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Introduction to Western Music
Midterm
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Music
Undergraduate 3
10/03/2010

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Term
What is Music?
Definition
1. existed before written history
2. every culture, regardless of isolation
3. enhances quality of life
Term
duration (rhythm)
Definition
organization of sounds & silences
Term
Frequency
Definition
different rates of vibration (pitch)
Term
Syncopation
Definition
shift from beat to offbeat
Term
Waltz
Definition
triple
Term
polka
Definition
double
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harmony
Definition
several pitches at once (chord)
Term
harmonic progression
Definition
sequence of chords
Term
cadence
Definition
specific sequence ending in a progression
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melody
Definition
series of pitches in sequence
Term
tonal center
Definition
not on which melody seems to begin &/or resolve
Term
scale
Definition
collection of notes in a specific pattern
Term
modulation
Definition
changing key during music
Term
monophony
Definition
one line
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homophony
Definition
one line with harmony (chords)
Term
polyphony
Definition
2 or more melodic lines (counterpoint)
Term
Texture
Definition
arrangement of melody & harmony
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Medieval Era
Definition
(early-1400)
chants, monks, notation, some polyphony for the last 200 years, early notation, monophonic
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Renaissance Era
Definition
1400-1600
Polyphony, use of printing press, homophony for important text, secular
Term
Baroque Era
Definition
1600-1750
polyphony, ornamentation, expansion, bigger
Term
Classical Era
Definition
1750-1820
-Reasoning & Scientific Thinking
-Music is organized & controlled
-emphasis on form
-homophonic
-Crescendo/decrescendo
-better instruments, pianoforte
-larger orchestras
-music becomes lighter & has clearer texture
-becomes organized & controlled
-moving away from multiple layers of polyphony
-more emphasis on harmony
-quality & availability of musicians dramatically improved
-more variety & contrast within a piece
-printing press
Term
Classical Composers
Definition
**MOZART= public concerts- limited to writing what people liked
**HAYDN= Patronage System- worked for wealthy people
Term
Classical Forms
Definition
1. Sonata Allegro Form (Fast)
2. Theme & Variations (Slow)
3. Minuet & Trio (Dance)
4. Rondo (Fast)
Term
Sonata Allegro
Definition
--exposition =
First theme in tonic key
Bridge containing modulation from home key to new key
Second theme in new key
Closing section in key of second them
--Development=
New treatment of themes; modulations to different key
--Recapitulation=
First theme in tonic key
Bridge
Second theme in tonic key
Closing section in tonic key
--Coda
Tonic Key
Term
Theme & Variation
Definition
Theme is first presented and then repeated in different ways
With each new variation there is something new that has been changed – melody, rhythm, harmony, etc.
The main theme is often repeated during a variation
Term
Minuet & Trio
Definition
Triple Meter
Moderate Tempo
A-B-A form
(Minuet – trio – minuet)
Term
Rondo
Definition
Main theme (tonic) returns after other sections
A-B-A-C-A
A-B-A-C-A-B-A (arch form)

Sonata Rondo
A-B-A – development – A-B-A
Term
Romantic Era
Definition
1820-1900
-No Rules!
-rebellion against rules of classicism
-no definite style
-artists did no agree
-Intellectual & artistic movement
-political, economic, & social revolutions
-reaction against enlightment thought
-emphasis on emotion over logic
-BIGGER!
-larger ensembles
-thicker orchestration
-longer melodies
-broader dynamic changes & contrast
-more frequent & unexpected modulation
-sounds more like modern music
Term
Historic events during Romantic Era
Definition
1. French Revolution (1789-1799)
-absolute monarchy to inalienable rights
-violent upheaval- power to middle classes
2. American Revolution (1775-1783)
-Rejection of British Monarchy
-Violent upheaval-power middle class
Term
Romantic Composers & Performers
Definition
composers & performers (often same person)
-Liszt= virtuoso pianist-theatrical performance
-Paganini- virtuoso violinist- amazing technique, influenced composers worldwide & future violinists
Term
Ludwig van Beethoven
Definition
(Bridged from Classical to Romantic) 1770-1827
Classical from 1770-1802
Romantic from 1802-1827
-German
-often credited with virtually creating the Romantic
-responsible for freeing music from the harmonic, rhythmic, & formal constraints of classicalism
-Use of dissonance as functional part of harmony
-use of polyphonic procedures in thematic development
-changed & expanded sonata form & others
Term
Late Romantic Era
Definition
1850-1910
-main focus on emotion & intuition
-mysticism, nature
