Match term to its definition

Question 1

Sitar

Answer 1

a long necked string instrument of India– Non- Western

Question 2

Gamelan

Answer 2

an Indonesian musical ensemble compromised primarily of percussion instruments– Non-Western

Question 3

Koto

Answer 3

a Japanese plucked instrument with 13 strings and moveable bridges– Non-Western

Question 4

Call and Response

Answer 4

a traditional African process in which a leader’s phrase (“call”) is repeatedly answered by a chorus. This process became an important aspect of many Afro-American styles– Non-Western African Music

Question 5

polyrhythm

Answer 5

when several independent rhythmic lines are sounding at the same time– Non-Western African Music

Question 6

Organum

Answer 6

a type of early French Medieval polyphony dating from c. 1000-1200, featuring a slow non-metered chant in the lowest voice with one or more faster metrical voices sung above (in melismatic style- many notes sung on each syllable– Medieval

Question 7

Mass Ordinary

Answer 7

the five daily prayers of the Catholic Mass: Kyrie, Gloris, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei– Medieval

Question 8

Madrigal

Answer 8

(genre) a composition on a short secular poem, sung by a group of unaccompanied singers (one on a part). The madrigal flourished in Italy from 1520 to 1610, and was adopted in England during the Elizabethan Age– Renaissance (Weelkes/ As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill…)

Question 9

Motet

Answer 9

a polyphonic vocal piece set to a sacred Latin text that is NOT from the Roman Catholic Mass–Renaissance (Josquin Desprez/ Ave Maria)

Question 10

Trio Sonata

Answer 10

(genre) a Baroque multi-movement chamber work for four performers (2 violins and basso continuo)– Baroque (Corelli)

Question 11

Solo Concerto

Answer 11

(genre) a 3-movement work for a single soloist vs an orchestra (Vivaldi/ 4 Seasons) – Baroque

Question 12

Concerto Grosso

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(genre) a 3-movement work for a small group of soloists and orchestra– Bach/Brandenburg Concerto No. 5– Baroque

Question 13

Symphony

Answer 13

(genre) a multi-movement work for orchestra– Classic

Question 14

Sonata

Answer 14

(genre) a Classic multi-movement work for a piano (or for one instrument with piano accompaniment)– Classic

Question 15

String Quartet

Answer 15

1) a chamber ensemble of two violins, viola and cello, devised in the early Classic era; 2) a multi-movement work (genre) for two violins,viola and cello– Classic

Question 16

When was the piano invented?

Answer 16

Classic era

Question 17

Lied

Answer 17

(genre) a German-texted art song (usually for one voice with piano accompaniment) plural= Lieder– Romantic (Schubert/Erlkonig)

Question 18

Leitmotif

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a short musical “signature tune” associated with a person or concept in a Wagnerian Musikdrama– Romantic (Wagner/ Ring of Nibelungen)

Question 19

Idee fixe

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a transfomable melody that recurs in every movement of a multi-movement work– Romantic (Berloz/Symphonie fantastique)

Question 20

Character piece

Answer 20

(genre) a 1-movement programmatic work for a solo pianist – Romantic (Chopin/Nocturne in E-flat)

Question 21

Symphonic poem

Answer 21

(genre) a single-movement programmatic work for orchestra– Romantic (Smetana/ The Moldau)

Question 22

Impressionism

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a modern French musical style based on blurred effects, beautiful tone colors and fluid rhythms (promoted by Debussy around the turn of the 1900s)– 20th Century

Question 23

Sprechstimme

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a half-spoken, half- sung style of singing on approximate pitches, developed by Schoenberg in the early 1900s– 20th century

Question 24

Atonality

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modern harmony that intentionally avoids a tonal center (has no apparent home key)– 20th century

Question 25

Expressionism

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an ultra shocking, highly dissonant modern style of music--20th century

Question 26

Serialism

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a method of modern composition in which the twelve chromatic pitches are put into a numerically- ordered series used to control various aspects of a work (melody, harmony, tone color, dynamics, instrumentation)-- 20th century- Schoenberg-Survivor from Warsaw

Question 27

Chance Music

Answer 27

(genre) a modern manner of composition in which some or all of the work is left to chance-- 20th century-- Cage/4'33

Question 28

Ragtime

Answer 28

a style of piano music developed around the turn of the 20th century, with a march-like tempo a syncopated right-hand melody, and an "oom-pah" left hand accompaniment-- Modern Popular Music- S. Joplin

Question 29

Hot Jazz

Answer 29

a "Dixieland" style of jazz with a fast tempo promoted by Louis Armstrong- Modern popular music- Armstrong

Question 30

Classic Blues

Answer 30

a melancholy style of Afro-American secular music, based on a simple musical/poetic form. "Dlta" blues began in the early 1900s, "Classic blues" in the lare 1920s, and "Rhythm and Blues" in the 1940s-- modern popular music-- B. Smith

Question 31

Swing

Answer 31

a term to describe "Big Band" jazz music of the 1930s-50s-- Modern Popular Music- Ellington

Question 32

Rock and Roll

Answer 32

a style of popular music that emerged in the 1950s out of the combination of Afro-American, Country-Western and pop-music elements-- popular modern music- Elvis