Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Graduate Music History
Study guide for Grad History test 1
284
Music
Graduate
02/08/2017

Additional Music Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Romantic Period
Definition
1815-20th Century, upheaval in Europe after Classical, 2 major trends: Industrialism and Nationalism, middle class influenced music, individual thought, extremes of emotion
Term
Delecroix
Definition
French painter, Lady Liberty leading in the Charge, shows Nationalism, depictions of war
Term
Gericault
Definition
painter; Raft of the Medusa
Term
Religion in Romantic period
Definition
loosing grip, more interest in occult and supernatural, art "replaced" religion, music most important of arts
Term
Programmatic Music
Definition
Music that tells a story
Term
Lied/Lieder
Definition
German song, written with verses or strophic
Term
Durchkomponiert
Definition
Music thorough-composed
Term
Song Cycle
Definition
Lieder strung together
Term
Franz Schubert
Definition
1797-1828, worked in Vienna, reclusive, most depressing music sold the best, contracted syphilis, drank liquid mercury, never composed at piano, over 600 Lieder composed, used Goethe poems, composed Gretchen am Spinnrade
Term
Piano in Romantic
Definition
more common in homes, women played, lessons taken
Term
Robert Schumann
Definition
1810-'56, music critic, tore tendons in hand, founded The New Journal for Music, married Clara Schumann, died in mental institution, wrote "character pieces"
Term
Florestan
Definition
Robert Schumann's extroverted personality
Term
Eusebius
Definition
Robert Schumann's Introvert personality
Term
Davidsbund
Definition
Robert Schumann's club of personalities
Term
Frederyk Chopin
Definition
1810-'49, born in Poland, , frail, lung diseases, could not process protein or fat, could not play forte on piano, moved to Paris, relationship with George Sand, became Polish hero due to his fame and use of Polish themes, used rubato, composed Mazurka in Bb Major, Op. 7, No.1
Term
Franz Liszt
Definition
1811-'86, ascending & descending octaves, "rockstar" of the piano, first to play by memory and play in large concert hall, vain, influences piano position due to his "right" face, 1839-'47, ~1000 concerts played through Europe, Turkey, Russia, diet of raw oysters and coffee
Term
Niccolo Paganini
Definition
great violinist, "deal with the devil", flexible hands, locked in room for 12 hours, liquid mercury caused toothlessness
Term
Opera in Romantic
Definition
Entertainment for everyone, middle class channeled in money for opera houses, nationalism big theme, overtures could be played alone
Term
Gioachino Rossini
Definition
1792-1868, established lyrical tradition, "leap-year baby", only child of failed musicians, "little Adonis", photographic memory, ~18 y.o first opera, worked fast, composed in bed, wrote for singers based on their strengths, later composed "Sins of My Old Age", William Tell and Barber of Seville overtures, combined opera seria and buffa, Bel canto, composed Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act 1, No. 7: Una voce poco fa
Term
Bel Canto
Definition
Rossini, "beautiful voice", lyrical style of singing
Term
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Definition
Written in 13 day, 1st performance was failure, featured "Rossini crescendo"
Term
Carl Maria von Weber
Definition
1786-1826, Germany, pianist, innovated instrumental music, Constanze cousin, died of tuberculosis, Wolf's glen, Der Freischutz: gothic libretto, "The Sharpshooter/Sniper"
Term
Late Romantic Period advancements
Definition
~1850 US and Europe leading, railroad established, new tech.: telephone, lights, metronome, life expectancy, political and social reforms, opera's nationalism grew, valves, bigger concert halls, Italy opera tradition
Term
Giuseppe Verdi
Definition
1813-1901, tied into Italian nationalism, active in resistance movement, "Viva Verdi" rally call, continued Bel Canto tradition, composed La Traviata, Act III
Term
Giacomo Puccini
Definition
1855-1924, continued traditon of lyric opera, fast cars and fast women, cigar smoker, throat cancer, La Boheme reflects his life, Nessun Dorma - Turandot, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Gianni Schicchi
Term
France in Romantic Period
Definition
took longer to embrace opera tradition, opera comique (similar to buffa, burlesque opera) and grand opera (cast of 800, large orchestra)
Term
Georges Bizet
Definition
1838-1924, Paris conservatory at ~10 y.o, known as a pianist, Carmen set in Spain (exoticism), died of heart attack,
Term
Russia in Romantic Period
Definition
Czar abolished serfdom, split between between composers of tradition and new music, Tchaikovsky ballet
Term
The Russian Five
Definition
promoted Russian nationalism in their music: Balakirev, Borodin, Cui, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Mussorgsky (Pictures at and Exhibition and Boris Godunov
Term
Richard Wagner
Definition
