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Introduction to Fine Arts
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Music
Undergraduate 2
12/18/2007

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Term
Mode
Definition
Scale Types
Term
Neume
Definition
Chant Notation
Term
Organum
Definition
chant melodies with one or more added voice parts
Term
Motet
Definition
Sacred Anthem on a biblical text
Term
Chanson
Definition
French Secular Song
Term
Mass
Definition
celebration of the Lord's Supper
Term
Office
Definition
Devotional Prayer Service
Term

Polyphony

Definition
Music composed for multiple voice parts
Term
Suite
Definition
Set of Dances
Term
Fresco
Definition
Wall Painting on Wet Plaster
Term
Illumination
Definition
Decoration of manuscripts with pictures or designs
Term
Mosaic
Definition
Picture or design made from pieces of glass or stone
Term
Relief
Definition
Sculpture projecting from a background
Term
Chiaroscuro
Definition
The use of light and shadow in a painting or drawing
Term
Contrapposto
Definition
Balance on one foot with a twist to the body
Term

Mannerism

Definition
Distortion of either shape or color
Term
Romanesque
Definition
Rounded arches, mosaics, icons
Term
Gothic
Definition
pointed arches, fyling buttresses, stained glass windows
Term
Madrigal
Definition
Italian, a polyphonic song using a vernacular text and written for four to six voices
Term
Aria
Definition
an extended vocal solo with orchestral accompaniment
Term
Recitative
Definition
Tells a story
Term
Basso Continuo
Definition
Continuous bass either a chordal instrument or by a bass instrument
Term
Concerto
Definition
multi-movement work for solo instrument or orchestra
Term
Fugue
Definition
subject in tonic, answer in dominant, exposition a clusterof entrances
Term
Passion
Definition
Msuical setting of the death and crucifixion of Christ
Term
Libretto
Definition
Text of an opera or similar extended dramatic musical work
Term
Ritornello
Definition
Orchestral Refrain
Term
Opera
Definition
Drama set to music, uses scenery etc.
Term
Oratorio
Definition
Religious Drama
Term
Cantata
Definition
One or more voices sung to intrumental accompaniment
Term
Cadenza
Definition
A virtuosic solo passage performed near the end of a concerto movement
Term

Movement

Definition
Self-contained part within a larger musical work
Term
Minuet
Definition
French-like dance in triple meter- ABA form
Term
Coda
Definition
ending of a musical work or section of a work
Term
Chamber Music
Definition
Small groups of instruments, one person per instrument
Term
Song Cycle
Definition
Collection of Lieder based on the same subject and poems by same poet
Term
Sonata Cycle
Definition
Used for symphony, sonata, and string quartet
Term
Symphonic Poem
Definition
Liszt's term for a single movement program work
Term
Virtuoso
Definition
Performer with extrodinary musical ability
Term
Impressionism
Definition
Short, thick brushstrokes, meant to capture light on surface, unmixed primary colors
Term
Symbolism
Definition
fantasy worlds used in art
Term
Art Nouveau
Definition
sytle of decoraton and architecture of the later 19th and early 20th century, charecterized by the depiction of leaves and flowers in flowing, sinuous lines
Term
Fauvism
Definition
"Wild Beasts", bright colors, distorted forms, vigorous brushstrokes
Term
Expressionism
Definition
Style of Art charecterized
Term
Cubism
Definition
Picasso's form of art using cubes
Term
Dada
Definition
deliberately insulting, meant to mock art of that day
Term
Surrealism
Definition
Super Realism
Term
Abstract Expressionism
Definition
Piet Mondrian
Term
Serialism
Definition
Ugly, new form of the early 1900's that has extreme ranges in sound
Term
Neoclassicism
Definition
French, clean lines, smooth surface, David and Ingres artists, Greek and Roman History, Morally uplifting, precisely drawn figures
Term
The dates of the Middle Ages
Definition
476-1300 AD
Term
Parts of the Ordinary
Definition
Kyrie, Gloria in Exelcis, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
Term
Master of the Organum at Notre Dame
Definition
Perotin
Term
Leading composer of Ars Nova
Definition
Guillaume de Machaut
Term
This artist's style foreshadowed the Renaissance
Definition
Giotto
Term
The dates of the Renaissance
Definition
1400-1600
Term
The mid-Renaissance composer admired by Luther
Definition
Josquin des Prez
Term
This late-Renaissance composer's smooth style was studied and highly imatated
Definition
Giovanni da Palestrina
Term
This artist/sculptor painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Definition
Michelangelo
Term
This artist/sculptor painted the Mona Lisa
Definition
Da Vinci
Term
This early Renaissance sculptor's David was the first life-like nude since ancient times
Definition
Donatello
Term
The Dates of the Baroque Era
Definition
1600-1750
Term
This church musician was the master at writing fugues
Definition
J.S. Bach
Term
This German wrote Italian operas for the English
Definition

Handel

Term
This music director at a girl's school helped develop the concerto form
Definition
Antonio Vivaldi
Term
This artist was nicknamed il tenebroso for his use of dark shadows
Definition
Caravaggio
Term

He was the leading scultor of the Baroque Era

Definition
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Term
Dates of the Classical Era
Definition
1750-1825
Term
This composer of the Magic Flute performed concerts throughout Europe as a young boy
Definition
Mozart
Term
The composer wrote the Heiligenstadt Testament to his brother
Definition
Beethoven
Term
These were the leading Neoclassical artists
Definition
David & Ingres
Term
Dates of the Romantic Period
Definition
1825-1900
Term
The leading Romantic Artist
Definition

Delacroix

Term
The composer of Symphine Fantastique, dedicated to the actress Harriet Smithson
Definition
Hector Berlioz
Term
The Composer of A German Requiem
Definition
Brahms
Term
This man's music dramas and use of "endless melody" revolutionized opera
Definition
Richard Wagner
Term
The composer of the expressionist opera Salome
Definition
Richard Strauss
Term
The "father" of Impressionim in music
Definition
Claude Debussy
Term
The "father" of Serialism in music
Definition
Arnold Schoenberg
Term
Le six belonged to this musical style/period
Definition
Neoclassicism
Term
Igor Stravinsky's three periods
Definition
Russian, Neoclassic, serial
Term
This musician/insurance broker composed The Unanswered Question
Definition
Charles Ives
Term
This American composer's music is called populism, music for the common man
Definition
Aaron Copland
Term
This black composer wrote ragtime, a forerunner of jazz
Definition
Scott Joplin
Term
This American composer fused elements of classical, jazz, and popular music
Definition
George Gershwin
Term
The impressionist artists
Definition
Pissaro, Sisley, Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir
Term
This artist's style is called pointallism
Definition
George Seurat
Term
This artist was the leading surrealist
Definition
Dali
Term
The foremost composer of the 20th century
Definition
Ives, Copland, Gershwin
Term
Foremost artist of the 20th century
Definition
Picasso
Term
The three main sections of the sonata allegro form
Definition
Exposition, Development, Recapitulation
Term
The arched rondo form
Definition
ABACADAEADACABA
Term
The minuet form
Definition
ABA
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