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Musical Time Periods and Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Medieval 450-1400 | Characterized by string instruments like the lute, mandore, gittern and psaltery; dulcimers and wooden flutes. |
| Renaissance 1400-1600 | Characterized by Music based on modes. Richer texture in four or more parts. Blending rather than contrasting strands in the musical texture. Harmony with a greater concern with the flow and progression of chords. |
| Baroque 1600-1750 | Characterized by using contrast as a dramatic element and known as the “age of the thorough bass.” |
| Classical 1750-1820 (1800) | Characterized by its complexity and techinical execution. The symphony orchestra is the most widely known medium for classical music[10] and includes members of the string, woodwind, brass, and percussion families of instruments. |
| Romantic (1800) 1820-1900 | Characterized by major improvements in the mechanical valves, and keys that most woodwinds and brass instruments depend on; a turn towards the mystic and supernatural, both religious and merely spooky. |
| Contemporary 1900-present | Characterized by the emergence of 'crossover' - music that has a strong 'classical' feel to it but draws its inspiration from non-classical music idioms. |
| symphony | a long piece of music that is usually in four large, separate sections and that is performed by an orchestra |
| sonata | a piece of music written for one or two instruments that has usually three or four large sections that are different from each other in rhythm and mood |
| concerto | a piece for one or more soloists and orchestra with three contrasting movements |
| opera | a kind of performance in which actors sing all or most of the words of a play with music performed by an orchestra |
| concerto grosso | a baroque orchestral composition featuring a small group of solo instruments contrasting with the full orchestra |
| basso ostinato | a short, recurring melodic pattern in the bass part of a composition that serves as the principal structural element. Prototypical instances are found in 13th-century French vocal motets as well as in 15th-century European dances. |
| Lied (pronounced “leet”) | songs that were written by German-speaking composers of classical music. |
| aria | an elaborate melody sung solo with accompaniment, as in an opera or oratorio. |
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