes are the episodes)
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- Flashcards on Chapter 49 , created by Heather Ulsh on 02/12/2015.
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- Heather Ulsh · Dec 2015
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