1813-'83, revolutionized opera with chromatisism,ground work for 20th century, first positions at opera companies, 1st wife disgusted by Wagner, left him for a soldier, came back, but marriage was not good, ship ride to England inspired Der Fliegende Hollander (the flying Dutchman), later returned to German, wrote Lohengrin in Vienna (has wedding march) and Tannhauser , called operas "musical dramas", composer Tristan und Isolde: Act 1, Scene 5
Term
Wagner in Vienna
Definition
State opera was most prestigious job, Hans von Bulow was conductor, met cosima
Term
Cosima Liszt von Bulow Wagner
Definition
1837-1930, originally married to Bulow, secret affair with Wagner, became preg. by Wagner, Bulow did not want divorce so scandal continued, later divorced bulow and married Wagner after 3 pregnancies
Term
Wagner's Grandchildren
Definition
Dressed in Wagnerian clothes, were named after Wagner's operas
Term
Gesamtkustwerk
Definition
Total art work, encompasses all works
Term
"Crazy" King Ludwig
Definition
Heard Wagner's opera, assumed throne at ~18 y.o, famous for draining treasury to build castles, like Neuschwanstein, Wagner manipulated him, Ludwig gave money to Wagner for his debts and dedicated a town to him called Bayreuth and the Festspielhaus (festival House) for Wagner's productions
Term
Festspielhaus
Definition
Opera house funded by King Ludwig for Wagner's productions, had the lastest technology, covered orchestra pit underneath stage which cut dynamics in half for singers, uncomfortable seats to keep people awake, electricity
Term
Wagner's liberettos
Definition
Wrote his own, based on German mythology and history, took the idee fixe from Berlioz and called it lietmotiv
Term
Lietmotiv
Definition
Wagner's melody for a person, thing or emotion
Term
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Definition
Opera written by Wagner about the meistersinger Hans Sachs
Term
The Ring Cycle
Definition
Set of 4 operas - Das Rheingold: Volton makes ring for Nieblungs and puts in Rhein river, the human Siegfried gets ring, goes on adventure; Die Walkurie: daughters of Volton, one falls in love with Siegfried; Siegfried: based on ring bearer; Gotterdammerang:"Twilight of the Gods", revenge for ring
Term
Wagner's Operas
Definition
removed previous opera items (recit., aria, etc.), endless melody
Term
Endless Melody
Definition
endless line of music that uses chromatisicm used by Wagner
Term
Trisan und Isolde
Definition
paved way for the 20th century, lots of chromaticism and endless melody, Tristan chord
Term
Tristan Chord
Definition
F, B, D#, G#
Term
Wagner's Writing
Definition
prolific writer of prose on arts, politics, etc. "expert" in all areas, Wagner Societies appeared after his death and studied his prose writing
Term
Hitler and Wagner
Definition
Hitler took Wagner's ideas to heart, people of Bayreuth "taught" him how to be a politician, wrote "Mein Kampf" which was a paraphrasing of Wagner's ideas
Term
Triumph des Willens
Definition
One of the 1st Nazi propaganda films, shows Wagner's Influence
Term
Instrumental Advancements in Romantic Period
Definition
Orchestras increased, more trained musicians, London, New York Philharmonic, European and American major orchestras, Orch. size +90 player, woodwinds made of metal, keys added for dexterity and projection, piccolo, bassoon, saxophone, tuba came on the scene, brass inst. added valves, strings added metal strings with stronger boards, dynamic levels increased
Term
Hector Berlioz
Definition
1803-'69, Father of the Modern Orchestra, developed size of orch. and what it could do, affluent family, studied flute and guitar, played tin-whistle, asked inst. to do other things, enrolled as doctor, but decided to go to Paris Cons., ~20 y.o composed and won composition competitions, composed Symphonie Fantastique "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath" Movement 5
Term
Symphonie Fantastique
Definition
1830, traces of Harriet infatuation, premier was considered "diabolical", shows orchestra expansion with Eb clarinet, 4 horn and basson parts, tuba part played by Ophicleide
Term
Symphonie Fantastique Movement 1
Definition
Daydreams and Passions: Existing, Harriet motive Idee Fixee
Term
Symphonie Fantastique Movement 2
Definition
Ball, Social dance, Waltz
Term
Symphonie Fantastique Movement 3
Definition
Scene in the Country, dialogue conversation with Harriet, call and response with oboe and later Eng. Horn and timpani
Term
Symphonie Fantastique Movement 4
Definition
March to the Scaffold, dreams something takes Harriet, she is murdered, he is on his way to the guillotine, before blade comes down hears Idee Fixee, plop of head
Term
Symphonie Fantastique Movement 5
Definition
Witches' sabbath, celebrate his death, distorted Idee Fixee, tolling bells for carried out sentence, Dies Irae melody (used in funerals), tied into Rom. occult interest, strings use bow to emulate skeleton bones
Term
Harriet Smithson
Definition
Actress, stalked by Berlioz who wrote pieces that "featured" her, eventually married Berlioz, later divorced for Rom. period suffrage
Term
Felix (Bartholdy) Mendelssohn
Definition
