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college music appreciation

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who were the three best known renaissance composers according to the book   Josqin de prez, Giovanni Pierluigi Palestra, and Giovanni Gabriele  
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what was the rhythym of the gregarian chant?   slow, one note per syllable  
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Which religious institution dominated the history of Western music for it's first 1400 years?   catholic churches  
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what is the difference between a syllabic and melimatic setting of text.   melismatic has several notes or more per syllable syllabic is one note per syllable  
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What are the scale patterns of the Gregorian chant called?   They are called modes and have mystical sound with the major/minor sound.  
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What is an imitative counterpoint?   It is where voices enter seperately with voice and phrase repeating last voice and phrase, row your bout round  
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What is the problem with thick Renaissance polyphony, particularly to the liturgy(text from the church)   The imitative lines and overlapping busyness hide the text, and it is hard to understand and perceive the message  
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In the Renaissance period, patronage of the arts began to shift. Where did they shift from and to?   Instrumental music, percussion  
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Which country were polyphonic settings in mass most prevalent?   Italy  
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What Language are madrigals typically written in?   The vernacular...italian..  
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What is it called when secular music and drama are added to the church liturgy   Liturgical drama  
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What century did polyphonic texture first come in to existance   baroque  
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what period are michealangelo, da vinci, Luther, and Shakespear associated with?   Reanaissance  
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Which modern day instrument was viele a forerunner of   violin  
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which language were Roman catholic chants sung in?   latin  
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who is credited with having invented the greogorian chant   pope gregory the great  
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how did gutenbergs invention in the 15th century affect the development of music?   his moveble type invention created a foundation for the modern music industry  
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the motet was sung by who   by a church choir as part of a church service  
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what type of composition is a madrigal   It is a secular composition, about love, pastoral theme, or a secular topic  
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How independant was instrumental music from vocal music during the renaissance?   there was no music only for instuments, only for vocal and instumental  
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What texture is used in Gregorian chant   monophonic sung in unison  
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What language are polyphonic settings of the mass sung in   Latin  
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what are the three choral genres listed in the text for the renaissance period   Mass motet, Madrigal  
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During the baroque period, which 4 countries did music florish in?   Italy France Germany England  
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Which texture underwent significant development in the baroque per.   harmonic  
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In the baroque tonal system,what does the tonic represent   Chord of rest  
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In the barouque tonal system, what does the dominant represent   chord of movement  
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What is modulation   change of tonality from key of stability to contrast/ instability  
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what are terraced dynamics   contrasted and abrupt levels of loudness  
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what were the primary instruments of the baroque orchestra   violins trumpets,oboes, flutes  
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what was a popular plucked baroque instrument   lute  
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when did opera begin   1600  
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where did opera begin   Italy  
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what re the 4 baroque orchestral forms in the book   concerto, concerto grosso, overture, dance suite  
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how many movements are in a concerto   3  
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WHICH INSTRUMENTS WERE KEYBOARD WORKS WRITTEN FOR   HARPSICHORD  
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WHICH INSTRUMENT USUALLY PLAYED THE ACCOMPIANMENT FOR THE A CANTATA   ORGAN  
