Vocabulary Builder 4: Compositional Context

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  1. 3. characteristics that convey feeling in the presentation of musical ideas
  2. 5. cultural values, beliefs, and traditions of a group of people that influence musical meaning and inform culturally authentic musical practice.
  3. 6. tuning system of musical intervals as whole number ratios (such as 3:2) of frequencies that results in mathematical purity; also known as “Pythagorean tuning.”
  4. 7. conditions of the time and place in which music was created or performed that provide meaning and influence the musical experience.
  5. 9. type and number of instruments used in a musical work.
  6. 10. environment surrounding something or someone’s creation or intended audience that reflects and influences how people use and interpret the musical experience.
  7. 12. the use or ornaments to embellish or decorate a melody for either expressive or virtuosic purpose.
  8. 14. musical style that was individualistic, emotional, dramatic and often programmatic that was often ostensibly inspired by (or else sought to evoke) non-musical stimuli, such as nature, literature, poetry, super-natural elements or the fine arts.
  9. 16. musical presentation that reflects practices and interpretation representative of the style and traditions of a culture.
  10. 20. the emotions, thoughts, and ideas that a performer or composer seeks to convey by manipulating the elements of music.
  11. 23. person who creates alternative settings or adaptations of existing music.
  12. 24. use of distortion, exaggeration, symbolism, and abstraction as means of emphasizing and conveying a composer’s subjective ideas to a listener.
  13. 25. use for which music is created, performed, or experienced, such as dance, social, recreation, music therapy, video games, and advertising.
  14. 26. tools used by a composer or arranger to create or organize a composition or arrangement, such as tonality, sequence, repetition, instrumentation, orchestration, harmonic/melodic structure, style, and form.
  15. 28. specified or implied instrumentation, voicing, or orchestration of a musical work.
  16. 29. performance and presentation of a work that reflect established norms for the style and social, cultural, and historical contexts of that work.
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  1. 1. music inspired by a program, for instance a nonmusical idea, which is usually indicated in the title and sometimes described in explanatory remarks or preface; opposite of “abstract music.”
  2. 2. shaping of musical elements to express and convey emotions, thoughts, and ideas.
  3. 4. musical treatment of text as presented in the music.
  4. 8. a studied manner of performing the music of previous generations and eras that considers issues such as notation, articulation, ornamentation, instruments, voice production, tuning and pitch, and the size of ensembles and choruses.
  5. 11. bass part instrumentation in Baroque music that is played by a harmonic instrument (usually harpsichord, organ, portatif, theorbo, harp, or guitar) together with a melodic instrument (usually viola da gamba or cello).
  6. 13. standardization of pitch according to historical and geographical practice.
  7. 15. intent and meaning that a performer realizes in studying and performing a piece of music.
  8. 17. reason for which music is created, such as, ceremonial, recreational/social, commercial, or generalized artistic expression.
  9. 18. musical device (musical stress, instability, or intensity, followed by musical relaxation, stability, or resolution) used to create a flow of feeling.
  10. 19. shaping of the elements of music to express and convey emotions, thoughts, and ideas
  11. 21. term borrowed from painting in which there is a concern for light and its perception rather than the symbolic, literary, or emotive value of the thing perceived, resulting in music with suggestive lush harmonies, subtle rhythms, and unusual tonal colors to evoke moods and impressions.
  12. 22. painting: illustration through music of the ideas presented or suggested by the words of a song or other vocal piece (also called “text painting” or “madrigalism”).
  13. 23. music free of extramusical associations (also called “abstract music”); usually thought of as the opposite of “program music.”
  14. 27. jazz or popular music score, often abbreviated, with a melody (including key and time signature) and a set of chord changes.