Flashcards in Final Exam Deck (42)
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Medieval
500-1400 (A.D.)
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Renaissance
1400-1600
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Baroque
1600-1750
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Classical
1750-1825
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Romantic
1825-1900
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Modern
1900-present
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Pitch
Highness or lowness of a note
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Phrase
A musical sentence
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Harmony
Simultaneous sounding of a number of different notes
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Rhythm
The beat of a piece of music
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Meter
The way in which beats are grouped together
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Form
The overall structure of a piece of music
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Tempo
The speed of a piece of music
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Dynamics
Intensity (loudness or softness) of sound
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What are the four sections of the orchestra
Strings
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
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Machaut
Greatest composer of the French Ars Nova; wrote the first complete polyphonic setting of the ordinary of the mass
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Josquin de Prez
Greatest composer of the renaissance
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Palestrina
Renaissance composer who best represented the wishes of the Council of Trent
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Monteverdi
Bridge composer between the renaissance and baroque
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Vivaldi
Most celebrated Italian baroque composer; wrote hundreds of violin concerti
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Handel
German baroque composer who made his game in England; composer messiah
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Bach
Greatest composer of the baroque; master of polyphony (counterpoint)
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Haydn
“Grandfather” of the classical period; helped establish standard forms of the symphony, sonata, and string quartet; wrote 104 numbered symphonies
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Mozart
Greatest musical genius of all time; master of every classical genre; wrote 40 numbered symphonies & a requiem (mass for the dead)
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Beethoven
Supreme iconic figure of the western art music; bridged the classical and romantic periods; wrote 9 symphonies, 32 piano sonatas
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Schubert
Wrote 9 classical symphonies, & over 600 romantic songs; master of melody
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Chopin
Polish romantic master of the piano
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Schumann
Romantic zealot; married to Clara (one of the greatest pianist of her time)
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Liszt
Perhaps the greatest pianist ever
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Brahms
Romantic composer who was the last great composer of the classical tradition; composed 4 symphonies and a German requiem
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Tchaikovsky
Russian romantic composer of intensely emotional music; wrote 6 symphonies & the ballets “swan lake “, “nutcracker “, & “sleeping beauty”
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Verdi
Greatest Italian romantic imposter of opera
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Wagner
Greatest German romantic composer of opera
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Rachmaninov
Great Russian post romantic composer and pianist
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Dvorak
Greatest of the Czech (bohemian) nationalist (romantic) composers
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Grieg
Greatest Norwegian nationalist composer (romantic)
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Sibelius
Greatest Finnish nationalist composer (romantic)
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Debussy
Greatest French impressionist composer
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Ravel
Took French Impressionism and adapted it to classical forms
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Schoenberg
His explorations with atonality broke with the past and ushered in the modern period
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Stravinsky
Considered the greatest Russian composer of the 20th century
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