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MUH2012
Final Review
20
Music
Not Applicable
12/05/2010

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Music is:
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The art that uses tones
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the four qualities of tones are
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timbre, loudness, pitch, and duration
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rhythm
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element of style produced by the arrangement of durations in music
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scoring allows composers to control the
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timbre
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Period of enlightenment, late 18th century, is what period in music?
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classic period
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most important aristocratic dance of 18th century (1700s)
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the Minuet
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concerns for artist in the Romantic Period were
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love, death, supernatural, patriotism, and nature
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harmonic dissonance
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used by 20th century composers to give harsh, edgy quality to music
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most important composer of ballet music in late 19th century
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Tchaikovsky
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Russian composer who wrote swan lake
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Tchaikovsky
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German word for song
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Lied
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piece in which stanzas are all sung to same music is in what form?
Definition
strophic
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sacred scripture book of 150 songs
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Psalms
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Musical mass consists of how many sections of the Mass liturgy used at every observance of the service?
Definition
5
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Mass for the Dead is known as the
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Requiem
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which instrument comes in two sizes: smaller in B flat, and larger in A.
Definition
the Clarinet
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on a string instrument, two tones can be produced at once using the technique
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double-stopping
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A work for solo instrument and orchestra
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concerto
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libretto is
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words written for a song
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a performer on the trombone can produce two pitches at a time, also called
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mutliphonics
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