Terminology
Across
- 2. - an idea or desire that dominates the mind; an obsession
- 5. - the practice of directly quoting another work in a new composition
- 7. - singing without instrumental accompaniment
- 9. - a single unaccompanied melodic line
- 10. - method of composition using a series of pitches, rhythms, dynamics, timbres, or other musical elements
- 12. - composition for solo voice and piano
- 13. - that the texts remain the same for every mass
- 15. - musical chord comprising at least three adjacent tones in a scale
- 17. - continuos slide upward r downward between two notes
- 20. - self-contained place for one voice
- 21. - themes and key areas of the movement is introduced, the section normally modulates from the home key to a different key
- 23. - short melodic phrase repeated throughout a composition, sometimes slightly varied or transposed to a different pitch.
- 24. - the ending of a musical phrase providing a sense of closure, often through the use of one chord that resolves to another
- 25. - momentary speeding up or slowing down of the tempo within a melody line, literally "robbing" time from one note to give to another
Down
- 1. - instrumental music associated with a story, poem, painting, idea, or scene
- 3. - the themes and key areas introduced in the exposition are developed
- 4. - found in the first and last movement of sonatas, symphonies, and string quartets
- 6. - (tone painting) musical technique of comprising music that reflects the literal meaning of a song's lyrics or story elements in programmatic music
- 8. - when a composer chose to create music in the fashion of a foreign country
- 11. - a musical poem for several solo voices set to a short poem
- 14. - short instrumental refrain or interlude in a vocal work
- 16. - imitates the rhythms and accents of spoken language
- 18. - a generalizing term used to define the music that seems to lack a clear tonal center
- 19. - used to describe an unconventional technique of playing a musical instrument or of singing
- 22. - themes of the exposition return, now in the home key of the movement