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WHAT OCCASION WAS MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS WRITTEN FOR   TO CELEBRATE THE END OF THE WAR OF AUSTRIA SUCESSION FROM LONDON  
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WHO WERE THE 2 MAIN COMPOSERS OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD   BACH AND HANDEL  
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HOW MANY PERFORMERS PLAY IN A TRIO SONATE   4  
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WHAT WAS THE FUNCTION OF THE RECITATIVE< HOW IS THE ARIA DIFFERNT   THE REC. IS FOCUSED ON THE WORDS, AND THE ARIA IS FOCUSED ON THE MELODY  
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WHAT TEXTURE IS USED IN THE FUGE   POLYPHONIC BASED ON INTERWOVN MOLODIES  
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WHAT GENRE IS MESSIAH   BAROQUE  
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WHERE WERE THE ARTS CENTERED DURING THE THE CLASSIC PERIOD   COURTS AND COMMUNITIES OF AUSTRIA AND GERMANY  
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WHAT DOES CRESCENDO MEAN   GRADUALLY LOUDER  
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IN CONTRAST WITH THE BAROQUE PERIOD, THAT WAS DESCRIBED AS HAVING OPTULENT SPLENDOR, WHOE WOULD THE CLASSICAL PERIOD BE DESCRIBED   EMOTIONALLY RESTRAINED, BALANCED, CLARITY AND SYMMETRY, CLEAR PRECISE AND FORMAL  
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WHICH KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT WAS NEW IN HE CLASSIC PERIOD   PIANO FORTE  
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WHICH ENSEMBLE PLAYED A CONCERTO   ORCHESTRA  
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WHAT ROLE DID THE MAJOR MINOR TONAL PLAY IN THE BAROQUE PERIOD   THE SYSTEM ESTABLISHED CHORDS  
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IN A 4 MOVMENT CLASSIC WORK WHICH FROM IS USUALLY THE 3RD MOVEMENT   DANCE  
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WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBE OF THE CLASSIC ERA   STRING QUARTET  
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WHAT IS LIBRETTO   TEXT/LYRICS AND POETRY OF AN OPERA  
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WHAT METER IS A MINUET AND TRIO IN   TRIPLE METER  
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WHICH COUNTRY DID HAYDN MOZART AND BEETHOVEN SPEND MOST OF THEIR CAREETS IN   AUSTRIA  
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WHO WAS HAYDN EMPLOYED BY FOR 30 YRS/   PRINCE ESTERHAZY OF AUSTRIA  
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WHICH CLASSIC PERIOD COMPOSER WAS A CHILD PRODIGY   MOZART  
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WHICH OF BEETHOVENS COMPOSING PERIODS DID MAN OF HIS MOT FAMOUS WORKS COME FROM   CLASSICAL EARLY WORK  
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WHICH SYMPHONY DID BEETHOVEN WRITE WHEN DEAF   9TH SYMPHONY  
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WHAT CLASSIC PERIOD GENRE FEATURES A CADENZA   CONCERTO  
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WHAT IS A CODA   THE CONCLUSION OF A SONATA BUILDING UP WITH A CADANCE  
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WHO COMPOSED THE PATHETIQUE SONATA   BEETHOVEN  
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WHO WAS THE PRIMARY PATRON DURING THE CLASSIC PERIOD   NOBLEMAN  
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WHAT HAPPENED WITH INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC DURING THE CLASSICAL PERIOD   MUSIC FOR INSTRUMENTAL PIECES WERE WRITTEN AND EVOLVED CHANGES IN STYLE, AND MOVEMENTS  
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WHAT WAS THE TYPICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF RHYTHYM DURING THE CLASSIC PERIOD   LIGHT BEAT AND CRISP RHYTHYM  
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HOW EASY WAS IT FOR MOZART TO ATTAIN ROCOGNITION ND INCOME   CONCERTS, COMMISSIONS, AND MUSIC SALES MADE IT FAIRLY EASY FOR HIM  
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WHAT WERE ATTRIBUTES OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD   ROMANTISIZED EVERYTHING REJECTED RIDGIDNESS, EVERYTHING WAS EMOTIONAL AND IMAGINATIVE  
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WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FEELINGS OF NATIONALISM DURING THE ROMANTIC PERIOD   AS A REACTION AGAINST THE DOMINANCE OF GERMAN ROMANTICISM  
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WHAT WAS THE TEXTURE OF MOST MUSIC DURING THE 19TH CENTURY   HOMOPHONIC  
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WHAT WAS THE DOMINANT ELEMENT OF 19TH CENTURY MUSIC   CHROMATISISM AND DISSONANCE  
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HOW DID BALLET BEGIN BEFORE IT BECAME AN INDEPENDANT GENRE   IT STARTED AS PART OF AN OPERA  
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WHAT IS THE GERMAN WORD FOR ART SONGS?   LIEDER  
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HOW MANY LIEDER DID SCHEBERT WRITE   600  
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WHAT IS THE PRIMARY INSTUMENTATION FOR AN ART SON   KEYBOARD  
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WHAT DOES STROBIC MEAN   MUSIC SAME FOR EACH VERSE OF POETRY  
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OF THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN TRADITIONALISTS AND REVOLUTIONARIES, WHICH WAS BRAHAMS   BRAHAMS WAS A TRADITIONALIST  
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WHERE DID CHOPIN SPEND HIS PERSONAL LIFE   PARIS  
