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Term
SOCIALIST REALISM
Definition
in a socialist state, ie Stalin Russia, it is the promotion of the idea that the government is the best and that you are living in utopia. Reflects in the art, and helps regimes sustain themselves
Term
Dramatic realism
Definition
a style of writing that asserted itself in the late 19th century and focused on realistic experiences within the drama.
Connected with Verdi, who was looking for new kinds of realism in his operas
Term
Impressionism
Definition
Impressionism in music was a movement in European classical music, mainly in France, which appeared in the late nineteenth century and continued into the beginning of the twentieth century from 1875 to 1925.

connects to Impressionist painters who preferred color over line, which translates to music

Debussy is the classic example of impressionist composer
Term
radical primitivism
Definition
return to simplicity
Term
Modernism
Definition
artistic movement of the early 20th century based on the conviction that the new must be as different as possible from the old.
Term
Nationalism
Definition
the use of musical ideas or motifs that are identified with a specific country, region, or ethnicity, such as folk tunes and melodies, rhythms, and harmonies inspired by them
Term
Objectivism
Definition
- Stravinsky famously called his octet a musical object and stated the interpreter
- “Music is an abstract play of sounds and nothing more”
- Stravinsky thought the interpreter is not the performer, the composer was, and that the performer is just the executant.
Term
neoclassicism
Definition
style that emerged in the 1910s/20s, characterized by a return to the tonal idom, conventional genres and forms, the ideal of absolute music, conciseness of expression, and a general tendency toward transparent textures, lighter orchestration, and small ensembles
Term
Expressionism
Definition
broad artistic movement of the early 20th century that sought to give voice to the unconsious. the expressionists were concerned with delving into your soul
Term
minimalism
Definition
Artistic movement that emerged in the early 60s, relying on multiple repetitions of small units that differ only slightly or are varied only gradually over long stretches of time
Term
Postmodernism
Definition
aesthetic attitude that emerged in the last third of the 20th century, embracing the past (including modernism) but often in an eclectice manner, synthesizing a variety of approaches in a single work. Postmodernist composers felt obliged neither to avoid nor use tonality or atonality, conventional forms, and established genres.
Term
waltz
Definition
dance music in triple meter
Term
March
Definition
genre of music originally intended to keep soldiers in formation during movement, characterized by duple meter & steady tempo
Term
Bel Canto
Definition
italian for "beautiful singing", a term used to describe a style of Italian opera in the first half of the 19th century that emphasized lyrical melodic lines, legato phrasing, and a seemingly effortless vocal technique
Term
cabaletta
Definition
fast closing section of an aria
Term
endless melody
Definition
one of Wagner's concepts
Term
Tristan chord
Definition
-ambiguous chord
-F7#11#9 no third
-very famous, books have been written about it
Term
klezmer
Definition
a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe.
Term
Arch form
Definition
symmetrical structure within which a unit of music progresses toward a midpoint and then more or less retraces its steps.
Term
complex metert
Definition
odd time signatures such as 5/4 and 11/4
Term
Golden ratio
Definition
a proportion that occurs naturally as well as unconsciously in music because it "feels" right. Approx .618
Term
Extended technique
Definition
a term used in music to describe unconventional, unorthodox, or non-traditional methods of singing or of playing musical instruments employed to obtain unusual sounds or timbres.
Term
Atonality
Definition
melodic/harmonic idiom first cultivated in the early decades of the 20th century, characterized by the abscence of a tonal center
Term
polytonality
Definition
use of one key simultaneously
Term
prepared piano
Definition
a piano that has had its sound altered by placing objects on the string or hammer
Term
aleatory
music
Definition
music where some/all of the composition is left to chance
Term
oratorio
Definition
Genre of vocal music similar to pera in its musical elements (recitatives, arias, choruses), but performedwithout staging/costumes. Most revolved around religious subjects, but some are written on secular themes
Term
tinntinabuli
Definition
using extremely consonant chords to generate the sound of bells through the over tones that they create
Term
ragtime
Definition
style that grew out of traditions of African American dance and flourished at the end of the 19th century and in the early decades of the 20th. usually in duple meter and has a lot of syncopation
Term
habanera
Definition
a genre of popular cuban dance music of the 19th centur
Term
cakewalks
Definition
dance developed from the "Prize Walks" held in the late 19th century, generally at get-togethers on slave plantations in the Southern United States.