1809-'47, family was Jewish, antisemitism caused father to convert to Lutheranism for less Jewish name, Bartholdy was distant family name, 1st recital at 9, composing ~13, sister Fanny published under his name due to female restrict., all genres except opera, wrote opera in soprano Jenny Lind's name, died from stroke, Elijah in English and German text, composed Violin Concerto, Movement 1 (written for Ferdinand David)
Term
Choral Music
Definition
more amateur and professional singers and choirs, new market with new music, choral societies with dues, choral festivals, Rom. composer writing music for choir
Term
Musicology
Definition
New field invented in 1850, complete works of past composers catalogued and easily accessible
Term
Johannes Brahms
Definition
1833-'97, credited Beethoven for inspiration, cello teacher stole his cello, had to work in bars to support family, not best of times in bars, heard many different types of music from bars, friends with Schumanns, fell in love with Clara, made living as conductor, pianist, royalties, disliked Wagner's chromaticism, did not use prog. music, Red Hedgehog favorite bar, intimidated by Beethoven, did not write symphonies (4) until 40 y.o, composed Symphony no. 4, Movement 4
Term
Gustav Mahler
Definition
1860-1911, worked in Vienna, conducted NY Philhar., conductor of Vienna State Opera, known for 9 symphonies, inspired by natl'ism, 1st Sym: fragments of Austrian folk song; 2nd Sym: based on Austrian folk song
Term
Richard Strauss
Definition
1864-1949, snuck score of Tristan und Isolde into house, symphonic tone poems and operas, most famous sym. tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra, works became more chromatic due to familiarity with Wagner, 1911 appointed to high art post in the Reich, wrote Olympic Hymn in 1936, wrote Oboe concerto after meeting Sgt. John Delancy, composed Don Quixote, Op. 35
Term
Symphonic tone Poem
Definition
Large scale symphony, no seperate movements, tells a story, Examples: Don Juan, Death and Transfiguration, Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Quixote)
Term
Salome
Definition
Strauss's opera, Libretto by Oscar Wilde
Term
Elektra
Definition
Strauss, insane hatred and revenge
Term
Rosenkavalier
Definition
Strauss, "Roses and Cavalier", 1911, comic opera
Term
Pure or Absolute Music
Definition
non-programmatic music
Term
French Impressionism
Definition
Started in Art with Claude Monet, experimental with painting, "hazy, luminous pictures", more detail from farther away
Term
Impressionism in Music
Definition
getting rid of boundaries in music, less structure in music with lack of cadences, pieces not based on proper diatonic scale (not "resolving"), mixed meter or hard to tap to
Term
Claude Debussy
Definition
1862-1918, Paris, 10 y. o Paris Cons. with piano and composition, wrote differently than Wagner after hearing his music, wrote piano and orch. music, collaborated with Diaghilev, La Mer, Nuages = clouds, died in WWI bomb, composed Nocturnes, No. 1 Nuages
Term
Impressionism
Definition
Outward
Term
Expressionism
Definition
Inward
Term
Atonal Music
Definition
Music without a tonal center
Term
Nijinsky
Definition
Cast as Faun in Debussy's Prelude
Term
Ballet Russe
Definition
Diaghilev's Ballet company
Term
Prelude a L'Apres-midi d'un faune
Definition
Prelude to an afternoon of a faun, Claude Debussy
Term
Maurice Ravel
Definition
1875-1937, born in Bask region (b/t Fr. and Spain), father invented version of combustible engine and "whirlwind of death", idolized Rimsky-Korsakov, met Debussy who introduced him to Diaghilev, wrote ballets Daphnis and Chloe, wrote text on how to Orchestrate, orchestrated Pictures at an Exhibition, Bolero composed as experiment to test instrumentation, taxi accident, killed by brain surgery,
Term
[image]
Definition
Alban Berg: Wozzeck, Op.7 Act III; 1917-22, Opera, oversized meters, German, chromaticism
Term
[image]
Definition
Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21 No.13 Enhauptung; 1912, tone poem, sprechstimme (notes with "x's" on stems)
Term
[image]
Definition
Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos No.23, Staccato and Legato; 1926, 1932-39, Etude, only atonal piano piece, in 2/4
Term
[image]
Definition
Claude Debussy: Nocturnes, No.1 Nuages; 1897-99, symphonic poem, in 6/4, hautbois, Timbales
Term
[image]
Definition
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Movement 1; 1844, violin concerto, E minor
Term
[image]
Definition
Franz Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade; 1814, Lied, flowing piano line, German, "Kuss"
Term
[image]
Definition
Frederyk Chopin: Mazurka in Bb Major, Op.7, No.1; 1831, Mazurka (dance), piano, in 3
Term
[image]
Definition
George Crumb: Black Angels Thirteen Image from the Dark Land Image 4 Devil Music; 1970, Electric string quartet, "romantic-phantastic style", tremelos,
Term
[image]
Definition
George Crumb: Black Angels Thirteen Image from the Dark Land Image 5 Danse macabre; 1970, electric sting quartet, "grotesque, satirical", dies irae
Term
[image]
Definition
Giochino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia Act1, No.7 Una voce poco fa; 1816, Comic opera, violin has 32nd grace notes
Term
[image]
Definition
Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata, Act III; 1853, opera, Italian, duet (V. & A.)