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WHAT GENRE OF MUSIC DID VERDI COMPOSE   ITALIAN OPERA  
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WHAT DID WAGNER CALL HIS OPERAS   MUSIC DRAMAS WITH MUSIC DRAMA AND POETRY  
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WHO WAS WAGNERS WEALTHY PATRON   KING LUDWIG THE 2ND  
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WHAT DOES VIRTUOSO MEAN   MUSICIAN WITH MASTERLY ABILITY  
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WHO WROTE ROMEO AND JULIET   TCHAIKOVSKY  
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WHAT ARE THE 3 GENRES THAT YOUR TEXT REFERS TO AS MINIATURES   CHARACTER PIECES, SOLO PIANO PIECES(CHOPIN ETC), AND LIEDER(SOLOIST WITH PIANO ACCOMP)  
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WHAT WAS RHYTHYM LIKE IN 19TH CENTURY MUSC   LESS REGULAR AND MORE COMPLEX\  
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WHAT GENRES OF MUSIC DID SCHUBERT COMPOSE   ART SONGS  
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HOW WAS TCHAKOVSKY ABLE TO COVER HIS LIVING EXPENSE WHILE HE COMPOSED   HIS WEALTHY PATRON vON mECK  
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HOW AVAILABLE WERE MUSICAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MENDALSSOHN   HE HAD THE FINEST OPPORTUNITIES, COULD TRAVEL AND HAD AN ORCHESTRA AT HIS SERVICE  
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HOW IMPORTANT WAS THE BUSINESS ASPECT OF MUSIC IN THE ROMANTIC PERIOD?   VERY IMPORTANT  
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WHO WROTE LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS   STRAVINSKY  
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WHAT BECAME AN IMPORTANT COMPOSITIONAL DEVICE IN MODERN MUSIC   SILENCE  
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WHAT EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES CONTRIBUTED TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN 20TH CENTURY MUSIC   ECONOMIC FACTORS, SOCIAL UPHEAVALS, SHIFTS IN PATRONAGE  
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WHO DID CONCEPTS OF IMPRESSIONISM ORIGINATE WITH   FRENCH PAINTERS MONET AND RENOIR  
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WHAT IS IMPRESSIONISM IN MUSIC A REACTION AGAINST   MASSIVE INTERLLECTUAL GERMAN MUSIC LIKE BRAHAMS AND WAGNER  
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WHO IS AN IMPORTANT IMPRESSIONISTIC COMPOSER   CLAUDE DE BUSSEY  
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WHAT IS LE MER ABOUT   THE WIND AND SEA  
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WHAT WAS THE TEXTURE OF MOST MUSIC DURING THE 19TH CENTURY   HOMOPHONIC  
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WHAT WAS THE DOMINANT ELEMENT OF 19TH CENTURY MUSIC   CHROMATISISM AND DISSONANCE  
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HOW DID BALLET BEGIN BEFORE IT BECAME AN INDEPENDANT GENRE   IT STARTED AS PART OF AN OPERA  
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WHAT IS THE GERMAN WORD FOR ART SONGS?   LIEDER  
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HOW MANY LIEDER DID SCHEBERT WRITE   600  
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WHAT IS THE PRIMARY INSTUMENTATION FOR AN ART SON   KEYBOARD  
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WHAT DOES STROBIC MEAN   MUSIC SAME FOR EACH VERSE OF POETRY  
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OF THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN TRADITIONALISTS AND REVOLUTIONARIES, WHICH WAS BRAHAMS   BRAHAMS WAS A TRADITIONALIST  
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WHERE DID CHOPIN SPEND HIS PERSONAL LIFE   PARIS  
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WHAT GENRE OF MUSIC DID VERDI COMPOSE   ITALIAN OPERA  
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WHAT DID WAGNER CALL HIS OPERAS   MUSIC DRAMAS WITH MUSIC DRAMA AND POETRY  
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WHO WAS WAGNERS WEALTHY PATRON   KING LUDWIG THE 2ND  
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WHAT DOES VIRTUOSO MEAN   MUSICIAN WITH MASTERLY ABILITY  
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WHO WROTE ROMEO AND JULIET   TCHAIKOVSKY  
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WHAT ARE THE 3 GENRES THAT YOUR TEXT REFERS TO AS MINIATURES   CHARACTER PIECES, SOLO PIANO PIECES(CHOPIN ETC), AND LIEDER(SOLOIST WITH PIANO ACCOMP)  
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WHAT WAS RHYTHYM LIKE IN 19TH CENTURY MUSC   LESS REGULAR AND MORE COMPLEX\  
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WHAT GENRES OF MUSIC DID SCHUBERT COMPOSE   ART SONGS  
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HOW WAS TCHAKOVSKY ABLE TO COVER HIS LIVING EXPENSE WHILE HE COMPOSED   HIS WEALTHY PATRON vON mECK  
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HOW AVAILABLE WERE MUSICAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MENDALSSOHN   HE HAD THE FINEST OPPORTUNITIES, COULD TRAVEL AND HAD AN ORCHESTRA AT HIS SERVICE  
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HOW IMPORTANT WAS THE BUSINESS ASPECT OF MUSIC IN THE ROMANTIC PERIOD?   VERY IMPORTANT  
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WHO WROTE LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS   STRAVINSKY  
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WHAT BECAME AN IMPORTANT COMPOSITIONAL DEVICE IN MODERN MUSIC   SILENCE  
