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03/26/2009

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Ostinato
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A motif or phrase which is persistently repeated in the same musical voice
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Polychord
Definition
the stacking of one triad or seventh chord on another so they sound simultaneously
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Polyrhythm
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two or more rhythms sounding simultaneously
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Polymeter
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two or more meters sounding simultaneiously
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Polyphony
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a musical texture involving two or more simultaneously sounding lines; the lines are often independent and create counterpoint
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Tone cluster
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a dissonant sounding of several pitches, each only a half step away from the other, in a densly packed chord
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Extended Chords
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tertian chords (built from thirds) or triads with notes extended, or added, beyond the seventh. Ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth chords are extended chords. (7th- 4notes, 9th-5 notes, 11th-6notes)
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Nicholas Roerich
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Painter, Designed set for The Rite of Spring (1913)
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Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev
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founder of the Ballets Russes, produced The Rite of Spring (1913)
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Vaslav Nijinsky
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Russian Dancer, Choreographed the Rite of Spring (1913)
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Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
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Russian-born Composer, composed The Rite of Spring (1913)
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