Words

Question 1

Schlager

Answer 1

European style of music with light, danceable melodies. A “hit”

Question 2

Orgiastic

Answer 2

Orgy-astic. Resembling an orgy (Claudio arrau description Of lisle joyuse

Question 3

Caesura

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A metrical pause or break signified by a comma or double slash

Sa- ZJHUR- ah

Question 4

Inexorable

Answer 4

Used by Garrick Ohlsson to explain Claudio arrau
Unable to be stopped
“In- EX -or-ah-bull “

Question 5

Objectivisit (objectivism)

Answer 5

Developed by Ayn Rand:

Uhb-JEK-ti-vih-zim

the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute”

Objectivism’s main tenets are that reality exists independently of consciousness, that human beings have direct contact with reality through sense perception (see direct and indirect realism), that one can attain objective knowledge from perception through the process of concept formation and inductive logic, that the proper moral purpose of one’s life is the pursuit of one’s own happiness (see rational egoism), that the only social system consistent with this morality is one that displays full respect for individual rights embodied in laissez-faire capitalism, and that the role of art in human life is to transform humans’ metaphysical ideas by selective reproduction of reality into a physical form—a work of art—that one can comprehend and to which one can respond emotionally.

Question 6

Antipodes (n)

Answer 6

Direct opposite of something (Arrau and kempff were antipodes to serkin and Horowitz)

Question 7

Entasis

Answer 7

Purposeful, almost imperceptible curvature (convex) for aesthetic purposes
Parthenon, pyramids

Like enhancing visual effect, aural entasis (long notes longer and short notes shorter) enhances musical rhetoric.

Question 8

Melodic inflection: syncopation

Answer 8

Wait an instant before sounding the syncopation then lean into it , linger, then slide ahead into real time.
For emphasis in the melody, ignore downbeats and strong beats and let it flow (lomazov)

Question 9

Pygmalion

Answer 9

Greek mythology: sculptor who hated women but then fell in love with a statue he made of a woman.
(Cortot).

Question 10

Epithet

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Descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.

“Mans best friend “ (dog)

Also commonly used disparagingly

Question 11

Raiment

Answer 11

Clothing
Cortot
“Forms are the raiment of musical thought”

Question 12

Exegesis (ex-ah-JEE-sus)

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Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, esp scripture
(Cortot)

Question 13

Ardor (ar-duhr)

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Enthusiasm or passion
(Cortot)
Tree jumping up and down

Question 14

Prophetic (pro-FEDik)

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Adj.
Accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future

Relating to a prophet

The FED is a dick when predicting the future

Question 15

Apparition

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Noun
Ghost

Appearance of something remarkable or unexpected “20th century apparitions of the virgin.”

Apple that is white with a ghost face

Cortot

Question 16

Trifle (try-ful)

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Noun
Thing of little importance

Trying to empty full hampers all the time— pointless

Cortot

Question 17

Pathos

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quality that evokes pity or sadness (cortot speaking about chopin preludes)

Question 18

Vanquish

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defeat thoroughly (George Sand on Chopin in the monastery)

The van has been vanquished by mark dahlquist

Question 19

Madrigal

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Renaissance period for voices arranged to elaborate counterpoint and without instrument accompaniment, originally used to 14th century Italian songs, term now refers to English or Italian songs of the late 16th & early 17th century ina free style strongly influenced by text.

Ex Monteverdi

Dad is MAD that the gals at Monteverdi aren’t staying until it closes.

Question 20

Anacrusis

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A note or sequence of notes, a motif, that precedes the first downbeat in a bar in a musical phrase.

Anna jumps high in the air before falling very heavily onto a downbeat

Question 21

Declamation

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Act of declaiming: utter or deliver words of a speech in a rhetorical or impassioned way as if to an audience

Declan is overly dramatic

Question 22

Affectation

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Noun.

Behavior, speech or writing that is artificial and designed to impress

A studied display of pretended feeling
“An affectation of calm” facade.

Dr Burleson favorite word and what he does!

Question 23

Appoggiatura

Answer 23

Musical ornament that adds a non-chord tone to a melody that is resolved to the regular note of the chord.

By putting a non-chord tone on a strong beat this accents the appogiatura note which delays the appearance of the principal, expected chord note.

You take a deTOUR to a neighbor note before the principal.

Question 24

Agogic

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Accent produced by lengthening the time value of a note.

‘Aga’ — baby coos long to get attention

Question 25

Ponderous

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Slow and clumsy because of weight. Dull, laborious Burleson favorite work! We pondered what was holding US back in NYC and it was Tracis weight

Question 26

Incandescent

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Adj. emitting light as a result of being heated Full of strong emotion (Cortot) In -can- DES- ent The coffee can lights up because of a strong scent

Question 27

Prodigious

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Adj Pro-DIJ-es Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree 2. Unnatural or abnormal (archaic) prodigious monstrous births Pro- digits huge fingers (digits) Cortot

Question 28

Ardent

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Enthusiastic or passionate “Ardent baseball fan” Kaya and Jinsu are denting the wall enthusiastically

Question 29

Philistine

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Noun Person who is indifferent or hostile to culture and art or has no understanding Phil Lee has turned to finance and shuns the arts

Question 30

Languor

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Noun The state of feeling , often pleasant of tiredness ‘He remembers the languor and warm happiness of those golden afternoons’ 2. Oppressive stillness of the air Hot and heavy afternoon filled with languor LANG-gur Lang hall has no air conditioning and zero air circulation

Question 31

Tincture

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Slight trace of something ‘Tincture of wagner’ Cortot Tinkerbell has a trace of crazy

Question 32

Tenebrous

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Adj TEN- uh-bris Dark shadowy, obscure Cortot on Debussy

Question 33

Moorish music

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The moors describe reign of Muslims in Spain, Europeans of African descent. During the renaissance it was used to describe anyone with dark skin. Christians challenged Muslim territory and in 1492 Catholics won, moors were expelled from Spain. In general this term is vague Cortot on Debussy

Question 34

Ondine

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Oooon- deen Water nymph who becomes human when she falls in love with a man but is doomed to die if he is unfaithful to her.

Question 35

Apotheosis

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Uh-paw-thhee- OH-sus The perfect form of example of something Apotheosis of French cuisine 2. Highest or best part of something — usually singular His Music reaches its apotheosis = peak, pinnacle in this album A [dog named theos] paw reaches it full potential for running when he’s a teenager.

Question 36

Légèrment

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Couperin (Cortot) Lightly Lay-ghair-mah

Question 37

Cantilena

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Italian for chant Predominant vocal top line supported by less complex and usually Instrumental tenor. Christine conte is chanting about the insurance policy Kahn- tuh- LAY- nuh Russian piano school

Question 38

Efficacious

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(Of something abstract) successful in producing a desired effect or intended result; effective Eff-uh-KAY-shehs Eff this I’m doing it my way the works o-KAY? Russian piano school

Question 39

Letter and number

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1 - t 2 - n 3 - m 4 - r 5 - L 6 - j, sh, ch, soft g like gentle 7 - k , hard c & g 8 - f, v , ph 9 - p or b 0 = s,z

Question 40

Cortot on interpretation

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Music is a dead-letter without interpretation. It always contains a fixed element, laid down by the composer & a variable element, assigned to the performer. Pg 73

Question 41

Cortot on French expression

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Every Frenchman for that matter shared the fate of Raneau in the foreign mind. The tendency for Slav and Germanic races, in particular, to amplify and exalt every feeling to excess is the reason for the difficulty they experience in recognizing in French art the charm of an emotion which, thought lively, is restrained

Question 42

French interpretation

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Every Frenchman for that matter, shares the fate of rameau in the foreign mind. The tendency of the Slav and Germanic races, in particular, to amplify and exhalt every feeling to excess… is the reason for the difficulty they experience in recognizing in French art the charm of an emotion which though lively is restrained by desire to attain a harmonious balance between the quality of emotion and the for in which it is embodied. Cortot

Question 43

4 parts of the suite

Answer 43

Allemande, courante, sarabande, & gigue. Could be up to 7 movements.

Question 44

Suites

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Allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue. Bach requested we think of stringed instruments when we play.

Question 45

Bible sonatas

Answer 45

Kuhnau shows himself to be father of Bach and all modern musicians by the invention he introduces

Question 46

Sonata

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Originally appalled to compositions for violin only.

Question 47

Plebeian

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Commoner in Ancient Rome (Cortot)