feb 17 Flashcards

(28 cards)

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type of theater that uses script acting and spoken dialogue with music singing dancing scenery and costumes

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musical or musical comedy

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conductor pianist author lecturer and composer

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Leonard bernstein (1918-1990)

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3
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uses elements of jazz in orchestration and syncopated rhythms. texture: homophonic/ polyphonic

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tonight from west side story

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4
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certain elements are not precisely specified by the composer, but left to chance- in a way that is usually specified by the composer

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chance music

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5
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american composer- creator of chance music

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john cage (1912-1992)

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6
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shortly after WWII composers began incorporating the sounds of life into their compositions

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music concrete

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7
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greater exploitation of noise like sounds

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liberation of sound

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8
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electronic music with slide show films or light shows

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mixed media

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9
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born in france moved to US
electronic music
Poème électronique

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edgard varese ( 1883-1965)

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10
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major african american performance style that had influenced all of 20th century popular music began around 1910

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jazz

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11
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a spontaneous creation of music

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improvisation

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12
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some of the accents in music are moved away from the main beat

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syncopation

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13
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percussion, piano, and string bass emphases meter forcefully

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rhythm section

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14
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play syncopating music that cuts across the rhythm

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melody instruments

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15
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accents are moved just a fraction of a beat ahead of metrical points swing

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beat syncopation

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16
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a style of piano playing developed by black musicians playing in bars, dives and brothels. left hand is strictly on the beat. right hand has syncopated rhythm in a crisp cheerful way

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leading rag composer; Maple leaf Rag

18
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right hand plays the melody and the left hand alternates between the bass notes on the strong beats and chords on the weak beats

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black folk song whose subject is loneliness, trouble, depression, and lost love. emerged in the 1900’s

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A- line of text
A- line of text
B- new line with last word rhyming with the last word of A

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first important center of jazz

22
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1901-1971– born in poverty in new orleans. cornet, trumpet, and singer

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louis armstrong

23
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improvising simultaneously

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10-25 players, improvisation was more limited. band orchestration was developed based on the contrast between brass and reeds

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1899-1974 washington DC a major bandleader who also composed and arranged
duke ellington
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jazz style of the 1940s. return to improvisation. new technical virtuosity, very fast playing, percussive sounds and sharp snap rhythms. complex harmonies and difficult to follow chord changes
bebop
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small group of players trumpet sax rhythm section and piano
combo
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(the bird) saxophonist bebop's greatest genius
charlie parker