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| A sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying |
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| The sounding of two or more musical notes at the same time in a way that is pleasant or desired |
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| Tonal center or final resolution tone |
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| A sequence of notes organized by a fundamental frequency or pitch |
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| A scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third, fourth, seventh and eighth degrees |
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| A diatonic scale having a half step between the second and third degrees and any of several interval arrangements above the fifth |
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| A rhythmic pattern defined by the subdivision of beats. Can be categorized as simple, compound, or complex |
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| The way the melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic materials are combined in a composition |
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| Lacking a clear tonal center |
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| How 20th century composers began to break from tradition & name of the movement: |
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| They began experimenting with form, tonality and orchestration as well as began stretching the definition of what music was, itself. The movement was known as modernism. |
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| How technology affected music in the 20th century: |
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| Amplification made it possible to play music to larger crowds, recording technology improved drastically, and transportation allowed for fans to travel all over the world to see their favorite artists. |
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| This composer drew from American folksongs, jazz and the culture of the Appalachian Mountains: |
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| This inspired "Revueltas": |
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| Patriotism and Mexican folklore |
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| The street with the highest concentration of musicals performed in the United States: |
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| Broadway Street, Manhattan NY |
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| What John Corigliano wrote and where his inspiration come from: |
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| Naked Carmen and it was inspired by Bizet’s Carmen |
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| What Sheng incorporates into his music: |
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| He incorporated his Chinese heritage folk music into western idioms. |
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| The types of art movements related to the early 20th century: |
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| Modernism, Post-modernism, Expressionism, Neo-classicism, Neo-Romanticism, Avant Garde |
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| The compositional techniques Stravinsky uses in The Rite of Spring: |
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| Polyharmonies, polyrhythms, polytonality, changing meters |
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| The Rite of Spring is this kind of work (Genre): |
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| The musical genres that are precursors to Jazz: |
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| Blues, plantation songs, ragtime, west African music |
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| The first African-American blues singer to sing with an all-white orchestra: |
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| Some pieces of technology that affected music in the 20th century: |
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| Gramophone, computer, synthesizer, radio, recording devices |
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| The composer known as the “Dean of African-American Composers” because he was the first African-American composer to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra and an opera performed by a major opera house: |
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| The name of the literary, artistic and sociological movement in northern Manhattan: |
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| Inspiration (in general) of each movement of Still’s Suite for Piano and Violin: |
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| The name of George Gershwin’s opera with the famous aria called “Summertime”: |
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