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Music 306 Midterm 2
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Undergraduate 3
03/27/2012

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Diminution
Definition
Glossary - A rhythmic treatment that generally reduces the rhythmic values of a series of notes by one-half
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Augmentation
Definition
The lengthening of the time values of notes in a melodic part.

Glossary - Expanding or stretching the temporal value of musical sounds, normally by doubling rhythmic value.
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Inversion
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(respected to melody) is when the given melody is turned upside down. Ex. if the original melody is a rising 3rd then the Inversion is a falling 3rd.
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Cyclic/Cyclic Form
Definition
Pertaining to the use of the same theme or themes in more than one movement of a multi-movement work.
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Urthema
Definition
The "primal theme" that is a feature in the introduction of all of Anton Bruckner's symphonies.

It's the secondary theme that Burckner uses and this theme is usually at least 2 melodies, generally superimposed upon each other in a polyphonic fashion.
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Gesangsperiode
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It's the secondary theme that Burckner uses and this usually has at least 2 melodies.
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Chorale
Definition
A hymn tune associated with the German Protestant Church.
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ländler
Definition
An Austrian dance that dates from about 1800, in triple meter, resembling the waltz. It's tempo is generally slower than a waltz.
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Des Knaben Wunderhorn
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(The Young Boy's Magic Horn) is a collection of German folk poems dated 1539-1807collected by Achim von Arnim and Clemens von Brentano and published in the 1805
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Countermelody
Definition
In music, a secondary or supplemental melody that is played simultaneously with the primary melody without harmonic accompaniment.
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