A musical term borrowed from visual arts that is now associated with the composers Debussy and Ravel.
What is impressionism?
100
Schoenberg, Webern, Berg
What is the second Viennese school?
100
This symphony was written as a musical postcard from Antonin Dvorak while he was in New York. (Need number and nickname)
What is Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"?
100
Techniques that are not traditional on a given instrument.
What are extended techniques?
100
The romantic rock star of the piano.
Who is Franz Liszt?
200
Highly eclectic styles and a pervading philosophy after modernism.
What is post-modernism?
200
A 20th century compositional technique that ensures equal repetition of all twelve pitches to avoid any sense of tonality.
What is serialism? (or twelve tone technique? or dodecaphony?)
200
This American composer credited with developing the "American sound" during his populist period.
Who is Aaron Copland?
200
Putting objects inside the piano in order to change its timbre.
What is prepared piano?
200
This famous composer of art songs and piano works spent his last days in an asylum thanks to the later stages of syphilis.
Who is Robert Schumann?
300
A musical style characterized by the repetition of short figures that change gradually.
What is minimalism?
300
One of Wagner's greatest contributions to opera and later film, this is a recurrent theme that is associated with a specific person, theme, etc
What is leitmotif?
300
This highly innovative composer could use techniques such as polytonality, collage effects, and polymeters long before others did largely because he made his living in the insurance business.
Who is Charles Ives?
300
A genre created during the Romantic era for voice and piano.
What is art song?
300
Stolen time.
What is rubato?
400
Dvorak, Schumann, Schubert, and Berlioz were all associated with this "ism"
What is Romanticism?
400
Literally "tone color melody," or splitting a melody between several voices.
What is klangfarbenmelodie?
400
Audio Daily Double (name of piece)
What is Appalachian Spring?
400
Debussy's favorite scale.
What is the whole tone scale?
400
Elaborate melodies and trills in Romantic opera, usually performed by a soprano or tenor.
What is coloratura?
500
A movement in art and music that distorts reality in order to express subjective truth or emotion. It is often associated with the pre-serialist music of Schoenberg.
What is expressionism?
500
Literally "spoken voice" or when a singer speaks written pitches instead of sustaining them.
What is sprechstimme?
500
The first African American composer to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra.