Mus 101 T2 – Flashcards
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The romantic period is sometimes called "The Golden age of"
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The Piano
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Lizt's La Campanella is a
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Virtuose set of Varations on a theme
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Important composers of Piano Music in the romantic period include
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Chapman and Liszt
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The instrumental works of composer in the nineteenth century were heard by most people
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as transcripitons for the piano
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A tone poem or symphonic is
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a one movement program work for orchestra
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Berlioz created his Symphonie fantastique to vent his feelings about
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his love for the actress, harriet smithson
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An important composer of ballet music was
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tchaikosvsky
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the designer of the dance movements is called
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choreographer
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the term bel canto means beautiful
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singing
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Wagner associtated idea's or characters in his music drama's with particular motives. He called these Motives
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Letimotives
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Verimso opera's are about
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people in everday life
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Brahms was considered by some nineteenth-century musicians to be out of date because
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often used same forms as composer in classical period
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In addition to Symphony No.4 Tchaikovsky also composed
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the nutcraker suite
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Nationalism in music refers to musical works that
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arre deiberatly associated by the composter with a country/ region
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Smetana's The Moldau is
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all the above
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the name most associated with Norweigain Nationalism
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Edwards Greg
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Impressionism is
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an artisitic view point
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in which country did impressionism develop?
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france
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The two composers most associated with Impressionism are
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Debussy and Rabel
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It is difficult to describe accurately the features of twenith-century music
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All the aboive
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many melodies in twenieth-century music
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all the above
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Which section of the orchestra became more important in twenith century music
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percussion
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the term mainstream, when applied to tweinth- century music refers to music that
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is neither experimental nor committed to any particular approach to composing
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Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra is a concerto because it
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features the contrast among the various sections and groups of instruments
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Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
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all the above
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Britten wanted his War Requiem to convey a message of
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Despair over war
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The artistic view point of Expressionism focuses on
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The dark side of human nature
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Primitivism is
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a fascination with non western and not literate
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stravinksy rite of spring features
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all of these choices
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Stravinsky rite of spring was originally
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for a ballet
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neoclassicism seeks to
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capture the classical outlook of Ancient Greece
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The composer who developed tone row music was
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shoenberg
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the first movement of prokofiev's classical symphony
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all the these choices
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the main proponent of chance (aleatory) music was
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John Cage
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What philosophical outlook encouraged the development of chance music
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existentatilism
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In electronic music sounds can
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all these choices
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Musique concrete is
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recording of actual sounds that have been attered and arranged
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A pioneer composer of electronic music was
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Edgard Varese
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Which compostional technique did charles Ives employ in his music
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all the above
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The composer of the "the stars and stripes forever march" was
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John Philllps Sousa
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The first important America women composer was
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Amy Cheney Beach
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The idea of minimalism is to
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see how little can be done with music and yet make it satisfying to listen to
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Concert music in America advanced a great deal after 1940 partly because
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all the above
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Which composer wrote nationalistic America music?
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Ellen Taafe Zwilch
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An important composer of popular music in the middle of the nineteenth century was
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Stephen Foster
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Ragtime music features
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all the above
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the parlor song
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was a popular type of song sung in homes during the first half of the nineteenth century
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What is the form of blues song?
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aab
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Which of these is characteristic of traditional jazz?
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all the above
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Which type of jazz is only played on the piano
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Boogie Woogie
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The bands during the Swing era featured
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all the above
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Salsa is a
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hot type of Latin American music
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After 1950 jazz changed. It became
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sophisticated
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Which is a feature of country music?
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its harmony is simple
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One of the changes that has taken place since 1950 in popular music is the
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all the above
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Rhythm and blues is the music of
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America's black population
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Country music is strongly associated with
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Nashville, Tennessee
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An important record company in the growth of rhythm and blues was
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Motown Records
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Which is a feature of rap music?
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all the above
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minstreal shows featured
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songs, skits and jokes
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over the years musical comedies have
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more realistic and serious
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the plot of Miss Saigon is an updated verison of an opera by
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Puccini
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Gershwin's Porgy and Bess is often called a folk opera
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All the above
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Operatic Musicals like Les Miserabkes are different from operas in that they
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all the above
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Who is composed the music for Porgy and Bess
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Gershwin
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It is important to know something about folk/ ethnic music are called
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it reflects the culture and attuides of a society
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Folk music has influenced
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all of these choices
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The scholars who seek to classify and perserve folk/ethnic music are called
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ehtnomusicologists
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A ballad is
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a folk song that tells a story
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a choral group famous for promoting African American Music after the civi war was the
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fisk jubliee singers
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The mexican song that is similar in character to the english ballad is the
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corrido
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which kind of music was not tradtional African folk music
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Jazz
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Melodies in Middle Eastern Music
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are often highly ornamented
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Jewish Religious Music
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Varies a great deal depending on the degree of orthingecy congregartion
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a mbria
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an African/thumb piano
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which is an important charateristic of African Music
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All of the above
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a feature of form in African music is
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call and respond
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a Raga in classical Indian music is a
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a melodic formula that has philosophical implications
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a tala is
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a rhythm pattern in indian classical music
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a gamelan is
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a balinese instrumental ensemble
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which type of scale is used in most chinese music
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pentatonic
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the regular pulse in music is called the
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Beat
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syncopation occurs when
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accents are placed on weak beat and /or upbeats or off a steady beat
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a feature of the rhytm in African Music
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Two rhythmic Patterns happening a the same time
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Polyrhythms are a feature of the music from which part of the world
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Africa
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chords in western civilization are generally built in thirds
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thirds
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A melody is
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a series of pitches sounded one after another that seem to belong together
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a theme is
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a melodic idea that plays a central role in a musical work
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The term for two melodies sounding at the same time is
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polyphonic texture
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The home chord in a key is called the
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the tonic chord
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Music that features a melody and accompanying parts is
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homophonic
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when used in music the word "texture" refers to
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the basic approach in the use of pitches
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Musical phares often conclude with a pattern of two chords called an
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cadance
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the overtone or harmonies series is the
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pattern of pitches that result when dividing a string or air column at the fractional points
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Form in music refers to
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the overplan of how music is organized
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the timbre of an instrument or voice is determined by
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the number in strength of the partials its sound produced
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which woodwind instrument produce sounds with a double reed?
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oboe and bassoon
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the values or slide on a brass instrument
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changes the length of the tubing so as a result they introduce a different overtone series
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the higher female voice is the
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soprano
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Gregorian chant has no
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rhythm, harmonies, major or minor scales
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polyphony developed in
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Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris
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the secular music of Medieval times is less known that the music for worship because
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it wasn't written down
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in order to permit portions of the test to be heard more clearly, des Prez and Palestrina used
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Points of imitation
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the term a cappella indicates that the music is to be sung
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without accompany
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the Renaissance represented a rebrith of interest in and admiration of the civilizations of
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Ancient Greece and Rome
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the approximate dates of Baroque period in music are
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1600-1750
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a feature of recitatives is
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homophonic texture, rhythmic freedom, economical coverage of the text
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the doctrine of affections or doctine of affects was the belief that
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music could project rather specific feelings
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handels's oratorio messiah calls for
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chorus, orchestra, arias, recitatives
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in what ways does an aria differ from a recitative? an aria
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Aria: longer, prominent accompianent, longer, repeats texts
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the virtuoso refers to
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a person who can do a highly skilled activity
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an oratorio is similar to an opera except that it doesn't have
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costumes, scenery, and acting
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a chorale is a
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Lutheran hymm
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opera began when a group of noblemen
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wished to recreate musical drama similar to ancient Greek dramas
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the text of an opera is called the
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libretto
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an important composer of early operas was
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Monteverdi
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the singing style used in operas is powerful and dramatic because
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operas are a very dramatic type of music, the singing needs to be heard throughout the hall without amplification, the dramatic sining style has just become apart of tradition
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which of these is included in opera?
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scenery and costumes, arias and recitatives, instrumental music
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a Baroque suite is a group of
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stylized dance pieces
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the group of four concertos called the Four Seasons was composed by
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Vivaldi
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in which texture are figures?
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polyphonic
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the Four Season by Vivaldi
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consists of 4 concertos (1 for each season), very programmatic, feature virtuoso violin playing
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the word classical refers to music composed between the years of approx
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1750-1820
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the Classical period in art and music existed at about the same time as
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the Revolutionary War
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the phrases in Classical music are often
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in statement/answer pattern
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which statement is not true about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
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he died at the age of 95
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the first large section in sonata form is called the
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exposition
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the exposition in sonata form usually contains
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2 themes
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transitions between themes in sonata form are valuable because they
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help the music modulate smoothly, make gradual change to a new theme, sometimes provide new musical ideas
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in the development section in sonata form the composer can
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fragment themes, modulate frequently, invert parts of the theme
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the recapitulation is similar to the exposition except that the
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key does not change between the 1st and 2nd themes
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in which movement of symphony or concerto is sonata form likely to be found?
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the 1st movement
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Mozart was highly successful in composing
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chamber music, operas, symphonoes
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how many movements do most concertos hace
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3 movements
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the second movement of a concerto is usually
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slow, melodious
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which is a rondo form
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abaca
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the 1st movement of a concerto during the classical period was almost always
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always in sonata form
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what form is used often by composers in the classical period for the last movement of concertos
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rondo
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what city was considered the center for music during the classical period
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vienna, italy
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during his life Mozart was best known for his
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operas
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chamber music is
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a work that uses only one player on each part (instrument)
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the 1st movement of most chamber music works composed during the classical period is in
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sonata form
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since the classical period the word sonata means a work for
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piano alone, or for piano and one other instrument
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in a theme and variations the theme
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is played and then varied several times
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a string quartet consists of
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2 violins, cello and violla
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a chamber music ensemble consisting of a piano, violin, and cello is called a
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piano trio
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the 4th movement of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet is
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theme and variations
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the appeal of chamber music lies in its
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refined in intimate musical qualities
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Beethoven's ideas are represented in his setting of Schiller's ode to Joy in his
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symphony #9
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Beethoven was especially fond of
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repeating and developing short melodic ideas
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the 2nd movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is
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a theme and variations
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a fugato is
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a fugue like passage
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how many symphonies did Beethoven compose
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9
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a melody is
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a series of pitches sounded one after another that seem to belong together
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the song Simple Gifts was originally a
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a shaker melody
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