Term
[image]
Definition
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Dream of a Witches' Sabbath Movement 5; 1830, symphony, tremelos and 32 notes with 32 rests in strings
Term
[image]
Definition
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Danse des adolescentes; 1911-1913, Ballet, violin stops, atonal, syncopation
Term
[image]
Definition
Johannes Brahms: Symphony no.4, movement 4; 1884-85, Symphony, in 3, starts with dotted half notes
Term
[image]
Definition
John Adams: Doctor Atomic Act 1, conclusion, Batter my heart; 2005, opera, only English one, swelling strings, 4/4 and 12/8 in beginning,violin in staccato and triplets
Term
[image]
Definition
John Cage: Sonata V; 1946-48, Suite for prepared piano, sounds "tribal", notation font on score looks "bold"
Term
[image]
Definition
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; 1897, Tone poem, violincello solo, engl. horn
Term
[image]
Definition
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Act 1, Scene 5; 1865, opera (or music drama), very chromatic, German, T.,
Term
Second Viennese School
Definition
Group of composers comprised of Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Anton Webern (Haydn, Brahms, etc. 1st school)
Term
Arnold Schoenberg
Definition
1874-1951, Vienna, composed by imitation, controversial music, atonality, expressionism, painter, Theory Harmony textbook, Jewish, fired during Nazi regime, music attacked, left Germany in mid-1930s, taught at UCLA, fear of #13, 1st works similar to Wagner (tonal, but chromatic), composed Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21 No.13 Enhauptung
Term
Entartete Music
Definition
"degenerate music", any music not following German tradition
Term
"emancipation of dissonance"
Definition
Schoenberg, run towards and embrace dissonances
Term
Polychords
Definition
"many chords", one chord in one key with a second chord in another key
Term
Polymelody
Definition
Melody sung in one key with chords in another key
Term
Sprechstimme
Definition
Half-singing/half-speaking, used in Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, a note with an "x" on the stem
Term
Serialism
Definition
New system to write atonal music, 12 random notes governed in rows in an order; twelve-tone), used by Schoenberg in his Piano Suite to break away from old norms
Term
Alban Berg
Definition
1885-1935, 2 atonal operas: Lulu in 12 tone and Wozzeck in atonal, composed Wozzeck, Op.7, Act III
Term
Anton Webern
Definition
1883-1945, works were only a few measures long, used klangfarbenmelodie, , killed by American soldier while having a smoke after end of war
Term
Klangfarbenmelodie
Definition
Tone color melody with short bursts of sound and melody, used by Anton Webern
Term
Igor Stravinsky
Definition
1882-1971, Russia, piano at 9 with theory, Rimsky-Korsakov teacher, moved to Paris, 1939 U.S., affair with Coco Chanel, used polyrhythms and rhythmic complexity, worked with Diaghilev, 1920s Neoclassical period (pieces sounded like Mozart; Pulcinella written in this period), later focused on atonal music, composed Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Danse des adolescentes
Term
Polyrhythms
Definition
More than one melody at a time
Term
Three ballets by Igor Stravinsky
Definition
Firebird 1910, Petroushka 1911, Le Sacre du Printemps 1913
Term
What are the Four operas in The Ring Cycle?
Definition
Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Seigfried, Gotterdammerung
Term
Name three operas by Puccini.
Definition
La Bohme, Madame Butterfly, Turandot (or Tosca, Gianni Schicchi)
Term
Who’s Brahms’ friend who died 9 months prior?
Definition
Clara Schumann
Term
Schumann’s personalities?
Definition
Florestan and Eusebius
Term
Who is the “Father of the Modern Orchestra”?
Definition
Hector Berlioz
Term
Who are the “Russian Five”?
Definition
Balakiev, Borodin, Cui, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky
Term
Town famous for Wagner’s operas?
Definition
Bayreuth
Term
Italian school of opera singing
Definition
Bel canto, introduced by Rossini
Term
Name an opera by Strauss
Definition
Elektra, Salome, Rosenhavalier
Term
Who did Mendelssohn write his violin concerto for?
Definition
Ferdinand David
Term
Who was George Sand?
