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MusicLit-20th&19thCentury
Study Guides plus some music theory
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Undergraduate 1
12/06/2007

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rock n' roll

where did it come from and who's a prominent composer?
Definition
early came from jazz

Chuck Berry
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What was rock n' roll's characteristic sound?
Definition
drums, electric guitars, double bass

written as dance music

pointed words and shout singing
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What was the importance of Strawberry Fields Forever?
Definition
first use of electronics to manipulate the vocals
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Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club And was important because...
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it was the first song to come with lyrics
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define "free jazz"
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jazz that blurred lines between solo and accompaniment, eliminated standard elements of them, fixed meters, chord progressions, and tonality
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Who were Ornett Coleman and Miles Davis?
Definition
Leaders in free jazz and exploring jazz styles
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What was fusion/jazz fusion?
Definition
A mix of rock n' roll and jazz
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Impressionism

composer and definition
Definition
Debussy

uses color and blurs harmony, rhythm, and harmony
Term
Whole Tone Scale

C&D
Definition
Debussy

scale with all whole steps
Term
Pentatonic scale

C&D
Definition
Debussy

M2, M2, m3, M2, m3
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octatonic scale

C&D
Definition
Liszt and Debussy

M2,m2, M2, m2, M2, m2
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primitivism

C&D
Definition
Stravinsky

abandon triadic harmony, voice leading, and M or m diatonic scales, rhythm important
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quartal harmony

C&D
Definition
Ives

chords built on 4ths
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polytonal harmony
Definition
contrasting triads, each set of instrumental group plays own chord
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ragtime

C&D
Definition
Joplin

duple, 8 or 16 bar units, syncopation with steady beat, AABBACCDD
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jazz
Definition
is more of an approach, no true definition, approach with intonational freedom, rhythmic freedom, lots of improv
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blues
Definition
lament, sad, blues note, 12 bar blues form
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12 bar blues form
Definition
I-1234 IV-12 I-34 V-12 I-34

4/4
Term
blues note
Definition
low leading tone, 3 and 7
Term
vamp
Definition
a short progression of chords that can be repeated until the entrance of voice
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verse and chorus
Definition
verse- 16 measures that end on a half cadence

chorus-32 bars, 8A, 8A, 8B(bridge), 8A
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bridge
Definition
connects A themes
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song form
Definition
came from swing

8A, 8A, 8B, 8A
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scat singing

C&D
Definition
Ella Fitzgerald

using nonsense syllables and syncopation on pitch, using voice as instrument of band
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swing

c&d
Definition
duke ellington

hard meter, avoided cadences and downbeats, big bands, rhythm very important
Term
country
Definition
rustic, played with instruments that could be played outside

grand ole opry born from it
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atonal
Definition
pieces which lack a tonal center
Term
serial composition

C&D
Definition
Schoenberg

use all 12 notes before repeating any

used chart which gave all possible combinations
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prime, inversion, retrograde, retrograde inversion
Definition
prime-row played straight across
inversion-switch direction of all leaps of prime
retrograde-prime backwards
retrograde inversion-inversion backwards
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aleatory music
Definition
used chance in music
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bluegrass
Definition
acoustic string ensemble with strings plucked instead of strummed, beat anticipated, singers sing in the upper end of their registers
Term
synthesized electronic sound
Definition
milton babbitt

Midi files, used electronic devices to adjust sound, forbidden planet
Term
Grand Ol Opry
Definition
Jimmy Thompson

brought country music to radio, became an institution and launched many careers
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West Side Story
Definition
Leonard Bernstein's

Sondheim libretto, gritty and realistic

Highly Choreographed
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Prelude a l' Apresmidi d' un faune
Definition
Debussy's beginning of impressionism

lots of sevenths, parallel fifths, and no theme
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the cage
Definition
about a leopard in a cage

uses quartal harmony

ives
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le sacre du printemps
Definition
Stravinsky

Primitivism
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Maple Leaf Rag
Definition
Rag written in ragtime style

Joplin
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It Don't Mean a Thing
Definition
Swing style

