music test 2 Flashcards
Piano sonata
3 movement structure fast slow fast
String quartet
Chamber Music small
4 movements no conductor
One player per part
Rondo form
3 statements of the refrain and at least 2 contrasting sections
ABACA
Easiest
Double exposition form
Orchestra plays one exposition and the Soloist then plays another
Scherzo
Fast triple meter dance ABA
Classical concerto
Large scale multi movement work for instrumental soloist and orchestra intended for a public audience
Basso continuo
Accompaniment for all baroque music
Concerto
One or more soloists play with and against a larger orchestra
Concerto grosso
Multi mvmt tht pits the sound of a small group of soloists against that of a full orchestra
Ritournello form
All or part of main theme returns again and again
Fugue
Polyphonic piece with everything derived from the same subject (main melody)
Cadenza
Showy performance for the soloist when orchestra completely stops
Cantata
Music for the Lutheran service
Chorale
Hymn for the Lutheran church
Baroque era
Beginning of primary instrumental
Very complex melodies
Goes and goes not flowing
Harpsichord