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05/12/2011

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Term
Mary Queen of Scots
Definition
Thea Musgrave
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Blue Beards Castle
Definition
Bartok
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Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Definition
Heitor Lobus
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Wozzeck
Definition
Alban Berg
Term
Zeitmasse
Definition
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Term
Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Definition
Krsysztof Penderecki
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Carmina Burana
Definition
Carl Orff
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Le Marteau sans maitre
Definition
Pierre Boulez
Term
Glassworks
Definition
Phillip Glass
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A London Symphony
Definition
Ralph Vaughn Williams
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Appalachian Spring
Definition
Aaron Copland
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Stepping Stones
Definition
Joan Tower
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Symphony, Op. 21
Definition
Webern
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Three Places in New England
Definition
William Schuman
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Dances of Galanta
Definition
Zolton Kodoly
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The Firebird
Definition
Igor Stravinsky
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Ionisation
Definition
Edgar Varese
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Ancient Voices of Children
Definition
George Crumb
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Porgy and Bess
Definition
George Gershwin
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Notjustmoreidlechatter
Definition
Paul Lansky
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City Life
Definition
Steve Reich
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Adagio for Strings
Definition
Samuel Barber
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George Washington Bridge
Definition
William Schuman
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The Ghosts of Versailles
Definition
John Corgliano
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Pierrot Lunaire
Definition
Arnold Schoenberg
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The Roots of the Moment
Definition
Pauline Oliveros
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Peter and the Wolf
Definition
Sergei Prokofiev
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Banshee
Definition
Henry Cowell
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Mathis der Maler
Definition
Paul Hindemith
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Peter Grimes
Definition
Benjamin Britten
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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Definition
Sergei Rachmominoff
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The Age of Gold Ballet
Definition
Dmitri Shostakovich
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La voix Humaine
Definition
Francis Poulens
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West Side Story
Definition
Leonard Berstein
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Amahl and the Night Visitors
Definition
Gian Carlo Movotti
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Quartet for the End of Time
Definition
Oliver Messiaen
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Primitivism
Definition
using Non-Western (other countries) music and style
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Neo-Classicism
Definition
went back to classical principals (refers to the baroque period, mainly Bach and Handel)
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New Nationalism
Definition
Went deeper than romantic nationalist, deeper research into folklore and music
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Expressionism
Definition
deeper emotions (distorted and irrational), music tended to be atonal and serial.
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Neo-Romanticism
Definition
back towards realism and tonality, back to romantic style
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Quartal harmony
Definition
Harmonic system with chords built in fourths
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Dodecaphonic
Definition
The free use of all 12 tones around a tonal center
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Polyrhythmic
Definition
Use of 2 or more rhythmic or metrical patterns at once
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Polychord
Definition
A vertical combination of notes having more than one tonal center
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Pandiatonicism
Definition
Free use of all 7 notes of the diatonic scale
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Polymetric
Definition
Changing meters
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Secundal harmony
Definition
Harmonic system with chords built in seconds
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Polytonal
Definition
Playing in more than one key at a time
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Was the 20th century orchestra larger or smaller than that of the Romantic era?
Definition
Smaller
Term
One of Stravinsky's first teachers was one of the "Great Russian Five". Which one of the five did he study
with?
Definition
Rimsky-Korsakov
Term
One of Prokofiev’s most popular compositions is a work used to help introduce young people to the
symphony orchestra. What is the name of the piece?
Definition
Peter and Wolf
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Prokofiev has provided us with the best analysis of the elements of his style. What are these 5 elements?
Definition
Ostinato, neo-classic, scherzo grotesquerier, lyricism, harsh innovation to express powerful emotion.
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In the Classical Symphony , Prokofiev used the music of what composer as a model
Definition
Stravinsky
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Béla Bartok was born in
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Hungary
Term
Bartok was a collection of 153 piano works which he began as a teaching method for his son. The name of
this collection is
Definition
Mikrokosmos
Term
Ives is known as a "quotation" composer. What does that mean?
Definition
He quotes other composers in his pieces
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Bartok is best known to the public by the 3 major works of his last period. Name the works:
Definition
Music for strings, perc., and celesta, concerto for orch, 3rd piano concerto
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Who was the composer responsible for developing the twelve-tone method?
Definition
Arnold Schoenberg
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Sprechstimme
Definition
Melody is spoken at approximate pitches
Term
An original 12 tone row may be manipulated in three different ways:
Definition
Inversion, retrograde, retrograde-inversion
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Who were the 2 disciples of Schönberg who followed his example by writing serial music?
Definition
Alban Berg, Anton Webern
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What does the term "klangfarbenmelodie" mean
Definition
no instrument can play more than 2 notes of the melody
Term
A group of six French composers
Definition
les six
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Name the three most well known composers of les six
Definition
Francis Poulens, Arther Honegger, Darius Milhaud
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Gebrauchsmusik
Definition
Utility Music, music for the sake of music
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Composer of Gebrauchsmusik
Definition
Paul Hindimeth
Term
What American composer incorporated folklore elements (cowboy songs, Mexican rhythms, New
England and Quaker Hymns) in his music
Definition
Aaron Copland
Term
Know as “the king of ragtime
Definition
Scott Joplin
Term
What does the term "aleatoric" music mean?
Definition
Chance music, roll of the dice
Term
Europeans labeled music in new forms and idioms (a new means of expression) with a term that
translates to "the new garde". What is the term?
