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MUS 139 EXAM 2 Flashcards

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Time Periods of Classical Music

[M] mighty
[R] reef
[B] bats
[C] catch
[R] robot
[M] monsters
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(0400 - 1450) Medieval
(1450 - 1600) Renaissance
(1600 - 1750) Baroque
(1750 - 1825) Classical
(1825 - 1900) Romantic
(1900 onward) Modern
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Identify the composer, time period, genre, and form of the following piece:

Three Dances

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Composer: Susato
Time Period: Renaissance
Genre: Ronde
Form: Binary Form

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Identify the composer, time period, genre, and form of the following piece:

Fair Phyllis

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Composer: Farmer
Time Period: Renaissance
Genre: Madrigal
Form: 6 lines ABABCC, 10 or 11 syllables

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Identify the composer, time period, genre, and form of the following piece:

When I am laid in earth

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Composer: Purcell
Larger Work: Dido and Aeneas
Time Period: Baroque
Genre: Opera
Form: Opera in 1 Act
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Identify the composer, time period, genre, and form of the following piece:

Rejoice Greatly

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Composer: Handel
Larger Work: The Messiah
Time Period: Baroque
Genre: Oratorio
Form: Da Capo Aria
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Identify the composer, time period, genre, and form of the following piece:

A Mighty Fortress is Our God

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Composer: Bach
Time Period: Baroque
Genre: Chorale Cantata
Form: Religious Text

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Identify the composer, time period, genre, and form of the following piece:

Movement 1 from Spring Concerto

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Composer: Vivaldi
Larger Work: The Four Seasons
Time Period: Baroque
Genre: Concerto
Form: Ritornello Form
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Identify the composer, time period, genre, and form of the following piece:

Hornpipe

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Composer: Handel
Larger Work: Water Music
Time Period: Baroque
Genre: Orchestral Suite
Form: Ternary (ABA)
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Identify the composer, time period, genre, and form of the following piece:

Prelude from W.T.C.

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Composer: Bach
Larger Work: Well Tempered Clavier
Time Period: Baroque
Genre: Prelude & Fugue
Form: 12 each, Prelude & Fugue, in each key (12 minor, 12 major)
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Identify the composer, time period, genre, and form of the following piece:

Contrapunctus I

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Composer: Bach
Larger Work: The Art of Fugue
Time Period: Baroque
Genre: Fugue
Form: 4-voice, mono-thematic
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Identify the composer, time period, genre, and form of the following piece:

Movement 1 from E.K.N

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Composer: Mozart
Larger Work: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Time Period: Classical
Genre: Serenade
Form: Serenade for Strings
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Secular Renaissance music

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Nonreligious music; when texted, usually in the vernacular.

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Madrigal

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Renaissance. Secular work. Origin: Italy.

Designed for voices with or without instruments, set to a short, lyric love poem; also popular in England.

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Monody

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Vocal style established in the Baroque, with a solo singer and instrumental accompaniment.

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Florentine Camerata

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Also known as the Camerata de’ Bardi, was a group of humanists, musicians, poets, and intellectuals in late Renaissance Florence who gathered under the patronage of Count Giovanni de’ Bardi to discuss and guide trends in the arts, especially in music and drama.

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Basso Continuo

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“continuous bass”

Refers to performance group with a bass, chordal instrument (harpsichord, organ), and one bass melody instrument (cello, bassoon).

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Figured Bass

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Baroque practice consisting of an independent bass line that often includes numerals indicating the harmony to be supplied by the performer. Also thorough-bass.

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Baroque Opera

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Music drama that is generally sung throughout, combining resources of vocal and instrumental music with poetry and drama, acting and pantomime, scenery and costumes.

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Recitative

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Solo vocal declamation that follows the inflections of the text, often resulting in a disjunct vocal style; found in opera, cantata, and oratorio.

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Aria

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Lyric song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment, generally expressing intense emotion; found in opera, cantata, and oratorio.

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Ground Bass

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A repeating melody, usually in the bass, throughout a vocal or instrumental composition.

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Oratorio

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Large-scale dramatic genre originating in the Baroque, based on a text of religious or serious character, performed by solo voices, chorus, and orchestra; similar to opera but without scenery, costumes, or action.

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Cantata

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Vocal genre for solo singers, chorus, and instrumentalists based on a lyric or dramatic poetic narrative. It generally consists of several movements including recitatives, arias, and ensemble numbers.

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Chorale Tune

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Baroque congregational hymn of the German Lutheran Church.

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Instrumental Music

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Music composed of instruments.

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Concerto Grosso

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Baroque concerto type based on the opposition between a small group of solo instruments (the concertino) and orchestra (the ripen).

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Solo Concerto

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Instrumental genre in several movements for solo instrument (or instrumental group) and orchestra.

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Ritornello

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A short recurring passage that unifies an instrumental or vocal work.

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Suite

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Multimovement work made up of a series of contrasting dance movements, generally all in the same key. Also partita and ordre.

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Fugue

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Polyphonic form popular in the Baroque era in which one or more themes are developed by imitative counterpoint.

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Prelude

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Instrumental work intended to precede a larger work.

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Equal Temperament

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Tuning system based on the division of the octave into twelve equal half steps; the normal system used today.

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Age of Enlightenment / Reason

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Cultural movement of intellectuals in the 17th and 18th century (Baroque period). Its purpose was the reform the way of thinking using reason, challenge related to tradition and faith, and advance knowledge through the scientific method.

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Multimovement Cycle / Sonata Cycle

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General term describing the multimovement structure found in sonatas, string quartets, symphonies, concertos, and large-scale works of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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Syphony

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Large work for orchestra, generally in three or four movements.

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String Quartet

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Chamber ensemble: two violins, viola, and cello.

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Serenade

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Classical instrumental genre that combines elements of chamber music and symphony, often performed in the evening or at social functions. Related to divertimento and cassation.

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Sonata-Allegro form

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The opening movement of the sonata cycle, consisting of themes that are stated in the first section (exposition), developed in the second section (development), and restated in the third section (recapitulation). Also sonata form or first-movement form.

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Minuet and Trio form

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A moderate triple-meter dance form with two main sections (minuet = A, trio = B) that often occurs as the third movement of a symphony.

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What are the similarities and differences between a Baroque period opera, oratorio, and cantata?

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All three tell a story or narrative. An opera is a full theatrical production with sets and costumes and is usually secular. The oratorio is like an opera, but it’s a concert piece without the acting and the content can usually be sacred. Cantata is similiar to oratorio, except it was used as a part of church services (this changed during later periods of music).

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Using Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, explain both the multimovement cycle and sonata-allegro form.

[A] Antonio
[R] Receives
[M] Many
[R] Ranks

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The Multi-movement cycle form is a three or four movement structure used in Classical era instrumental music- especially in the symphony, sonata, concerto, and in chamber music; each movement is in a prescribed tempo and form; sometimes called sonata cycle.

E.K.N is an example. It has four movements that follow the multi-movement cycle:

1) Allegro (Sonata-Allegro Form)
2) Romanze: Andante
3) Menuetto: Allegretto
4) Rondo: Allegro

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