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Music Appreciation
Part V & VI
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Music
Undergraduate 1
04/05/2010

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Absolute music
Definition
music written for its own self
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adagio
Definition
slow
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allergro
Definition
fast
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andante
Definition
slower; walking pace
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aria
Definition
solo voice with orchestral accompainment
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binary form
Definition
two part
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cadence
Definition
resting place
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cadenza
Definition
virtuosic solo- show off movement
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chamber music
Definition
ensemble music for up to ten players
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coda
Definition
the last part of a piece
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crescendo
Definition
growing louder
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cyclical structure
Definition
musical material such as a theme; presented in one movement and comes back later
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da capo
Definition
indication to return to beginning of piece
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da capo aria
Definition
lyric song in ABA form
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decrescendo
Definition
growing softer
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flat
Definition
lowering of a pitch by a semi-tone
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largo
Definition
broad, very slow
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legato
Definition
smooth, connected
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libretto
Definition
text or script of an opera
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minuet & trio
Definition
often third movement
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moderato
Definition
moderate
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motive
Definition
short melodic or rythmic idea
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movements
Definition
complete, self contained part within larger musical work
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multi- movement
Definition
a three or four movent structuer used in classical era
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opera
Definition
music drama that is generally sung through theatrics 
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opera buffa
Definition
italian romic opera
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opera seria
Definition
tragic opera
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ostinato
Definition
a short rythmatic patten played throughout
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presto
Definition
very fast
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program music
Definition
instrumental literay or pictorial associations 
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recitative
Definition
solo vocal declemation that follows the infections of text 
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requiem
Definition
catholic mass for the dead
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rocket themes
Definition
quickly ascending rythmic melody used in classical era
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scherzo
Definition
composition in ABA for/ playful or lively 
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sonata-allegro form
Definition
the opening movement of the multi movement cycle
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song cycle
Definition
group of songs, usually Lieder that are unified musically
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staccato
Definition
short detached notes
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string quartet
Definition
chamber music ensemble
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tempo
Definition
rate of speed or pace of music
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ternary form
Definition
three part
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theme
Definition
melodic idea used a basis for a composition 
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timbre
Definition
the quality of sound that distinguishes one voice or intrument from another
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tonic
Definition
the first note in scale or key
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transposition
Definition
shifting a piece of music to a different pitch level
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triad
Definition
common chord type consisting of 3 pitches
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vernacular
Definition
the common language spoken by the people
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vivance
Definition
lively
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word painting
Definition
musical pictorilization of words from text as an expressive device
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