Final

Question 1

Collage

Answer 1

Borrowing materials from another source and juxtaposing them to or within a “classical” music format, can be experimental or populace
Ex. The Beatles “Sergeant Pepper”

Question 2

Program Music

Answer 2

Music that tells a story

Question 3

Absolute Music

Answer 3

“Music for the sake of music” Doesn’t represent any extra-musical ideas

Question 4

Symphonic (tone) Poem

Answer 4

Single or multi-movement work with an explicit program behind it

Question 5

Leit Motif

Answer 5

A melodic passage or phrase, especially in Wagnerian opera, associated with a specific character, situation, or element.
Ex. Wagner, Elgar

Question 6

Sprechstimme

Answer 6

A form of dramatic declamation between singing and speaking, in which the speaker uses lilt and rhythm but not precise pitches.
Ex. Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire”

Question 7

Music Festivals

Answer 7

Charity festivals, Civic festivals and Competition festivals. England, Germany and North America. Very involved middle class, infrastructure created specifically for the festivals

Question 8

Second Viennese School

Answer 8

Schoenberg, Berg, Webern. Their music isnt heard very often (serialism, modernism)

Question 9

First Viennese School

Answer 9

Mozart, Haydn. Frequently performed

Question 10

Be-Bop

Answer 10

1940s - Fast tempo, rhythm, chord changes. Criticized by audiences, cant sing the melodies

Question 11

Free Jazz

Answer 11

1960’s - No specific form, no regular pulse, no regular harmonic changes

Question 12

Swing

Answer 12

1930s - Jazz as dance music and as American popular music

Question 13

Hard Bop

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1950s - Gospel and blues influences, memorable (and singable) melodies

Question 14

Electric Jazz

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1960/70s - Electronic instruments and effects, soul / funk influences

Question 15

Operetta

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Social satire → spoof of social norms, parodies classical music, glorification of popular music

Question 16

Eco-Music

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Environmental to give an idea of setting

Question 17

Elektronische Musik

Answer 17

Music based on sounds that are produced or modified through electronic means
Ex. Philomel

Question 18

Music Concrete

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Music that includes recordings (which are often altered) of daily sounds

Question 19

Extra Credit Question

Answer 19

Carmen McRae

Question 20

Avant Garde

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Term for music and art that is looking to overthrow established aesthetics

Question 21

Sound Ecology

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Recording/capturing of sonic landscapes before they disappear

Question 22

Rhythm and Blues

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1940s forward; mixture of swing and blues, sometimes with bebop elements

Question 23

Sampling

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A process of creating new compositions by using parts of previously recorded music and reassembling them

Question 24

Blaxploitation

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Film genre from the 1970s that featured predominantly African-American casts including stories of African-America protagonists

Question 25

Werktreue

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Fidelity to a musical work and a faithful reproduction of the composer's original intent

Question 26

New Orleans Style

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Jazz style prevalent in the early 20th century that featured two or more individual soloists backed by a rhythm section

Question 27

Fusion

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1970s and 1980s - featured the use of heavily amplified instruments and mixed rock techniques with jazz rhythms

Question 28

Elektronische Musik

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Music based on sounds that are produced or modified through electronic means Ex. Philomel

Question 29

Klangfarbenmelodie

Answer 29

Twentieth-century technique in which notes of the melody are distributed among different instruments of the ensemble (pointilism)

Question 30

Gesamtkusntwerk

Answer 30

"Total work of art" Wagner wanted the composer to control all elements of a production

Question 31

Music Drama

Answer 31

Wagner's term for his operas