-technological expansions: railroads, telegraph
-Middle class consumer
-Art, literature, music
Term
Late Romantic Composers
Definition
1. Mahler
2. Strauss
3. Tchaikovsky
4. Puccini
Term
Gustav Mahler
Definition
1860-1911
-often considered most important in Late-Romantic Era
-Austrian Composer/ conductor
-work received with skepticism
-mostly symphonies & songs
-mixed high & low aesthetic values as well as ethnic values as well as ethnic traditions- outraged conservatives
-conducted NY Philharmonic & NY Met @ different times
[Symphony No. 5: Trauermasch]
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Richard Strauss
Definition
1864-1949
-Late-Romantic Composer
-German
-most known for tone poems (one mvt. tells a story or depicts a scene)
-Follower of Liszt, Berlioz, Wagner
[Also Sprach Zarathustra]
Term
Piotor Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Definition
1840-1893
-Late-Romantic
-Nationalistic but not part of Russian Five
-Lyrical melodies, incluenced by slavic modal harmonies of Russian Folk song
-widely popular
-symphonies & ballets
[Tchaikovsky Overture, 1812]
[Nutcracker- Sugar Plum Fairy]
Term
Giaccomo Puccini
Definition
1858-1924
-Late-Romantic
-opera composer
-verismo=everyday subjects less emphasis on traditional subjects & forms
-emotionalism
[Turandot Non Piangere]
Term
Impressionism
Definition
(1890-1920)
-Creates MOOD
-loosely organized group who believed impressions were more important in art than detail
-name created by art critic names Leroy in a review of a work by Monet
-emphasis on light & motion to create "impressions" or moods
-followed by similar movements in music & literature
-French
Term
Impressionist Music
Definition
-mood & atmosphere
-reaction to raw emotionalism & extremes of Romanticism
-subtle, elegant, indirect
-WHOLE TONE SCALE
-transparent orchestration
-short movements (often only one)
-unusual harmony
-melodic fragmentation
-little or no thematic development
Term
Impressionist Composers
Definition
1.Debussy
2. Ravel
Term
Debussy
Definition
1862-1918
-Impressionist, but didn't like the term "impressionism"
-defined transition from late romantic to 20th century
-strongly influence by Monet
-tried to follow suit with painters & writers
-tried to capture effects of light & shade by using tone color & chord structure
-use of wholetone scale to create more subtle, vague quality in music
-use of unresolved dissonances
-parallel chord progressions
-controversial
[Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un Faune]
Term
Ravel
Definition
1875-1937
-sometimes called a "post impressionist" (due to new-classical style)
-known for melody, orchestration & texture
-use of unresolved dissonance-not atonal
-use of rhythm & scale constructions often found in various music of Asia
-outstanding orchestrator
[Jeux d'Eau]
[Bolero]
Term
Post-Romanticism
Definition
-combination of romantic techniques with form and/ or harmony of Classical
-Neo-Classical= classical or Baroque forms with Romantic harmony (more with less)
-Neo-Romanticism= back to Romantic aesthetic (emotionalism, long melodies, etc.)
-elements like tonality & form of Romanticism are still in use in modern music (direct result)
Term
20th Century Music
Definition
Serialism, Expressionism, Neo-Classicalism, Impressionism, Jazz, Electronic, Modernism, Minimalism
Term
Atonal Music
Definition
-reaction to romanticism
-does not have a tonal center
-serialism= music using all 12 tones
-Schoenberg= 2nd Viennese School, Weburn, Berg
Term
Nationalism
Definition
Folk tunes in larger works
Term
Influence of Jazz
Definition
U.S. = Gershwin, Colpland, Bernstein
Europe = Ravel, Weill
Term
Expressionism
Definition
-Early 20th Century
-Germany
-reaction to impressionism
-emotional experience
-distorting reality for emotional effect
-used throughout the arts
-emotional intensity or angst
-challenges traditions
-Second Viennese School (Schoenberg, Weburn, Berg)
-Free form tonality
-delibrate suffering through dissonance
-Nietzsche was a fan, esp of musical expressionism
[Perrot Lunaire-Schoenberg]
[The Banshee-Henry Cowell]
Term
Minimalism
Definition
1860s & 1870s
-reaction to impressionism
-reduced to only fundamental elements
-repetition & simplicity
-very short phrases which repeat
-consonant harmony
-steady pulse
-phase shifting-sound waves move out of sync
[Steve Reich]
[Phillip Glass]
Term
Nationalism
Definition
1. reaction to predominant German music
2. Liberation & Freeedom
3. Countries involved:
-Russia: preferred romanticism over classicism; composer=Rimsky Korsakov=EXOTICISM
-Czechoslovakia: Dvorak
Term
Why was america behind Europe?
Definition
puritans though art was frivolous
-"cultural inferiority" complex
Term
Second Viennese School
Definition
Impressionistic
-Schoenberg, Weburn, Berg
Term
John Phillip Sousa
Definition
great American brass virtuoso
"Stars & Stripes Forever"
Term
Jazz
Definition
1920's
occurred during PROHIBITION
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