Definition
Female author who used a male name, relationship with Frederyk Chopin
Term
Mazurka
Definition
Polish folk dance with emphasis on 3, Frederyk Chopin wrote them
Term
post-WWI
Definition
Society unsure about future, economy ruined, 1929 stock market crash, influenza, resentment for war winners in music, "degenerate music" attacked, immigration to U.S. transformed society
Term
Bela Bartok
Definition
1881-1945, Hungarian under German occupation, outspoken against regime, moved to U.S., used nationalism and heritage to influence music, ethnomusicologist, ~20s used recorder to record voices, influenced by Gypsy music
Term
Ethnomusicology
Definition
Study of music outside of European tradition, Bela Bartok, composed Mikrokosmos: No. 23, Staccato and Legato
Term
Soviet Union
Definition
Only few could work as musicians, totalitarian regime (government controls life)
Term
Josef Stalin
Definition
dictator, responsible for ~200 mil deaths, tried to manipulate public image with doctored photos, created NKBD or KGB which enforced law, state dictated music and performers, music used for propaganda
Term
Agriculture System of Collected Farmers
Definition
Under Stalin, all farmers had to join collectives, caused famine and starving
Term
Gulag System
Definition
Under Stalin, concentration camp, around factory in Siberiaa, people given huge quota, harsh winters and living conditions, ~3-4 wks lifespans in system, small %age criminals
Term
Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
Definition
Gulag system survivor, escaped and got to U.S., wrote about Soviet Union in Gulag Archipelago
Term
Gulag Archipelago
Definition
Written account of the Soviet Union by Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, one of first accounts that the West had of the Soviet Union
Term
Serge Prokofiev
Definition
1891-1953, came to U.S. with family at young age, missed Russian hardships, went back to Russia in 1933, wrote music that Stalin liked, was not as restricted as other composers, not truly representative of Russian music
Term
Dmitri Shostakovitch
Definition
1906-1975, music = autobiog., piano @ 9, composing @ 13, music conservatory, would go to prof. home to be taught if prof. was absent, supported family by playing piano for silent films after father's death due to farmer policy, writer friend committed suicide which truly affected him, Lady Macbeth opera est. him internat'lly, played for 2 yrs. in Russia, later U.S., was successful, but Stalin was revolted by the opera, withdrew it, and wrote bad review (review caused 4th sym. to be pulled), Shosta. found way to please Stalin, but kept his own themes and ideals prevalent in his music, 5th sym. used to oppose Stalin, Wrote autobiography in 1970,
Term
Muddle Instead of Music
Definition
Josef Stalin's review criticizing Shostakovitch and his music after seeing Lady Macbeth
Term
Testimony
Definition
Autobiography written by Shostakovitch in 1970 about his life that was to be published after his death
Term
American composers
Definition
Most studied in Europe through 1800s, so "American style" did not appear for a time as music sounded European
Term
Charles Ives
Definition
1874-1954, Rich from insurance position, music not popular, used polytonalities (which were not as popular), one of first to use American culture in his music, composed General William Enters into Heaven which was based on The Blood of the Lamb gospel tune
Term
Aaron Copland
Definition
1900-1990, composing ~10-11, opera ~11, studied music in France with Nadia Boulanger who encouraged him to stay true to American roots, pioneered children concerts, one of first broadcasters on the radio "The Prairie Journal", blacklisted by FBI during Red Scare, Famous for ballets, collab. with Martha Graham in Appalachian Spring
Term
Aaron Copland's ballets
Definition
Rodeo, Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring
Term
Appalachian Spring
Definition
Ballet by Aaron Copland, collab. with Martha Graham, tells story about the Shakers religious sect, based on Shaker melody "Simple Gifts"
Term
20th Century Technology
Definition
Mass produced recordings available, recorded pieces would be short, radio, economic boost after WWII, more access to music = more music schools and education, music portable, teens interested in music, soul, gospel, jazz new popular genres
Term
Music Innovations in 20th Century
Definition
Use of atonality, new sounds, textures, used instruments to make new sounds, microtones, harmonic, and multiphonic, scores looked different
Term
Microtones
Definition
20th century music technique that slightly bends pitch
Term
Harmonic
Definition
20th century music technique, one note played with different timbre, bang keys, hum and play at same time
Term
Multiphonic
Definition
20th century music technique, more than one pitch out of a note
Term
Aleatoric
Definition
Chance music, blueprint given for music and elements left up to chance; never played the same way twice
Term
John Cage
Definition
1912-1992, Los Angeles, studied piano, but liked sight-reading more, studied in Europe, came back to U.S. and studied with Schoenberg, avant-garde composer, Concerto for Typewriter, prepared piano, 4.33, composed Sonata V
Term
Prepared Piano
Definition
20th century music technique, John Cage, obstructing piano strings with objects to make new sounds
Term
George Crumb
Definition
b.1929, taught at Penn, instruments used new techniques, wrote in protest of Vietnam War in 1970 with Black Angels (used Dies Irae), composed Black angels: Thirteen Images from the Dark Land, Image 4: Devil Music / Image 5: Danse marabre
Term
Electronic music
Definition
1950s, synthetic, 1st electronic studios appear, composers could control aspects of music and new timbres created, new sounds good, but eliminated need for live performers
Term
Krzysztof Penderecki
Definition
b. 1933, Polish composer, music used in The Shining, most famous piece was Threnedy (tribulte for someone who died) for the Victims of Hiroshima, 52 str. instruments, used etended technique, wanted to create moments after bomb dropped
Term
Minimalism
Definition
After 1970, used small motive repeated over and over, used in Adams Dr. Atomic
Term
John Adams
Definition
b. 1947, Studied at Harvard left and went to San Fran., composed Nixon in China (based on Nixon and his willingness to work with China), On the Transmigration of Souls, composed Doctor Atomic: Act 1, conclusion, "Batter my Heart"
Term
Antiquity
Definition
Anything that existed before the birth of Christ
Term
Mesopotamia
Definition
Place of musical organization, culture, achievement first kinds of writing
Term
Aulos
Definition
Predecessor to the oboe with a face mask (Phorbein) with two pipes and two reeds
Term
Bucina
Definition
A Large brass instrument that wrapped around the body
Term
Carnyx
Definition
Brass instrument; had "mouth attachment" used for intimidation
Term
Lyre
Definition
An early harp-like instrument
Term
Kithara
Definition
A large harp-like instrument related to the double-bass
Term
What was special about Greek music?
