Final Flashcards

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Solo instrument against an orchestra & BC; has 3 movements

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Concerto

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Two or more solo instruments against an orchestra

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Concerto Grosso

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Music for an instrument alone (no orchestra)

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Sonata

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4
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Show-off alone

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Cadenza

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5
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Two or more lines of music

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Polyphonic

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One line of music

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Monophonic

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One line of music against another line of music

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Counterpoint

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All the lines of music play together

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Homophonic

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Warm-up for keyboard (organ & harpsichord)

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Toccata

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The most complex type of counterpoint with special rules

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Fugue

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Collection of movements (dances)

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Suite

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Music at the start of a concert/play/opera to get everyone to be quiet

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Overture

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A drama/play that is sung

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Opera

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Voice + BC (cello & harpsichord)

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Recitative

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15
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Voice + Orchestra

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Aria

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Half recitative & half Aria

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Arioso

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Matthew, Mark, John, Luke (from 4 gospels) for the word/text

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Passion

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18
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Mini oratorio

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Cantata

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19
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Soprano who sing very high & fancy

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Coloratura

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20
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Words of an opera

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Libretti

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21
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Like an opera but not staged

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Oratorio

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22
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Melody, chords, bass

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Basso Continuo

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Off balance, distorted, irregular (Refers to the art of the period)

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Baroque

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Era of reason

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Neo-Classical

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Joke, fast, meter of 3
Scherzo
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A large scale of work for orchestra
Symphony
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A melody repeated over and over BUT w/ other music in between
Rondo
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Sonata Form
Exposition, recap, development, coda ending
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A melody repeated over and over with changes in between
Theme and variations
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Neo Classical composers
Mozart, Haydn, Bethoven (Transitional)
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A symphony that tells a story
Program symphony
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third movement of a symphony that has moderate tempo, meter of three and is a dance
Minuet
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Top 2 Events of Neo-Classical
French revolution (1789-1799) and American revolution (1765-1783)
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Neo-classical writer of words and his work
Jefferson - Declaration of Independence
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Romantic composers
Chopin, , Tchaikovsky, Wagner
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Period from 1800-1900
Romantic
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Period from 800-1400
Midles Ages
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Period from 1400-1600
Renaissance
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Period from 1600-1750
Baroque
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Period from 1750-1800
Neo-Classical
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Period from 1900-2000
20th Century
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Period from 1400-1600
Gothic
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Names of the 2 instruments that were developed in the Neo-Classical period
Piano and clarinet
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Name of a Neo-classical building and where it's located
Monticello, Virginia USA
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American Revolution
Started with 7 years war (French vs British) British won and decided to tac the colonists to pay for war. Colonists decided to stand up and fight for independence and got help from the French.
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French Revolution
The hierarchy was questioned by the enlightenment July 14 - Versaille Day King got beheaded Napoleon came and took over in 1789
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Baroque main composers
Bach and handel
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Main keyboard instruments of the Baroque
Organ and harpsichord
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Greatest oratorio in English
Messiah by Handle
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Example of Basso Continuo
Flute (Melody), Cello (Bass), Harpsichord (Chords)
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2 scientific achievements of the Baroque
Newton laws of physics and Galileo's Observation as scientific method (went blind from looking at sun with a telescope)
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Aria components
Voice (singing), orchestra, B.C., Beat and meter with a strong melody
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Recitative
Voice (Singing), B.C., no orchestra, no meter and weak melody
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Speed and slow down (stretching the beat)
Rubato
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Song for voice and piano
Lieder
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Study/exercise
Etude
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A pulse
Beat
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Quality of sound
Timber
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Long and short sounds
Rhythm
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Measure of beats in groups of 2's and 3's
Meter
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Speed, how fast or how slow
Tempo
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How high and how low (Vib/Sec)
Pitch
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How loud and how soft
Dynamics
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Group of recognizable pitches
Melody
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Organized sound
Music
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Power of music
Ethos
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Men, monophonic, no meter, no beat, latin text
Chant, Gregorian Chant, Plain song (religious)
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Polyphonic, 2 or more pitches at the same time
Organum
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Instrument (viol), french text, latin text
Motet
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Middles ages main event
The plague
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(Middle Ages) French text, women (2), instrument (viol), secular
Ballad/Chanson
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Rebirth of interest in the individual
Renaissance
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Artists from the renaissance
Da Vinci (Mona Lisa), Rafael (Sculpture of David/Madonna), Angelo (Sistine chapel)
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Service should be in the vernacular - Protestant Religion
Martin Luther
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Printing press
Gutenberg
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(Renaissance) Men and women, english text, fa-la-la-la, strong melody,
Madrigal
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(Renaissance) Main religious music of the catholic church (polyphonic)
Mass
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Catholic church trying to get people to come back
Counter reformation
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Piccolo, recorder, flute, oboe, bassoon
Woodwind
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Male soprano
Castrato
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Da capo aria
Back to the top. ABA
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A melody that equals a person, place or thing
Idee fixe
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The day of wrath (idea fixe for the devil)
Dies Irae
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Many memories that equal people, ideas, things
Leitmotivs
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1/2 talk 1/2 sing
Sprechstimme
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Music w/ a tone center
Atonal