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- 4. Extended composition for instrumental soloist and orchestra, usually in three movements: (1) fast, (2) slow, (3) fast.
- 6. Used to describe a large composition for orchestra, usually in three or four movements, that uses sonata cycle structure.
- 7. Inclusion of folk songs, dances, legends and other national material.
- 8. Number of layers of sound that are heard at once, what kinds of layers they are, and how they are related to each other.
- 11. Music intended to be performed before and during a play.
- 15. Combination of three or more tones sounded at once.
- 17. Music that has no “program” or underlying “story” needed to understand it. The focus is on purely on the relationships between, and the development of musical ideas. This type of music was particularly popular during the Classical Era.
- 20. Vocal form in which there is new music for each stanza of a poem.
- 28. Use of melodies, rhythms or instruments that suggest foreign lands; common in Romantic music.
- 29. Scale made up of 6 different tones, each a whole step away from the next.
- 32. ABA Form.
- 33. The whole orchestra.
- 35. approach to pitch organization using two keys at one time, found in 20th century music.
- 39. In the exposition of the sonata form, a section which leads from the first to the second theme.
- 40. Method of composition in which all the pitches of a composition are derived from a special ordering of the 12 chromatic tones.
- 43. Polyphonic Composition based on one main theme or subject, common in Baroque era.
- 44. Series of chords.
- 45. AB Form .
- 47. Speechlike melody that is sung by a solo voice accompanied by the orchestra.
- 48. Male singers castrated before puberty to maintain a high pitch range.
- 49. Composition for several instrumental soloists and small orchestra; common in late Baroque.
- 54. Melodic idea that accompanies a main theme.
- 56. (1) Resting place at the end of a phrase in a melody. (2) Progression giving a sense of conclusion from dominant to tonic chord.
- 57. Highest tone or emotional focal point in a melody or composition.
- 58. Compositional form that combines rondo with sonata (duh).
- 59. Melody that serves as the starting point for an extended piece of music.
- 61. Scale including all 12 tones of the octave.
- 64. Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another.
- 66. Song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment, expressing emotion.
- 67. Smallest interval traditionally used in western music.
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- 1. Absence of key.
- 2. Groups of art songs unified by a story line.
- 3. Style of composed piano music involving right-hand syncopation and a left hand “oom-pah”.
- 5. Music style stressing intense, subjective emotion and harsh dissonance.
- 9. Central key to a piece of music.
- 10. Musical ornament consistent of the rapid alternation of two tones whole or half step apart.
- 12. Degrees of loudness or softness in music.
- 13. Vocal solo more lyrical than a recitative and less elaborate than an aria.
- 14. Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time.
- 16. Third section of a sonata-form movement, in which the previous themes are presented in the tonic key.
- 18. Baroque accompaniment made up of a bass part usually played by two instruments: a keyboard plus a low melodic instrument.
- 19. Independent composition for orchestra in one movement, in sonata form, typical of Romantic period. Example: Overture 1812 by Tchaikovsky .
- 20. A musical form that first presents a basic theme and then develops and alters that theme in a series of variations. Each variation presents the theme in a new way.
- 21. Musical texture in which one main melody is accompanied by chords.
- 22. Vocal form in which the same music is repeated for each stanza of the poem.
- 23. Second section of a sonata-form movement, in which themes are developed.
- 24. Performing artist of extraordinary technical mastery.
- 25. Compositional form used in Baroque concerto grosso, in which the tutti alternates with one or more soloists playing new material.
- 26. a form that begins with an Exposition that presents two contrasting themes in different keys. These themes are then varied and extended in the Development section. The Recapitulation then restates both themes in the tonic key.
- 27. Rapid Slide up or down a scale.
- 28. A piece designed to help a performed master specific technical difficulties.
- 30. Tone combination that is stable and restful
- 31. In Baroque music, a set of dance-inspired movements all written in the same key but differing in tempo, meter and character.
- 34. Accenting of a note at an unexpected time.
- 36. Single melody used in several movements of a long work to represent a recurring idea.
- 37. Tone combination that is unstable and tense.
- 38. Musical style which stresses tone color, atmosphere and fluidity.
- 41. Abrupt alternation between loud and soft dynamic levels.
- 42. Approach to pitch organization using two or more keys at one time, found in 20th century music.
- 46. Emphasis of a note, which may result from its being louder, longer or higher in pitch than the notes near it.
- 50. In a sonata-form movement, a concluding section following the recapitulation and rounding off the movement by repeating or developing themes.
- 51. Compositional form featuring a main theme A that returns several times, such as A B A C A or A B A C A B A
- 52. A group of four string players (two violin players, a viola player, and a cellist) who perform together as a chamber ensemble.
- 53. Unaccompanied section of virtuoso display for the soloist in a concerto.
- 54. Music using a small group of musician, with one player to a part.
- 55. a rapid, upward arpeggio over a large range, combined with a crescendo. Typical of the classical era
- 60. Interval twice as large as the half-step.
- 62. Compositional form in ternary form, used in the third movement, and is in triple meter.
- 63. Setting of a poem for solo voice and piano, common in Romantic period.
- 65. Slightly curved stick used to play string instruments.