Definition
It tied in with poetry, astronomy, and was monophonic
Term
What early music educator thought only certain types of music were acceptable and complex rhythms were not?
Definition
Plato
Term
Who is credited with writing the first music theory book with rhythm of music based on rhythm of words?
Definition
Aristoxenus
Term
What student of Plato's thought that music was for enjoyment?
Definition
Aristotle
Term
Who wrote the Fundamentals of Music, which described music from Antiquity?
Definition
Boethius
Term
Musica Humana, Musica Mandana, Musica Instrumentales
Definition
Humans, Universe, Instruments
Term
When did the Middle Ages occur?
Definition
400-1000 A.D.
Term
Fief
Definition
Small village of 40-50 people with church in center where most of life would be spent
Term
What building was the dominant force in the Middle Ages and would be the place of education and spread of music?
Definition
The Church
Term
What king merged the churches, unified a certain area, and was illiterate?
Definition
Charlemagne (768-884)
Term
For whom was the Gregorian chant named (came to him from God in the form of a dove)?
Definition
Pope Gregory I (540-604)
Term
What were the early forms of notation called?
Definition
Neumes
Term
What monk invented modern music notation, solfege and the Guidonian Hand and wrote the Micrologus?
Definition
Guido d'Arezzo
Term
What is a Liturgy?
Definition
The order of a church service a.k.a. a program
Term
What was the focal point of the Catholic Church?
Definition
The Mass
Term
What was built bigger than everything else to promote gathering and could take over 100 years to build?
Definition
A Church
Term
What are the parts of the Mass?
Definition
The Ordinary (Introit, Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sancus, Agnus Dei)
Term
What were chants or songs called that were used for specific holidays or events?
Definition
The Proper
Term
What were the Offices of the Church?
Definition
Matins (midnight), Lauds (5am), Prime(6am), Terce (9am), Sext (12pm), Nones (3pm), Vespers (730pm) & Compline (9pm)
Term
How was early text copied down?
Definition
By hand, texts kept within a Missal while chants were collected in a Gradual
Term
What is a collection of chants filled with transcribed pages?
Definition
Liber Usualis
Term
Unison or in response, written in Latin, no big leaps of skips, and monophonic are all characteristics of what type of music?
Definition
Chants
Term
What text setting describes a song where every syllable gets its own note?
Definition
Syllabic
Term
What text setting describes a song where there is more than one note per syllable?
Definition
Melismatic
Term
What text setting describes a combination of one note syllables and many note syllables?
Definition
Neumatic
Term
What is it called when a congregation follows a pattern set by a song leader?
Definition
Psalm Tones
Term
What is it called when you extend a chant's beginning and ending?
Definition
Antiphon
Term
What are melodies added to chants to make them more interesting called?
Definition
Tropes
Term
What is a way to extend chants with melismas called?
Definition
Sequence
Term
What famous woman composer was born in Germany to a wealthy family, raised in a monastery, wrote music at 42, published different works on Sciences, Sexual books, wrote 77 chants, and also composed Ordo Virtutum?
Definition
Hildegard of Bingen
Term
What was the Ordo Virtutum?
Definition
Written by Hildegard of Bingen, it was a "play on morals" with three main characters; happy, sad, and pentative souls
Term
Under Pope John XXIII, what meetings that lasted for several years helped modernize the Church, changed music and languages, and updated attire?
Definition
The Vatican II Council
Term
What were the independent military campaigns called?
Definition
The Crusades
Term
What group of secular musicians performed acts, sold "fix all" potions, juggled, and provided means of communication between towns?
Definition
Jongleues
Term
What were the SOUTHERN French poets who stayed in one place called?
Definition
Troubadours
Term
What were the NORTHERN French poets who stayed in one place called?
Definition
Trouveres
Term
What was a wealthy young man who wrote songs about pleasure called?
Definition
A Golliard
Term
What was the collection of Troubador music called?
Definition
Carmina burana
Term
What kind of plays dealt with love with ,a famous one named "The Play of Robin and Marion" or Jeu de Robin et de Marion-Rondeau composed by Adam de la Halle?
Definition
Musical Plays
Term
What Trouvere wrote polyphonic and monophonic music, was called hunchback, and composed Jeu de Robin et de Marion-Rondeau?
Definition
Adam de la Halle
Term
What were German knight singers called who sang songs about the Crusades called Minnelieder?
Definition
Minnesingers
Term
What was the Medieval violin-like, 5-stringed bow instrument with a drone string called?
Definition
Vielle
Term
What modified Vielle had a hand crank and one drone string and a funny name?
Definition
Hurdy-Gurdy
Term
What was the double reed, oboe ancestor WITHOUT the strap called?
Definition
Shawm
Term
What was the name of the portable organ?
Definition
Organ portativ
Term
What as special about instrumental music during the Middle Ages?
Definition
Instrumental music was not written down, rather it was improvised
Term
What were the earliest forms of polyphony (chants)?