Term
Victor Hugo, Le roi s'amuse
Definition
a play written by Victor Hugo in 1832. While it depicts the escapades of Francis I of France, censors of the time believed that it also contained insulting references to King Louis-Philippe and banned it after one performance.[1] The lawsuit that Hugo brought to permit the performance of the play propelled him into celebrity as a defender of freedom of speech in France.
Term
Claude Monet,Impression: Sunrise
Definition
a painting by Claude Monet. It gave rise to the name of the Impressionist movement.
Term
H.W.
Longfellow,
Song
of
Hiawatha
Definition
It is loosely based on the legends and ethnography of the Ojibwe and other Native American peoples. In overall conception, Longfellow's poem is very much a work of American Romantic literature, not a representation of Native American oral tradition.
Term
S.
Mallarmé, Afternoon of a Faun
Definition
a well-known work and a landmark in the history of symbolism in French literature. It describes the sensual experiences of a faun who has just woken up from his afternoon sleep and discusses his encounters with several nymphs during the morning in a dreamlike monologue.
Term
James Joyce, Ulysses
Definition
Considered one of the most important works of Modernist literature,[1] it has been called "a demonstration and summation of the entire movement"
Term
Edvard
Munch,
The
Scream
Definition
Famous expressionist painting
Term
Georg
Büchner,
Woyzeck
Definition
Buchners unfinished and most famous play, Woyzeck, was notable as a literary work because the main characters were members of the working class. Published posthumously, it became the basis for Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck which premiered in 1925
Term
Eisenstein
and
Prokofiev,
Alexander
Nevsky
Definition
a 1938 historical drama film directed by Sergei Eisenstein. It depicts the attempted invasion of Novgorod in the 13th century by the Teutonic Knights of the Holy Roman Empire and their defeat by Prince Alexander, known popularly as Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263).
Term
Andy
Warhol,
Green
Coca-­‐Cola
Bottles
Definition
exampele of serial form & minimalism
Term
Reggio & Glass,
Koyaanisqatsi
Definition
consists primarily of slow motion and time-lapse footage of cities and many natural landscapes across the United States
Term
Leitmotiv
Definition
A melodic passage or phrase, especially in Wagnerian opera, associated with a specific character, situation, or element.
Term
Gesamtkunstwerk
Definition
a work of art that makes use of all or many art forms or strives to do so.
Term
Festspielhaus
Definition
an opera house north of Bayreuth, Germany, dedicated solely to the performance of operas by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner.
Term
Sprechstimme
Definition
"speech-voice" a style of vocal declamation that lies midway between speech and song. assoc. with schoenberg & berg
Term
“Age of Rossini and Beethoven”
Definition
first 3 decades of the 19th century - these were the two preeminent composers - Rossini in opera and Beethoven in instrumental music
Term
en pointe
Definition
dancing on the tips of your toes
Term
Frère
Jacques
Definition
french nursery melody traditionally sung in a round
Term
Ballets russes
Definition
"The russian ballets". Directed by Sergei Diaghilev, it is regarded as the greatest ballet company of the 20th century.
Term
Sergei Diaghilev
Definition
Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, from which many famous dancers and choreographers would arise.
