MH3 Final Study Guide Exoticism

Symphonic poem / tone poem

People Developing variations
Richard Wagner Thematic transformation
Arthur Schopenhauer Chromatic saturation
Giuseppe Verdi March
Arrigo Boito
Giacomo Puccini Works (from syllabus)
Pietro Mascagni Richard Wagner
Modest Mussorgsky Tristan und Isolde, excerpts; Die
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Walküre Act III, conclusion
Anton Rubenstein Giuseppe Verdi
The Mighty Five La Traviata, excerpts; Otello, Act IV
Alexander Pushkin Giacomo Puccini
Gilbert & Sullivan Madama Butterfly, excerpts
Hans von Bülow Georges Bizet
Johannes Brahms Carmen, excerpts
Anton Bruckner Modest Mussorgsky
Antonin Dvorâk Boris Godunov, Coronation scene; “Bez
John Phillip Sousa solnsta: Okonchen prasdnyi”; Pictures
Gustav Mahler at an Exhibition (piano version)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Arthur Sullivan
Amy Beach The Pirates of Penzance, excerpts
Richard Strauss Johannes Brahms
Friedrich Nietzsche Symphony no. 1, mvt. 1; Symphony no.
4, mvt. 4; Quintet for Piano and Strings
Terms/Places in f minor, op. 34, mvt. 1
The canon Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Lyric opera Symphony 6 (entire)
Théâtre Lyrique Antonin Dvorâk
Opéra bouffe Slavonic Dances op. 46, no. 1;
Opéra comique Symphony no. 9, mvt. 1
Operetta Amy Beach
Wagner’s “Error of Opera” Piano Quintet in f# minor op. 67
Gesamkunstwerk John Phillip Sousa
Stabreim The Stars and Stripes Forever
Leitmotif Richard Strauss
Unendliche melodie Don Quixote; Salome, scene 1
Bayreuth Festspielhaus Gustav Mahler
Risorgimento Symphony no. 1, mvt. 1
Scena
Tinta
Verismo
St. Petersburg Conservatory
Essay Topics
1. Realism in opera, including subject matter,
plots, themes, structures, and musical styles
2. Nationalism and Exoticism in opera,
including subject matter, plots, themes,
structures, and musical styles
3. Impact of the canon on symphonic and
chamber music in the second half of the
nineteenth century, including musical styles,
size/scope, originality, and historicism
4. Nationalism and folk-ism in instrumental
music, including the use of Western and non-
Western musical styles and features, absolute
and program music, and national voice