Review - Vocabulary - Modern Compositions Flashcards
Define Impressionism in music
Also provide associated title and its genre and composer.
Impressionism in music comes from impressionism in painting. It suggests instead of depict (describe) images. Techniques used include vague metric pulse, new instruments, new ways of playing instrument and different scales such as whole-tone, modal and pentatonic scales
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
What is the definition of choreography?
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Choreography is the art of designing the dance steps and movements in a ballet (or musical).
The Rite of Spring, ballet, Stravinsky
Provide definition of minimalism in music.
Give associated title, its genre and composer.
Minimalism in music is a style characterized by repetition of melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns with little variations. It evolved in the late 20th century.
Changes, solo piano, Changes
Short Ride in a Fast Machine, orchestral fanfare, Adams
Define symphonic poem
Also provide associated title and its genre and composer.
Franz Liszt invented symphonic poem for an orchestral program music that has one movement, free in form and follow a story or a painting.
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
What is the musical style developed in the early 20th century in the US and combines elements of African, popular, and European music? It is based on improvisation.
Give title of associated piece and its genre and composer.
Jazz
West Side Story, musical theatre (or just musical), Bernstein
What is the definition of ballet?
Give associated title and its genre and composer.
Ballet is a type of dance that tells a story. It was first developed in the 17th century and became extremely popular in the 19th century Russian court.
The Rite of Spring, ballet, Stravinsky
What is the term for a late 19th
century French literary movement in which authors suggest the subject matter rather than depict (describe) specifically?
Also provide associated title and its genre and composer.
Symbolism
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
What is the term that Franz Liszt created for an orchestral program music that has one movement, free in form and follow a story or a painting?
Also provide associated title and its genre and composer.
symphonic poem
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
What is the effect created mostly through rhythm? It has strong accents, syncopation, polyrhythms and an orchestra has a large percussion section.
Give associated title and its genre and composer.
Primitivism
The Rite of Spring, ballet, Stravinsky
What is hemiola?
Give title of associated piece and its genre and composer.
It is a temporary shift of the metric accents. For example, notes in groups of three are temporarily in groups of two.
What is the definition of primitivism?
Give associated title and its genre and composer.
Primitivism is an effect created mostly through rhythm. It has strong accents, syncopation, polyrhythms and an orchestra has a large percussion section.
The Rite of Spring, ballet, Stravinsky
Name a type of dance that tells a story, first developed in the 17th century and became extremely popular in the 19th century Russian court.
Give associated title and its genre and composer.
Ballet
The Rite of Spring, ballet, Stravinsky
What is the name of the style characterized by repetition of melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns with little variations?
Give associated title, its genre and composer.
Minimalism in music
Changes, solo piano, Changes
Short Ride in a Fast Machine, orchestral fanfare, Adams
Provide definition of fanfare
Give associated title, its genre and composer.
Give associated title, its genre and composer.
A loud ceremonial tune with lots of brass instruments and is used to announcing important person or event.
Changes, solo piano, Changes
Short Ride in a Fast Machine, orchestral fanfare, Adams
Define Symbolism
Also provide associated title and its genre and composer.
Also provide associated title and its genre and composer.
It is a late 19th century French literary movement in which authors suggest the subject matter rather than depict (describe) specifically. One such author was Mallarme.
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
What is the term for a temporary shift of the metric accents.
For example, notes in groups of three are temporarily in groups of two.
Give title of associated piece and its genre and composer.
Hemiola