Definition
Organum
Term
What type of organum is a counter melody to another one?
Definition
Discant Organum
Term
What type of organum was "fancy" and had more notes on the top than on the bottom?
Definition
Florid Organum
Term
What cathedral in Paris was the center of organum , had the beginnings of rhythm with long notes being called Longs and short notes being called Breves, and took 100+ years to build?
Definition
Cathedral of Notre Dame
Term
What was the collection of the best organum written by Anonymous IV called?
Definition
Magnus Liber Organi
Term
Who was the composer of organum who came from a monastery credited with writing Viderunt omnes: organum duplum?
Definition
Leonin (Leonius)
Term
Who was considered the greatest organum writer, had a Masters degree from the University of Paris, added parts to existing organum, created organum for 2,3,&4 voices, and is credited with composing Viderunt omnes: organum quadruplum?
Definition
Perotinus
Term
What is the addition to organum to make it more beautiful called?
Definition
Clausula
Term
What is two-voice organum called?
Definition
Organum Duplum
Term
What is three-voice organum called?
Definition
Organum Triplum
Term
What is four-voice organum called?
Definition
Organum Quadruplum
Term
What type of 13th century music was inspired by chants or newly composed?
Definition
Motets
Term
What illness passed by rats between 1347-1351 caused mass death and turn the skin black with boils?
Definition
The Bubonic Plague or Black Death
Term
What war between England and France cause the church to become divided, gave rise to many popes, and was during the period of the invention of glasses and compasses?
Definition
The Hundred Years War
Term
What famous writer fought for France in the Crusades, wrote "The Divine Comedy", and came from an affluent family?
Definition
Dante Alighieri
Term
What English writer, poet, and alchemist, born into a family of wine makers, credited with writing "Canterbury Tales", and is buried in Westminster Abbey?
Definition
Geoffery Chaucer
Term
What New Art combination of secular and sacred music did the rise of secular music bring about?
Definition
Ars Nova
Term
What is rhythm that continues in the bass line called?
Definition
Isorhythm
Term
What is an echo-like alternation of voices in equal dynamics called?
Definition
Hocket
Term
Who was the lead composer in the Ars Nova who survived the Black Death, was one of the first composers to explain composition, and is credited with composing Foy Porter-virelai and Messe de Notre Dame?
Definition
Guillaume de Machaut
Term
Who was the blind man who contracted small pox and incorporated a cadence with a leap of a third at the end?
Definition
Francisco Landini
Term
What is it called when you avoid the tritone by adjusting the music or "false music"?
Definition
Musica Ficta
Term
What does the Landini Cadence do?
Definition
The upper voice decends a step, jumps up a third and then moves to an octave
Term
What was the period of rebirth through 1450 and 1600 that had an eruption of new achievements in both music and art, interests in Antiquity, end of Hundred Years War, invention of the printing press, Protestant Reformation, unity under one Pope and a stable European economy?
Definition
The Renaissance
Term
What was the name of the artist that painted the Sistine Chapel, sculpted the Statue of David, and created the Creation painting?
Definition
Michelangelo
Term
Who was the vegetarian who created "The Last Supper", Mona Lisa, and was an accomplished inventor?
Definition
Leonardo da Vinci
Term
What is the Codex Leicester?
Definition
Leonardo da Vinci's journal with his inventions in code
Term
Who wrote the 1st important book on counterpoint entitled "Liber de arte Contrapuncti" (A book on the art of counterpoint)in 1477?
Definition
Johannes Tinctoris
Term
What kind of counterpoint had voices that echoed each other?
Definition
Imitative Counterpoint
Term
What kind texture had all voices move together in the same rhythm?
Definition
Homophonic texture
Term
What invention had a three stage process for music that printed staves first, then the notes, and lastly, the words making composing much easier and gave composers the opportunity to make more money?
Definition
Printing Press
Term
Who published his first song on the printing press (Harmonie musices odhecaton?
Definition
Ottavino Petrucci
Term
What were some characteristics of English music?
Definition
Use of 3rds, 6ths, consonant music, and syllabic texture
Term
What was the name of the allied territory of England within France during the 100 Years War?
Definition
Burgandy
Term
Who developed a tuning system, was highly educated, a highly regared composer in England, worked for Kings and Queens, was a famous astronomer, composed masses, motetes, and Quam pulchra es?
Definition
John Dunstable
Term
Who was Philip the Bold?
Definition
A Duke of Burgandy who was a patron of the arts and employed Minstrels
Term
Who was the famous composer who had a rough childhood with his father being a priest and his mother being a woman of illrepute, composed both traditional and contemporary music, and composed "Se la face ay pale"?
Definition
Guillame DuFay
Term
What new improvement happened to the Mass?
Definition
It was set to a polyphony
Term
What polyphonic Mass was basically just the Gregorian chant?
Definition
Plainsong
Term
What polyphonic Mass used a motive to create the mass so that the same motive appears later in the mass?
Definition
Mado Mass
Term
What polyphonic Mass, "Fixed melody mass", was the most sophisticated of the three polyphonic Masses?
