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RCM History 3 Definitions
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03/26/2014

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atonality
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music with no tonal center or sense of key.      

Example: No. 18, "Der Monfleck" and no. 21, "O alter Duft aus Märchenzeit" from "Pierrot lunaire" by Schoenberg


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aria
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ballet
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bel canto
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cadenza
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canon
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celesta
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changing meter
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choreography
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chromatic harmony
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cluster chord
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coloratura soprano
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concerto
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a multi-movement work written for orchestra and soloist(s). It is meant to showcase the virtuosity of the soloist(s).


Example: Violin Concerto in E Minor, op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn

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concert overture
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cyclical structure
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double-stopping
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en pointe
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ensemble
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étude
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Expressionism in music
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Gesamtkunstwerk
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glissando
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Heldentenor
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Klangfarbenmelodie
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Impressionism in music
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leitmotif
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libretto
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Lied
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minimalism
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micropolyphony
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mode of limited transposition
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modified strophic form
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music drama
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nationalism in music
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neo-Classicism
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ostinato
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pedal point
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pentatonic scale
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polytonality
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program music
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quotation in music
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recitativo
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recitativo secco
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recitativo accompagnato
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rondo form
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rondeau
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serialism
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sonata form
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song cycle
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strophic form
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symphonic poem (tone poem)
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symphony
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tintinnabulation
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tone row
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thematic transformation
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twelve-tone music
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whole-tone scale
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