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instrumental music free of a text of a preexisting program
- no extramusical function |
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a pattern of accompaniment whereby, instead of having the pitches of a chord sound all together, the notes are played in succession to provide a continual stream of sound
- classical |
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elaborate lyrical song for solo voice
- part of opera |
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"lied," genre of song for voice and piano accompanied with high artistic aspirations
- Franz Schubert
- Romantic era
- Earl King |
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music without tonality, key center
- 20th centruy popularity with Arnold Schoenberg |
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Russian ballet company of early 20th century
- led by Sergei Diaghelev |
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small ensemble of at least 2 instrumentalists who provide a foundation for the above melodies
- from Baroque period |
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| opera house in the town of Beyreuth, Germany, constructed exclusively for the music dramas of Richard Wagner |
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| a style of singing and a type of Italian opera derived in the 19th century featuring beautiful tone and technique of human voice |
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| set of 6 concerti grossi composed by J.S. Bach between 1711 and 1720 |
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| in concertos, a showy passage for a soloist |
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| literally means "something sung" |
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| instrumental music performed in small concert hall with just one performer per part |
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| avant-gard technique for randomly composing music |
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brief work used to capture a single mood
- favored in Romantic era |
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originated in 18th century, as common man's opera, portraying everyday characters and situations, goes by different name regarding to location
- buffa
- comique
- ballad opera
- singspiel |
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| instrumental genre in which one or more soloists play with and against a large orchestra |
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| variation in Baroque era where small group of soloists plays in turn with full orchestra (tutti) |
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| 2 section aria in which initial part is returned to |
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| collection of instrumental dances, each with its own distinct rhythm and character |
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| seven notes that make up a scale |
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| double exposition form (solo concerto) |
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first orchestra and then soloist present primary thematic material
- classical period |
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| sounds produced by computers and electronic devices |
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| ancient Chinese two stringed fiddle |
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| practice piece designed to develop technique |
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| designed by Lully, containing 2 sessions (1st slow and in duple meter with dotted rhythm, second fast with fast triplet meter) |
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| three, four, or five parts played or sung by voices or instruments, has one subject that is repeated and imitated |
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german for total art work
- designed by Wagner |
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| type of counterpoint in which lines frequently use imitation |
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| brief, distinctive unit of music designed to represent a character, object, or idea |
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| four to five voices on love song, secular popular music |
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| holding one vowel for a long time in singing |
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| modern music that takes one small amount of music and repeats it a lot to form composition |
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| moderate 3/4 dance with six step patterns (no up beat) |
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| chorus piece to a religious setting |
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| term used for mature operas of Wagner |
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| sounds recorded, like nat sounds |
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| twentieth century music returning to older styles |
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slow, introspective music on piano
- often 3/4, arpegiated, dissonant and mysterious |
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Baroque opera
- serious, historicl and mythological subjecs
- da capo arias and lengthy overtures |
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| large scale piece (sacred) using methods of opera without costumes or scenery |
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1) Kyrie
2) Gloria
3) Credo
4) Sanctus
5) Agnus Dei |
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| early polyphony of church from ninth to thirteenth century |
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| introcuctory movement that precedes opera |
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| two or more rhythms sounding simultaneously |
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| two or more independent lines sounding simaltaneously |
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| varying parts of mass (changeable) |
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opera speech to tell the story
- uses a narrow range |
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| cycle of four interconnected music dramas by Wagner that collectively tell the tale of Germanic legend Der Ring des Nibelungen |
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five nationalistic Russian composers
1) Gorodin
2) Cui
3) Balakirev
4) Rimsky-Korsakov
5) Musorgsky |
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| rapid, jovial work in triple meter often used in place of minuet in string quartet or symphony |
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| modernist composers centered around Arnold Schoenberg in Vienna |
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| instrumental work for small ensemble |
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| multi movement work for solo instrument, or instrument with keyboard accompaniment |
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form involving an exposition, development, and recapitulation
- from classical period |
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| collection of several songs united by a common textual theme or literary idea |
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| speech-like German vocals using approcimate pitches |
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| chamber music with 2 violins, chello, and viola |
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| stanzaic text, repeated anew for each stroph |
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| ordered set of instrumental pieces in one key, intended to be played in a single sitting |
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one movement work for orchestra giving emotions, expressions to story, play, political occurance
- romantic era |
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| genre of instrumental music for an orchestra with several movements |
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sharp, abrupt changes in dynamics
- Baroque period |
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| density and disposition of musical lines making up compositions |
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| ensemble of four performers in baroque period |
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