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Intro to Music History
An introduction into the history of classical music.
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Music
Undergraduate 2
04/26/2012

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20th Century
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1900-Present
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20th Century Composers
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Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Copland, Bartok, and Gershwin
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Absolute Symphony
Definition
A symphony composed with the sole purpose of sharing the music. No extramusical sources
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Atonality
Definition
Lacking a key or tonal center (Schoenberg)
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Bach was famous for . . .
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His fugues
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Baroque Composers
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Vivaldi, Bach, Handel
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Baroque Time Period
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1600 - 1750
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Beethoven was famous for . . .
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his symphonies
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Chopin was famous for . . .
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his piano music
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Classical Composers
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Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
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Classical time Period
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1750-1820
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Exoticism
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Music that focused on creating sounds and impression not native to one's country.
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Expressionism
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Music used to create specific emotions.
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Handel was famous for. . .
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his oratorios
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Haydn was famous for. . .
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his string quartets
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Impressionism
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Music centered on portraying and image
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Impressionist Composers
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Debussy
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Liszt was famous for. . .
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his tone poem
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Mozart was famous for. . .
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his operas
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Nationalism
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A movement in music in the 19th century in which composers sought to emphasize indigenous qualities in their music by incorporating folk songs and native scales.
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Neo-classicism
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A 20th century movement that sought to return to the musical forms and aesthetics of the Baroque and Classical eras.
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Polyrhythms
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two or more distinct rhythms sounding simultaneously
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Polytonality
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Two or more distinct keys or tonalities sounding simultaneously.
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Primitivism
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a movement away from the urban settings. The Music was very Earthy and primitive.
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Program Music
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A piece of instrumental music, usually for symphony orchestra, that seek to re-create in sound the events and emotions portrayed in some extramusical source.
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Renaissance Composers
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Josquin Desprez and Palestrina
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Renaissance Time Period
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1450 - 1600
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Romantic Era Composers
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Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Berlioz, Verdi, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Brahms
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Romantic Time Period
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1820-1900
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Russian 5
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Borodin, Cui, Balakirev, Rimsky-korsakov, and Musorgsky They were centered in St. Petersburg and their aim was to write purely Russian music.
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Schubert was famous for . . .
Definition
his lieder
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Serialism (12 tone method)
Definition
The backbone of the music is the repetition of some musical element such as pitch, dynamics, or rhythm, which is repeated in a logical and mathematical pattern.
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Symphonic Poem (tone Poem)
Definition
a one movement work for orchestra of the Romantic era that gives musical expression to the emotions and events associated with a story, play, political occurrence, personal experience, or encounter with nature. (lacks text) (Liszt)
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Tchaikovsky was famous for . . .
Definition
his ballets
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Virtuoso
Definition
an instrumentalist or singer with a highly developed technical ability.
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Wagner was famous for. . .
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his musical dramas
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