Definition
Cantus Firmus Mass
Term
Who was considered the most important composer of his time, was born in France as a choir singer, lived as a composer in the Sistine Chapel, worked in Spain, but left because of the Plague, was called "master of all notes, became wealthy through an inheritance, and composed "Mille regretz - chanson"?
Definition
Josquin des Prez
Term
What Franco-Flemish composer worked as a singer in Belgium, was a singer of printed music a.k.a "left-handed singer", and composed Missa Prolationum - Kyrie?
Definition
Jean de Ockeghem
Term
What period in the Renaissance ushered in the founding of the Protestant church to challenge the Catholic church?
Definition
Protestant Reformation
Term
What German man was from a working class family, published 95 Thesis used to challenge the Catholic church, was excommunicated from the Catholic Church founded the Lutheran church, and composed "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"?
Definition
Martin Luther
Term
What did the Lutheran church offer?
Definition
The Liturgy and Bible translated into German and a four-part choral
Term
What is a chorale?
Definition
Newly composed music or a take on an existing melody set to four voices
Term
Who led the longest movement of the Protestants, thought that polyphony distaracted fromt he church, created a collection of psalms called a Psalter, and had first book called "Bay Psalm Book" published int he New World?
Definition
Jean Calvin
Term
What is a collection of Psalms called?
Definition
Psalter
Term
Who was the ruler of England that had 6 wives, joined the Protestant church to gain the ability to divorce his wives, developed consort songs, and was a musician?
Definition
Henry VIII
Term
Who was the important English composer that had a patent on manuscript paper, was the first to write anthems, and composed "Sing Joyfully Unto God"?
Definition
William Byrd
Term
What "Society of Jesus" had young men in priesthood training to convert people to Catholicism?
Definition
Jesuits
Term
What were the series of meetings by the Catholic church where leaders wrote down ways to fight Protestants and wanted music to stay the same and not change to polyphony and imitation called?
Definition
Council of Trent
Term
What composer sang in the Sistine chapel as a boy, spent 40 years at St. Peters, wrote 104 Masses, madrigals, over 300 religious motes, and contribute to saving polyphony within the mass by presenting "Missa Popae Morcelli" to the Council of Trent?
Definition
Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina (or just Palestrina)
Term
What were multi-voiced songs sung on secular subjects that had important text enhanced by music, were through-composed, had an epigram,and included word painting?
Definition
Madrigals
Term
What was music called that had different words and music all the way through?
Definition
Through-Composed
Term
What is it called when a statement is made with a moral at the end?
Definition
Epigrammatic
Term
What composer in Italy composed "Il bianco e dolce cigno"?
Definition
Jacques Arcadelt
Term
What is it called when a composer sets words using dynamics to give the music a point?
Definition
Word painting
Term
What was the highly trained group of women singers sung very lightly and established female composers called?
Definition
Concerto Delle Donne
Term
Who was the prolific composer of madrigals that committed many murders and composed "Io parto e non piu dissi - madrigal"?
Definition
Carlo Gesualdo
Term
What kind of song either features a profane subject or has an innuendo?
Definition
Catch Song
Term
What group of amateur men "master singers" got together to sing and held contests to create new words for a melody?
Definition
Meistersingers
Term
What is it called when words are used in conjunction with music (these were used in Madrigals)?
Definition
Madrigalisms
Term
Who was the most well known Meistersinger?
Definition
Hans Sacks
Term
What "music from the Alps" created in 1588 was a collection of songs that inspired musicians to create madrigals?
Definition
Musica transalpina
Term
What well known composer or madrigals wrote "A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practical Music" to help amateurs to read and write music, and composed "My Bonnie Lass, She Smileth"?
Definition
Thomas Morley
Term
What was the portable predecessor to the guitar commonly used during this period?
Definition
Lute
Term
Who was the leading composer of lute songs that wrote in Lute tablature, composed Airs (designations for songs, and composer "Flow, My Tears"?
Definition
John Dowland
Term
What book described the family of instruments (or consort)?
Definition
Praetorius Syntugma Musicum
Term
What is the predecessor to the trombone with a shorter bell?
Definition
Sackbutt
Term
What is the early double reed instrument with a weird sound called?
Definition
Krummhorn
Term
What is the early violin -like instrument that had 6 gut strings called?
Definition
Viola de gamba
Term
What is the personal keyboard with a soft tamber and a sustained tone?
Definition
Clavichord
Term
What keyboard had a brighter tone with plucked strings, also called a Virginal, Clavecin, or Claricembalo?
Definition
Harpsichord
Term
What became more prominent and served as a social function?
Definition
Dancing
Term
What was the most important center of music and art in Italy that was run by a head Duke or Doge?
Definition
Venice
Term
What church was the center for civic functions and church services?
Definition
St. Mark's Church
Term
What composer was an organist that worked at St. Mark's, wrote polychordal motets (work for large choir of musical instruments), and had most of his music performed by brass instruments in the rafters of churches, and composed Canzon semptini toni a 8?
Definition
Giovanni Gabrieli
Supporting users have an ad free experience!