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WHAT EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES CONTRIBUTED TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN 20TH CENTURY MUSIC   ECONOMIC FACTORS, SOCIAL UPHEAVALS, SHIFTS IN PATRONAGE  
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WHO DID CONCEPTS OF IMPRESSIONISM ORIGINATE WITH   FRENCH PAINTERS MONET AND RENOIR  
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WHAT IS IMPRESSIONISM IN MUSIC A REACTION AGAINST   MASSIVE INTERLLECTUAL GERMAN MUSIC LIKE BRAHAMS AND WAGNER  
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WHO IS AN IMPORTANT IMPRESSIONISTIC COMPOSER   CLAUDE DE BUSSEY  
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WHAT IS LE MER ABOUT   THE WIND AND SEA  
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WHAT IS A TYPIAL FEATURE OF THE MUSIC OF AVANT GUARDE COMPOSERS   BRANCH OUT MINIMIZE INFLUENCES FROM THE PAST, DEVELOP LANGUAGE  
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HOW DID STRAVINSKY'S FAME BEGIN IN PARIS?   HE COMPOSED 3 BALLETS  
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WHAT WAS THE AUDIENCES RESPONSE TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE RITE OF SPRING   CAUSED A RIOTUS RESPONSE IT BECAME CLASSIC  
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WHAT IS A 12 TONEATONAL MELODY CALLED?   SERIAL COMPOSITION  
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WHO IS THE FATHER OF 12-TONE TECHNIQUE   shoenberg  
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what school did shoenberg retire from as a professor of composition   university of california  
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what is the name of a piano method book written by Bartok   Mikrokosmos  
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what classical ideals does neoclassical music reflect   control order emotional restraint adherance to formal struture  
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wgat dud sine 20th C composers do to not alienate audiences   design to please the masses, instrumentation, transparent texture  
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what is spechstimme   vocal style where melody is spoken out  
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how much material is used in minimalism   least amount possible  
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how popular was bartoks music before his death   not popular at all  
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How similar is each performance of chancemusic to a subsequent performance   never performed the same way again  
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which to elements of music did 20th c composers emphasize over others   tonality and dissonance  
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how ofter is dissonane and sustained tension found in 20th century music   often  
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WHEN DID A SEPERATION BETWEEN CLASSICAL AND POPULAR MUSIC OCCUR IN THE UNITED STATES   SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH cENTURY  
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WHICH COUNTRY DID AMERCANS TRAVEL TO FOR MUSICAL ED IN THE 19TH C.   EUROPE  
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WHAT STYLE DID AMERICAN COMPOSERS CREAT IN THE IN 19TH?   GERMAN, AUSTRIAN, THEY WERE STARTING TO THINK THAT AMERICAN WAS EQUAL IN THE LAST HALF  
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WHAT CAUSED ARTISTS TO EMIGRATE FROM RUSSIA, GERMANY AND EASTERN EUROPE TO THE US IN THE 30'S   FLEEING PERSECUTION AND HARDSHIP  
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WHEN DID THE us COME TO BE VIEWED AS CENTER OF MUSICAL EXCELLANCE   MID 20TH CENTURY  
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WHO EST THE FIRST FORMAL MUSIC PROGRAM IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE US   HANDEL AND HAYDN 1815 SOCIETY  
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HOW DID COMPOSERS INSURE A NATIONALISTIC FLAVOR IN THE MUSIC THEY CREATED   QUOTE FOLK REPETORE OF MOODS OF MUSIC  
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WHO WAS THE FIRST GREAT INNOVATOR OF THE 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MUSIC   CHARLES IVES  
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WHICH AMERICAN COMPOSER IS THE BEST KNOWN AND MOST SUCCESSFUL   AARON COPELAND  
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HOW MUCH HAVE IMMIGRANTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE MUSIC OF THE US   TREMENDOUS AMOUNT  
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HOW DID AMERICANS FEEL ABOUT VIRTUOSITY? what was valued more than artsts quality   americans valued europeans romanticism and valued personality over technical proficiency  
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how would you define american nationalism   music that was a matter on natl pride and would reach a broad audience  
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how interested was copeand in innovation   interested but not in the expense of disrupting past music  
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what was the first important classical popular genre in the us   opera  
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what type of music did the public want in the us   classical popular  
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when american pchestras were first esablished in the us who did they hire   black  
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