Term
“Second Viennese School”
Definition
group of composers that included Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern
Term
serial form
Definition
repetition & patterns in art
Term
Jelly Roll Morton
Definition
an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer who started his career in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Term
LISTENING:
-slow medium tempo,
-inst intro,very delicate intro lots of strings->vox come in
SCORE:
-Andante, 3/4, Emaj
-Piano reduction
-for voice & orch
-dynamics
Definition
Una cove poco fa (from the barber of seville) by G. Rossini
Term
LISTENING:
-majestic happy med fast inst intro->vox: lots of "figaro" and "lalala"
-italian
SCORE:
-piano vocal reduction
-scored for voice & orchestra
-Allegro vivace, 6/8 time
Definition
Largo al factotum (from the barber of seville) by G. Rossini
Term
LISTENING:
-vox come in, states title in first line
-driving inst background
-2 voices (one m one f)
-slows in middle
SCORE:
-C time, Emaj, Allegro
-3 lines (1 vox+piano reduction for orch)
-lots of movement in orch
Definition
Un di, se ben rammentomi - Act III from Rigoletto by G. Verdi
Term
LISTENING:
-slow,recognizable intro, feat strings then horns come in, slowly builds
SCORE
:Andantino, Amaj,6/8 then switches to 3/4,Dmaj
-waltz is mostly quarters/eighth notes, 6/8 is mostly 32nd & 8th notes
Definition
On the beautiful blue danube by J. Strauss
Term
LISTENING:
-sounds very marchy
-energetic, driving
SCORE
-6/8,Ebmaj,3 lines (2 treble 1 bass)
-lots of horns
Definition
King Cotton by J.P. Sousa
Term
LISTENING:
-slow mysterious strings, haunting
-arabic vibe
SCORE
-3/8, Bb, allegreto
-large score
-held notes in winds, more movement in strings
Definition
Danse Arabe by Tchaikovsky (from nutcracker)
Term
LISTENING
-upward/downward piccolo sweeps in beginning
-call/response between high and low
-light
SCORE
-C time,Bb,Allegro moderato, 2 flutes,1 pic,2 clariniets,1 bass clar,cornet,glock,2 violin,viola,cello,bass
-higher inst play very high
-low inst play medium/low range
Definition
Dancse Chinoise by Tchaikovsky (from nutcracker)
Term
LISTENING
-fast driving strings, festive
-danceable
SCORE
2/4,Gmaj,larger score,tempo di trepak, molto vivace
Definition
Danse Russe by Tchaikovsky (from nutcracker)
Term
LISTENING
haunting slow intro
pause
dynamics
SCORE
-6/8,C,larger score,"langsam und schmachtend."
-sparse beginning, builds and gets more complex
Definition
Prelude (from tristan und isolde) by wagner
Term
LISTENING
moving intro swells&gets faster & builds til vox come in
-6/8
-movement in strings
Definition
Isolde! Tristan! Act 1 scene 2 (from tristan und isolde) by wagner
Term
LISTENING
-slow soulful intro very relaxing tranquil
-horn & strings
SCORE
-Largo,Db,C time
-starts with half notes in horns then strings come in
Definition
Largo(second movement) (from symphony #9 in Em from the new world) by Dvorak
Term
LISTENING
-begins with minor Frere Jacques
-haunting, slow, builds slowly
-builds to medium 4/4 slightly more upbeat
SCORE
-4/4,F, slow, "feierlich und gemessen,ohne zu schleppen"
-starts w 2 lines, contrabass & timp, then adds more inst
Definition
Symphony no 1 in D maj, third movement by Mahler
Term
LISTENING
-starts w/ dark haunting solo flute
-orch comes in rubato
SCORE
-9/8,Emaj,starts w 3 flutes
-adds more trhoughout, switches to 12/8
Definition
Prelude to an afternoon of a faun by Debussy
Term
LISTENING
-solo piano
-starts w/ whole tone, searching sound
SCORE
-2/4,C, "modere" eighth notes =88
-lots of dynamic markings
Definition
Voiles from Preludes, Book I by Debussy
Term
LISTENING
-solo piano
-ragtime feel
-upbeat, happy
SCORE:
-Eb,2/4,Allegro giusto
-lots of movement in left hand
Definition
Golliwog's Cakewalk from Children's Corner Suite by Debussy
Term
LISTENING
-English vox & piano
-"I think there must be a place..."
