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Monteverdi Purcell Corelli Bach Vivaldi Handel |
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Basically everybody else Weber Rossini Schubert Mendelssohn Chopin Schumann Liszt Wagner Franck Smetana Brahms Tchaikovsky Dvorak Sousa Puccini Mahler Strauss |
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Soprano (Mezzosoprano) Alto Tenor (Baritone) Bass |
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| Many melodies (like a symphony) |
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| Polyphonic choral piece in sacred Latin |
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(emotional) Solo voice w/ orchestral accompaniment In operas, oratorios, and cantatas |
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| Vocal solo more lyrical than a recitative and less elaborate than an aria. |
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| Translating poems into song |
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| Lenghthening of fugue subject |
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France Debussy Stresses tone color, atmosphere, fluidity |
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Dancelike vocal homophonic fa-la Renaisssance England |
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Bass idea consistent while melody changes Baroque |
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Italian fellowship, began in 1575 Set foundation for the start of opera |
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Flat notes in scale Vocal blues have form A A' B |
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| In Sonata form, transition section between exposition and development |
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For chorus, vocal soloists, and instrumental ensemble Several movements |
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The stupidest, most disgusting songs composed by pure randomness Idiot developer: John Cage in the 1950s |
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Medieval Renaissance 20th Century |
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Single movement orchestra piece Sonata form Romantic |
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| Shortening of fugue subject |
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| Transitional section in a fugue |
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French for "study" Pieces to master techniques |
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| First part of sonata-form movement |
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German, Austrian 20th Century Emotion and dissonance |
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Unaccompanied Sacred Latin Official music of Roman Catholic Church |
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2 or more persons playing same basic melody but w/ different ornamentation or rhythm |
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| Theme shared between movements |
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| Melodic idea repeated by another player (like a round) |
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During a play Sets the mood |
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Musical idea associated with a noun Wagner operas |
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For several voices Short secular poem Word painting Renaissance |
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Sacred choral piece Made up of 5 sections |
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Trancelike, unchanging 1960s |
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Vocal Same music for each stansa of a poem |
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Some stanzas have same music, while some stanzas have new music Romantic |
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1920-1950 Imitation of 18th Century Music |
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| Phrase repeated at same pitch |
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1 tone usu. in bass Held while other voices change In Fugues |
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| 5-tone scale in folk music and far East |
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| Triple meter, Polish court dance |
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| 3rd section of sonata in Tonic Key |
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| Reverse of fugue: last note first |
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| Repeated section of music |
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Short piano/piano accompaniment piece 19th Century |
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A B A C A Typical of final movements |
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A B A Typical 3rd movement in triple meter |
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| Immediate repetition in a different pitch |
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Mid-20th Century Ordered group of musical elements |
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Single movement: Exposition, Development, Recapitulation A B A |
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| A B A - Development - A B A |
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In Fugue: Subject imitated before finished |
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| Same music repeated for each stanza |
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| Same key but different everything else |
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| Particular ordering of 12 tones. |
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| Developed by Schoenberg, early 1920s |
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16th - 17th Century composers, wrote for several choruses St. Mark's Cathedral |
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Six tones each a whole step away from the next Debussey |
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