Academic Decathlon Music
Across
- 3. a bass line containing numbers above or below the bass pitches to indicate what types of triads would harmonize with each pitch
- 4. a rapid repetition of a pitch that creates a trembling effect
- 8. The poetry that serves as the script for an opera
- 10. music suitable for small chambers
- 14. A designation for the period of music history spanning the 17th century to the beginning half of the 18th century
- 16. a system of thought or worldview that attaches primary importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters
- 17. a composition approach that blends genres, forms, and styles from past eras with tone colors and harmonies of Modern music
- 18. a philosophical movement in society that valued reason and personal liberty
- 19. refers to a style of composition that prizes novelty above all else
- 21. A style of late 20th century composition that retains many of the features of Romanticism
- 22. a 19th century style period that succeeded the classic period; it maintained an artistic view point that valued imagination and subjectivity
- 23. Tuneful and rhythmic portion of an opera
Down
- 1. a Modernist style that strives to create primal, uncultured effect, avoiding any techniques that would seem polished and elegant
- 2. instrumental music that conveys a sense of a specific story-line but without the use of audible words
- 5. a melody representing a particular person, object, or idea
- 6. A German art-song genre for voice and piano that enjoyed enormous popularity in the Romantic period
- 7. the colloquial for the thousands of melodies sung in the catholic church as part of the liturgy
- 9. a programmatic work for orchestra, usually in one movement
- 11. era a term used to describe music of the past 120 years
- 12. a single-line melody typically used for singing text from the Latin liturgy
- 13. The Catholic Churches most important service, commemorating Christ's last supper
- 15. a designation for the period of music history spanning from the mid-18th century through the first three decades of the 19th
- 20. a sharply accented note