Music Appreciation

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  1. 4. this Baroque composer wrote "The Messiah"
  2. 6. this era of music expected performers to improvise freely on the music that was written
  3. 8. the overall emotion of a piece of music
  4. 9. this style of music was characterized by a twelve-bar structure and was written about hard times but with hope for the future
  5. 12. a series of pitches and rhythms that makes up the main theme of a section of music
  6. 13. this period of music was very emotional and composers tried to see how much bigger they could make their music
  7. 17. the kind of music composed by the Catholic church using exclusively vocalists
  8. 18. this style of music was the foundation for all American popular music
  9. 19. music that deals specifically with religious themes
  10. 21. the level of volume in a piece of music
  11. 22. this instrument was the predecessor to the piano
  12. 23. this was the term used to describe the popularity of British musicians in America
  13. 28. this Classical composer transitioned us from the Classical to the Romantic period
  14. 30. this was the first rock song to hit #1 on the charts in 1955
  15. 32. this form of music lead to the creation of opera
  16. 33. music that does not deal with religious themes and is mostly used for entertainment
  17. 35. this era of music valued order and playing the music exactly as written
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  1. 1. the pattern of music in time
  2. 2. two or more pitches sounded at the same time
  3. 3. this word was coined in the 60s to describe the craze that took over popular music for the Beatles
  4. 5. this period of music was influenced by the Industrial Revolution and composers tried to make music that sounded weirder than ever before
  5. 7. this style of music was characterized by twangy vocals and a focus on the story of the song
  6. 10. word that means "rebirth"
  7. 11. the earliest musician we have record of, composed the "Epitaph of Seikilos"
  8. 13. this style of music developed alongside rock in the 50s
  9. 14. this style of music focused on improvisational solos from all performers and was started in New Orleans
  10. 15. the way a piece of music is organized
  11. 16. the frequency of sound
  12. 20. this style of music featured the fiddle and the mandolin, and was based on the oral music tradition of the region it came from
  13. 23. the main pulse of music
  14. 24. this form of music was written for orchestra and was almost completely instrumental
  15. 25. the combination of instruments in a piece of music
  16. 26. the historical event where Martin Luther split from the catholic church
  17. 27. this performer popularized rock after he got a recording contract with RCA records
  18. 28. this Baroque composer lived from 1685-1750
  19. 29. the speed of the beat of music
  20. 31. this style of music was mostly religious and featured call-and-response
  21. 34. this Classical composer was very eccentric and wrote "The Magic Flute"