Vocabulary Builder 5 - Form, Genre & Style

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  1. 2. one of a number of distinct segments that together comprise a composition; a section consists of several phrases.
  2. 5. folk song of African Americans, often conveying religious themes.
  3. 8. secular French music during the Renaissance (considered to be the equivalent of the Italian madrigal) primarily to be sung by a small group of singers, possibly one on a part.
  4. 11. part of a song repeated at the end of each verse or section; also called chorus.
  5. 13. musical practice of singing texts included in the biblical book of Psalms; found first in the musical tradition of the Jewish faith, then as plainchant in the Catholic Divine Office, and later the metrical psalms sung by Calvinist Protestants appeared after the Reformation of the early 16th century.
  6. 14. the compositional art of combining two or more simultaneous melodic lines; literal meaning is “point against point” or “note against note.”
  7. 15. label for a type of music possessing distinguishing characteristics and often performance practices associated with its historical period, cultural context, and/or genre.
  8. 16. Italian for “from the beginning;” indication to return to the beginning of a piece; also used for arias that are ABA in structure.
  9. 17. alternate melody sung or played with and as a companion to the main melody.
  10. 18. most solemn service of the Roman Catholic church with five standards sections known as the “Ordinary” (i.e. Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei).
  11. 19. similar to a round, in which each part enters in a specific sequence with the same melody until the piece is brought to a satisfactory end.
  12. 20. form in which a theme is first stated on its own, then imitated by others, with each one joining in a short while after the last.
  13. 21. melodic part pitched higher than and concurrent with the melody.
  14. 23. short piece for choir on a religious theme commonly sung in Protestant worship.
  15. 26. main musical idea.
  16. 27. vocal music in which the music repeats with a new set of text each time.
  17. 29. large musical work, like a symphony, consisting of several distinct movements or smaller pieces that are related but distinct from each other.
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  1. 1. categorization system that defines pieces of music according to their most distinctive elements.
  2. 3. extended musical composition with a text more or less dramatic in character and usually based upon a religious theme, for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, and performed without action, costume, or scenery.
  3. 4. musical form consisting of two sections, A and B, which contrast with each other (AB).
  4. 6. short choral work with two distinct melodies performed simultaneously; generally, the melodies are sung in unison as separate verses with all melodies being sung together on the final verse.
  5. 7. multi movement vocal work setting one of the four accounts of the suffering and death of Christ, as given in the first four books of the New Testament.
  6. 9. secular vocal ensemble music in Germany and England during the Classical and Romantic eras to be sung by a small group of singers, possibly one on a part.
  7. 10. music from the Lutheran Church tradition intended for congregational singing during worship.
  8. 12. type of secular Italian music (borrowed by the English) of the Renaissance and early Baroque primarily to be sung by a small group of singers, possibly one on a part.
  9. 17. composite vocal form (generally for choir and soloists) based on a continuous text set over multiple movements; originated as a musical presentation of scripture during worship in the German Lutheran tradition.
  10. 22. basic form (such as AB, ABA, rondo or theme and variation) expanded by the addition of an introduction, transition, and/or coda.
  11. 24. musical form consisting of three sections, A, B, and A; two are the same, and the middle one is different (ABA).
  12. 25. brief rhythmic/melodic figure or pattern that recurs throughout a composition as a unifying element.
  13. 28. important form of polyphonic music developed during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually an unaccompanied choral composition based on a Latin sacred text.