Chapter 12 Terms

Question 1

postmodernism

Answer 1

a variety of compositional and aesthetic trends that are particularly hard to define

Question 2

quotations

Answer 2

references to past works of music in newer pieces

Question 3

collage

Answer 3

a polystylistic patchwork created by using the juxtaposition of multiple quotations

Question 4

neo-Romanticism/neo-Tonatlity

Answer 4

the musical movement centered on the adoption of tonal or pitch centered idioms in recent decades

Question 5

cantus firmus

Answer 5

borrowed tune (quotations of existing music)

Question 6

parody

Answer 6

borrowing polyphonic textures of another piece

Question 7

paraphrase

Answer 7

altering and variation of borrowed material

Question 8

quodlibet

Answer 8

the building of complete polyphonic textures by means of a collage of many different existing tunes

Question 9

modulation

Answer 9

the variety of techniques through which the transition between disparate stylistic and compositional elements is effected

Question 10

overlap

Answer 10

some elements at the end of one quotation intersect with some elements at the beginning of the next quotation.

Question 11

chromatic insertion

Answer 11

some chromatic structures are inserted between quotations as a way to connect them

Question 12

rhythmic plasticity

Answer 12

the connection is effected by means of alteration or transformation of rhythmic figures to achieve a gradual transition between adjacent quotations

Question 13

three types of modulation

Answer 13

overlap
chromatic insertion
rhythmic plasticity