Definition
Avant Garde
Term
What composer steadfastly maintained that art is the ideal expression of religious faith?
Definition
Oliver Messiaen
Term
Music made up of natural sounds and disc recordings that were altered by changing the playback
speed was labeled
Definition
Musique concrete
Term
repetition of melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns with
very little variation.
Definition
Minimalistic
Term
In many Eastern African cultures, music was based on what scale?
Definition
pentatonic
Term
The tunes played by Eastern African drum ensembles come mostly from where
Definition
Uganda
Term
Much of the African music is transmitted through an oral tradition. Explain what this means.
Definition
Music is passed down through people rather than in writing
Term
The music of India is based on melodic formulas called
Definition
Ragas
Term
The music of India is based on rhythmic formulas called
Definition
Talas
Term
The complexity of African music is quite remarkable, often combining several rhythms at the same time,
creating a kind of rhythmic
Definition
Polyrhythms
Term
Stravinsky
Definition
Symphony of Songs
Term
Stravinsky
Definition
Symphony in C
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Stravinsky
Definition
Rake's Progress
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Stravinsky
Definition
Firebird
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Stravinsky
Definition
Petrushka
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Stravinsky
Definition
Rite of Spring
Term
Prokofiev
Definition
Peter and the Wolf
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Prokofiev
Definition
Lieutenant Kiji
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Prokofiev
Definition
The Classical Symphony
Term
Prokofiev
Definition
Romeo and Juliet
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Prokofiev
Definition
The Love of Three Oranges
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Shostakovich
Definition
Symphony No. 5
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Shostakovich
Definition
Festive Overture
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Shostakovich
Definition
The Age of Gold (ballet)
Term
Rachmoninoff
Definition
3 symphonies,4 piano concertos, many piano solos
Term
Britten
Definition
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
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Britten
Definition
War Requiem
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Britten
Definition
Peter Grimes
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Ralph Vaughn Williams
Definition
Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis
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Ralph Vaughn Williams
Definition
A London Symphony
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Ralph Vaughn Williams
Definition
Fantasia on Greensleeves
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Bartok
Definition
Mikrokosmos
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Bartok
Definition
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
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Bartok
Definition
Concerto for Orchestra
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Bartok
Definition
Blue Beard's Castle
Term
Kodoly
Definition
Dances of Galanta
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Kodoly
Definition
Hary Janos
Term
Orff
Definition
Carmina Burana
Term
Hindemith
Definition
Mathis der Maler
Term
Hindemith
Definition
Hin und Kuruck (as a palindrome)
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Hindemith
Definition
Symphonic Metamorphosis
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Hindemith
Definition
Symphony in Bb for concert band
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Berg
Definition
Wozzeck
Term
Berg
Definition
Lulu
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Berg
Definition
Violin Concerto
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Poulens
Definition
La viox humaine
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Poulens
Definition
Dialogues des Carmelites
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Poulens
Definition
La Memelles de Tiresias
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Honegger
Definition
Pacific 231
Term
Honegger
Definition
La Roi David
Term
Milhaud
Definition
La Creation du Monde
Term
Copland
Definition
Appalachian Spring
Term
Copland
Definition
Rodeo
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Copland
Definition
El Salon Mexico
Term
Copland
Definition
Fanfare for the Common Man
Term
Gershwin
Definition
Rhapsody in Blue
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Gershwin
Definition
An American in Paris
Term
Gershwin
Definition
Porgy and Bess
Term
Barber
Definition
Adagio for Strings
Term
Barber
Definition
Vanessa
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Barber
Definition
School for Scandal
Term
Shuman
Definition
New England Tryptich
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Schuman
Definition
George Washington Bridge
Term
Movotti
Definition
Medium
Term
Movotti
Definition
Amahl and the Night Visitors
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Movotti
Definition
The Consul
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Ives
Definition
Concord Symphony
Term
Ives
Definition
Wrote 4 symphonies.
Term
Villa-Lobos
Definition
Bachianes Brasilerias #5
Term
Bernstein
Definition
West Side Story
Term
Bernstein
Definition
Jeremiah Symphony
Term
Bernstein
Definition
On The Town
Term
Bernstein
Definition
Candide
Term
Corigliano
Definition
The Naked Carmen
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Corigliano
Definition
The Ghost of Versailles
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Corigliano
Definition
AIDS Symphony
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Floyd
Definition
Susannah
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Floyd
Definition
Of Mice and Men
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Floyd
Definition
Cold Sassy Tree
Term
Stockhausen
Definition
Zeitmasse
Term
Boulez
Definition
Le Marteau sans Maitre
Term
Penderecki
Definition
Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Term
Varese
Definition
Ionization
Term
Crumb
Definition
The Ancient Voices of Children
Term
Cowell
Definition
The Tides of Manaunaun
Term
Cowell
Definition
Lilt of the Reel
Term
Lansky
Definition
Notjustmoreidlechatter
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Lansky
Definition
Six Fantasies on a Poem By Thomas Campion
Term
Glass
Definition
Glassworks
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Glass
Definition
Einstein On The Beach
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Reich
Definition
Drumming
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Reich
Definition
City Life
Term
Musgrave
Definition
Mary, Queen of Scots
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Tower
Definition
Stepping Stones
Term
Messiaen
Definition
Quartet for the End of Time
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Messiaen
Definition
Hymn to the Holy Sacrament
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