Ellington

blue note
Term
Pierrot lunaire
Definition
atonal Schoenberg work
Term
Roll Over, Beethoven
Definition
Chuck Berry

rock n' roll

limited melodic range, I & V chord progressions, formal structure and rhythms repetitive
Term
Debussy
Definition
Impressionism, had no pupils, but many impersonators
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Ives
Definition
Went to school for music, then did insurance, then invented quartal harmony and dealt in impressionism

not famous during his lifetime
Term
Stravinsky
Definition
3 periods

Russian-extreme chromaticism
Neoclassical-greater economy of both means and expression
Serialist-used serial composition
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Joplin
Definition
most famous AA composer of his time and most famous ragtime composer of his time

wanted to do operas

Maple Leaf Rag
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Ellington
Definition
Large in Big Band

Wrote Swing and Big Band pieces
Greatest jazz composer of time
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Ella Fitgerald
Definition
Very talented and famous big band, scat, blues, and jazz singer

ease to her singing
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Bartok
Definition
folk music
Term
Schoenberg
Definition
3 stages

Early-advanced chromaticism
Middle-atonal
Late-serial composition
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Babbitt
Definition
used combinatorial in one of his pieces
Term
Cage (composer)
Definition
Electronic, Aleatory*, and Percussion
Term
Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley
Definition
Rock n' roll artists

suggestive body language while performing

paved way
Term
Beatles
Definition
Strawberry Fields Forever

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

used electronics and non-western instruments along with orchestra
Term
treemonisha
Definition
opera written by joplin
Term
historicism
Definition
when composers embrace the forms and styles of earlier generations while presenting them in an original way
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absolute music
Definition
music for musics sake
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program music
Definition
music with an outside story
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nationalism
Definition
composers being very proud of there countries of origin, using styles and themes native to their country
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symphony
Definition
beethoven was king

getting very large, and end all of instrumental forms
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idee fixe
Definition
berlioz used it in his symphonie fantastique
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concerto oveture
Definition
leonore oveture

overtures of operas being performed alone
Term
study romantic
Definition
do it
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concerto
Definition
soloist separate entity

composer/instrumental virtuoso era

still 3 movements, fast, slow, fast
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lied
Definition
german name for song
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song cycle
Definition
songs grouped together to tell a story

schubert
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minstrel songs
Definition
Foster

made fun of AA, white men in black face
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parlor songs
Definition
like lieds but performed in parlors of people's homes
Term
melodie
Definition
big in france, like french song

first french song cycle which led to orchestral song, written by Berlioz
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tempo rubato
Definition
give and take in tempo

chopin
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character piece
Definition
song for just piano
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bel canto
Definition
literally beautiful singing, a vocal technique that emphasizes lyrical melodic lines, legato phrasing, and seemingly effortless vocal technique
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Rossini, what opera
Definition
Barber of Seville

Also, has aria and cabaletta, begins slow and ends with a lively conclusion
Term
Grand Opera and opera comique
Definition
grand emphasized story lines drawn from historical subjects and typically featured very lavish stages, ballets, and choral numbers
long and 5 acts, sung in french

Opera Comique
not comic, allowed for spoken dialoge and less emphasis on ballet, stage design, and crowd scenes
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Gesamtkunstwerk
Definition
Gesamtn, meaning synthesized
kunst, meaning art
werk, meaning work

all pieces able to be independent, but also great together, music and drama should be mutually motivating
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leitmotiv
Definition
motives associated with certain things, but change as the thing or person changes
Term
tristan chord
Definition
F, B, D#, G#

from rigoletto
Term
stabrheim
Definition
staff rhyme

initial and internal sounds of two or more different words is where the rhyme scheme happens
Term
operetta
Definition
like small scale opera, partially musical theatre, lighter, gilbert and sullivan
Term
quadrille, waltz, polka
Definition
popular dances to which music was put during the 19th century
Term
Grand Galop
Definition
lively end to a night of dancing, people held each other tight and ran in a circle
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dance and march form
Definition
dance: periodic phrase structure, 4 or 8 measure units, ABA

march: units of 4, 8, 16, and 32 measure s
Term
ballet
Definition
theatrical dance

tchaikovsky-sleeping beauty, nutcracker, swan lake
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symphonic poem
Definition
listz coined, is a concert overture written for concert hall and not for a show
Term
klezmer music
Definition
steady oompah bass with rhythmically free winds above
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nationalistic elements in symphonies
Definition
Tchaikovsky

Heinrich, Columbiad: Grand American National Chivalrous Symphony
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