Final Exam Study

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Across
  1. 4. Hungarian-born composer and piano virtuoso Franz ______, known for inventing new piano playing techniques and having huge crowds of fanatic followers
  2. 6. a popular genre of vocal music in the Renaissance; a polyphonic secular song for several voices, sung a cappella, using lots of text painting (ex. "As Vesta Was Descending" by Thomas Weelkes)
  3. 7. the era of music that lasted from approximately 1750-1820; notable composers of this era include Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
  4. 11. ________ music; the opposite of absolute music; instrumental music which tells a story
  5. 13. the relative highness/lowness that we hear in a sound
  6. 14. German opera composer of the late Romantic era Richard ________
  7. 15. one major genre of music in which Bach never composed
  8. 17. Gregorian _________: sacred texts sung a cappella and without meter, monophonic in texture
  9. 18. Italian Baroque era composer Antonio __________, who also worked at a girls' orphanage and whose best known musical piece is the set of four concerti grossi called "The Four Seasons"
  10. 19. along with Leonin, one of the notable composers from 12th/13th century Paris, known for his contributions to polyphony and measured rhythm
  11. 21. the title of the first known surviving opera, by Claudio Monteverdi
  12. 22. ________ music: a genre of music meant for more intimate gatherings, using smaller groups of instruments (ex. "Piano Trio No. 1" by Mendelssohn)
  13. 24. the family of instruments including piano, organ, and harpsichord
  14. 26. also called "Lieder"; the genre of music using solo singer and piano (ex. "Der Erlkönig" by Schubert) (2 words)
  15. 28. the musical form used for arias in the Baroque era, going through two contrasting sections before returning to the first section again, with ornaments (2 words)
  16. 30. the era of music that lasted from 1450-1600, when vocal music was abundant, melodies were relatively simple, and polyphonic texture was predominant
  17. 32. a stopping/resting point at the end of a phrase
  18. 33. the term for music sung without instrumental accompaniment (2 words)
  19. 34. a song form having the same melody repeated with each new stanza of text (ex. the hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" by Martin Luther)
Down
  1. 1. the musical form having three main parts called the exposition, development, and recapitulation
  2. 2. the movement from a dissonance to a consonance
  3. 3. Polish composer Frederick _________, who composed exclusively for the piano (ex. "Nocturne in E flat major")
  4. 5. the family of instruments including guitar, harp, violin, and cello
  5. 6. the simplest texture, ex. one person singing "Happy Birthday" by oneself
  6. 8. the opposite of staccato; meaning to sing/play "smooth and connected"
  7. 9. the era of music that lasted from 1600-1750; notable composers of this era include Vivaldi, Handel, and Bach
  8. 10. English composer John _________, best known for his contributions to lute song repertoire, as with the song "Flow, My Tears"
  9. 12. the era of music that lasted from approximately 1820-1900; notable composers of this era include Schubert, the Schumanns, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner
  10. 13. the family of instruments including timpani, bass drum, triangle, bells, and cymbals
  11. 14. the family of instruments including bassoon, flute, clarinet, and oboe
  12. 16. the speed of the beat
  13. 20. the highest female singing voice
  14. 23. the typical "solo song" in opera, which features fairly dramatic subject matter and expresses deep emotions
  15. 25. 12th century German nun and composer Hildegard von _________; her most famous work is the sacred music drama "Ordo Virtutum" or "Play of the Virtues"
  16. 27. the individual distinguishing quality of a sound
  17. 29. the opposite of sacred; meaning not religious in nature
  18. 31. a collection of three or more notes sounded at the same time