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Music Appreciation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Medieval period | 476-1450 |
| Renaissance | 1450-1600 |
| Baroque | 1600-1750 |
| Classical | 1750-1825 |
| Romantic | 1820-1900 |
| Twentieth Century | 1900-now |
| Transitional figure between classical and romantic periods | Beethoven |
| The proper name for the story and words of a dramatic musical work such as an opera | Libretto |
| Solos in an opera, cantata, or oratorio that are musically more melodic and elaborate | Arias |
| Based on a biblical text and similar in structure to an opera but without staging and costumes | Oratorio |
| A work for soloists, chorus, and instrumentalists and mostly written for use in church services | Canata |
| Polyphonic composition in which a theme (subject) of strongly marked character pervades the entire fabric, entering in one voice and then another | Fugue |
| A piece of orchestra that employs the four-movement cycle is referred to as | Symphony |
| A piece for one or two instruments that employs the four-movement cycle is referred to as | Sonata |
| A piece (usually 3 movements) that features a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra is referred to as | Concerto |
| A fanciful solo passage in the manner of an improvisation that interrupts the movement | Cadenza |
| Composers continued writing instrumental music without a program | Absolute music |
| Music is characterized by model and exotic scales, unresolved dissonances, tone combinations such as ninth chords rich orchestral color and free rhythm | Impressionism |
| Federic Chopin | Romantic |
| Arnold Schoenbern | 20th Century |
| Johannes Bramhs | Romantic |
| Clara Schuman | Romantic |
| Anton Webern | 20th Century |
| Aaron Copland | 20th Century |
| Bedrich Sonetana | Romantic |
| Tchaikovsky | Romantic |
| Antonio Dvorak | Romantic |
| Beethoven | Romantic |
| Composer composed almost exclusively for the piano | Clara Schumann |
| Rise of popularity (instrument) | Piano |
| Big Band ( describe instruments ) | 5 saxophones 4 trumpets 4 trombones Drums Piano Bass Sometimes Guitar |
| What period revealed a new sense of individual not found in music | Romantic period |
| 5 trends | Impressionism Expressionism Neoclassicism Neromanticism Folkloric |
| Being its smallest melodic or rhythmic unit | Motive |
| Most solemn rituals of the Roman Catholic Church | Mass |
| A supreme body of sacred monophonic vocal music prevalent in the middle age is known as | Gregorian Chant |
| Two main categories of prayers set to music in a mass, a solemn ritual of the Roman Catholic Church are | Proper & ordinary |
| sacred vocal piece with a single Latin text | |
| Motet | |
| In an effort to obscure the feeling of home tone | 12-tone technique |
| 12-tone often used in what trend | Expressionism |
| Music intended to suggest rather than to state clearly is | Impressionism |
| An important characteristic of romantic music is | Rubato |
| A performer who performs with high degree is | Virtuoso |
| Instrumental music that tells a story | Program music |
| Dizzie Gilles | Trumpet , Bop |
| Glenn Miller | Trombone, swing |
| Louis Armstrong | Trumpet, swing |
| Tommey Dorsey | Trombone , swing |
| Duke Ellington | Piano , swing |
| Scoff Joplin | Piano, Ragtime |
| Benny Goodman | Clarinet , Swing |
| Wynton Marsalis | Trumpet, Eclectic |
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