Music Flashcards

1
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It was adapted from Art Impressionism.

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Impressionism

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2
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The French turned against Germans Romantic Music because for them Romantic music was too heavy, too pretentious and too bombastic.

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Impressionism

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3
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It also started and developed in France.

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Impressionism

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4
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It is a style of music that makes use of sound to let the listener feel the moods that focus on the structure of music .

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Impressionism

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5
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Rhythm

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Vague and Free, irregular phrases

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6
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Melody

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use of whole tone scales, use of modality

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7
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Form

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use of short forms such as nocturne and prelude

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8
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Harmony

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use of primary intervals

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9
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Texture

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sonority (group of notes sounded simultaneously)

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10
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Dynamics

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written in French rather than Italian

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11
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Born in St. Germain en Laye, France on August 22, 1862.

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY

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12
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His Parents were Manuel Achille Debussy and Victorine Manoury.

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY

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13
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His first formal school was the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 10.

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY

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14
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Fetes

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY

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15
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Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY

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16
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Nuages

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY

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17
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Pelleas et Melisande

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY

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18
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La Mer

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY

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19
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Claire de Lune (Moonlight)

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY

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20
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He was born on March 7, 1875 in Ciboure,France to a Basque mother and a Swiss father.

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MAURICE RAVEL

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21
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He entered the Paris Conservatory at the age of 14

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MAURICE RAVEL

22
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Bolero

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MAURICE RAVEL

23
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Daphnis et Chloe

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MAURICE RAVEL

24
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Pavane for a Dead Princess

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MAURICE RAVEL

25
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Water Fountains

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MAURICE RAVEL

26
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Sonatine for Piano

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MAURICE RAVEL

27
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Miroirs (Mirrors)

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MAURICE RAVEL

28
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It is mainly German

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Expressionism

29
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It revealed the composer’s mind, instead of presenting an impression of the environment.

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EXPRESSIONISM

30
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It used atonality and the twelve-tone scale, lacking stable and conventional harmonies

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EXPRESSIONISM

31
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(expressionism)
MELODY
HARMONY
TEXTURE
DYNAMICS
FORMS

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  • Angular melodies
  • ATONAL High Level of Dissonance
  • Constantly changing
  • Extreme contrasts
  • Episodic, Fragmentary
32
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He was born in a working-class suburb of Vienna, Austria on September 13, 1874.

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Arnold Schoenberg

33
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He taught himself music theory, but took lessons in counterpoint.

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Arnold Schoenberg

34
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It refers to the music produced largely by electronic components such as synthesizers, samplers, computers and drum machines.

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Electronic music

35
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It employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production
Is one of the largest developments of 20th century music.

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Electronic music

36
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Introduced in the early 1950’s
The capacity of electronic machines such as synthesizers, amplifiers, tape recorders, and loudspeakers to create different sounds was given importance by 20th century composers like Edgar Varese and Karlheinz Stockhausen.

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Electronic music

37
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INSTRUMENT
________ a musical instrument which produce arrangement of electronic sounds
________ - invented by Laurens Hammond in 1930. It resembles an ordinary pipe organ
_______ - is a string instrument which uses electric amplification
_________ - reproduce the timbre of every note in a piano with accuracy it is also .

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Synthesizer
Electronic organ
Electric Guitar
Electric Keyboard

38
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French American composer born in Paris

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Edagr varese

39
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Pioneered Electronic music and combined Electronically generated sounds and subjected them to tapes

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Edgar varese

40
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Octandre

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Edgar Varese

41
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Ionisation

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Edgar Varese

42
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Equatorial

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Edgar Varese

43
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Poeme Electronique

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Edgar Varese

44
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is also called “aleatory music”.
aleatory came from the Latin word alea meaning “dice”.

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Chance music

45
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born in Los Angeles, California, USA on September 5, 1912

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John Cage

46
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he is considered the father of indeterminism or aleatory music.

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John Cage

47
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Greek Ode

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John Cage

48
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3 easy pieces

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John Cage

49
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A chant with claps

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John Cage

50
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Black mountain piece

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John cage

51
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Triple paced no 2

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John cage