-starts med slow and builds in tempo/intensity
SCORE:
-3 lines, C,4/4
-lots of movement in left hand
Definition
The things our fathers loved by Ives
Term
LISTENING
-starts w strings drone
-atonal trumpet plays over the strings
SCORE:
-flutes,trpt,strings
-4/4,C,largo molto sempre
Definition
The unanswered question by Ives
Term
LISTENING
-haunting, delicate horns intro
-lots of elias
-builds in tempo/volume
SCORE
-starts in 4/4,C, Lento
-changes time signatures a few times
-7voices
Definition
Introduction, Rite of Spring by Stravinsky
Term
LISTENING
-heavy, dark 8th notes in strings
-syncopated horn hits
-builds in intensity and randomness
SCORE:
-2/4,Eb, tempo giusto
-lots of movement throughout the score
-at times all strings have same 8th part
Definition
Augurs of Spring, from Rite of Spring, by Stravinsky from the
Term
LISTENING:
-piano sweeps, eerie sounding
-sounds like the wind in a scary movie
SCORE:
-Tempo rubato
-bass clef
-uses letters and lines to dictate how the strings should be swept/struck
Definition
The Banshee by Cowell
Term
LISTENING
-starts w atonal xylophone,
strings come in searching
-drones in timp
SCORE
-adagio ca 66,4/4,C, tempo markings
Definition
Music for Strings,Percussion, and Celesta 3rd movement by Bartok
Term
LISTENING
-haunting atonal flute/vox
SCORE
-2 lines,flute and vox
-6/4,C,"sehr langame"
-vox say "de kranke mod"
Definition
Sick moon from pierrot lunaire by schoenberg
Term
LISTENING
-Vox/piano
-Vox says "crosses first line" THE TITLE
-atonal heavy piano, flute&strings comes back in
haunted
SCORE
Klavier &recitation
C time, c, langsame
lots of movement in left hand
Definition
the crosses from pierrot lunaire by schoenberg
Term
LISTENING
-vox says title first word "o alter duft"
-haunting vox/piano/clar/strings
SCORE
-4/4,C, "Bewegt", 5 lines + klavier
Definition
O alter duft from pierrot lunaire by schoenberg
Term
LISTENING:
-starts w trills
-very spacy, dissonant
SCORE
-"sehr langsam"
-3/4, C, lots of ppp and pp
Definition
Five Pieces for String Quartet No.4 by Webern
Term
LISTENING
-strings start w/ big gliss
-vox says "langsam, wozzeck, langsam!"
-then descends in madness, dissonance in strings
SCORE
-piano reduction, 2/4, C
-"sehr maBige Viertel"
Definition
Langsam, Wozzeck, Langsam! Act 1 scene 1 from Wozzeck by Berg
Term
LISTENING
-loud intro
-russian vox
-flute unison w/ vox
-slow middle
SCORE:
-"allegro risoluto"
-2/2,Eb, "arise ye russian people"
-large score
Definition
Prokofiev's "Arise, People of Russia" from Alexander Nevsky
Term
LISTENING:
-OUT clarinet, strings, piano
-searching quality
-clar and violin dancing around each other
SCORE:
-violin,clar, violincello, piano
-"bien modere, en poudroiement harmonieux
-3/4, Bb
Definition
1st Movement: Liturgy of Crystal (from Quartet for the end of time)- Messiaen
Term
LISTENING
-repeated rhythmic patterns & themes
-string quartet
-minor
SCORE
-allegretto
-time signature changes from 2/2 to 3/4 in first 4 bars
-Bb
Definition
String Quartet No. 8, Third Movement by Shostakovich
Term
'LISTENING
-"let us sleep now" first line
-choir & vox
SCORE
-call/response between choir and tenor/baritone voices
-2/4, A
-"very quiet till the end"
Definition
War Requiem: "let us sleep now" by Britten
Term
LISTENING
very staccato, prepared piano
sounds like acoustic dubstep, glitchstep
SCORE
-piano
-2/4, C, quarter note=152
-time signature changes btwn 2/4 and 3/4
Definition
our spring will come by john cage
Term
LISTENING
-very minimalistic
-loop based
-constant hi c on the piano
-major
SCORE
-53 seperate one measure patterns (numbered)
Definition
In C by Riley
Term
LISTENING:
-soft VOX
-repetition
SCORE:
4 part vocals (S,a,t,b)
-"O Weisheit"
-A, but No time sig
-lots of 2 part harmony in all 4 parts
Definition
O Weisheit (O Wisdom) by Part
Term
LISTENING
ragtime
solo piano
SCORE:
-"tempo di marcia"
-2/4, Ab
lots of 16th notes, steady 8th note pulse in left hand
Definition
Maple leaf rag by scott joplin
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