Medieval/Renaissance
This popular Renaissance texture involves multiple voices singing different melody lines at the same time.
What is polyphony
A constant bass line used in the Baroque Era as harmonic support.
What is Basso Continuo
Classical Era music characterized by its light, simple, and elegant style.
What is Galant Style
This composer wrote nine symphonies and is seen as a bridge between the Classical and Romantic eras.
Who is Beethoven
Primitivist work by Igor Stravinsky where a young girl dances herself to death.
What is The Rite of Spring
The earliest form of musical notation, seen as marks above sung words.
What are neumes
French king who loved (and sometimes danced) ballet.
Who is Louis XIV
Solo passage at the end of a concerto where the soloist could show off their musical abilities.
What is Cadenza
Instrument that reached its modern form in the Romantic era and was a symbol of status in middle class homes.
Jazz term for when musicians move around or between two notes.
The Renaissance philosophy that elevated humanity and the individual.
What is humanism
Movement inspired by a desire to break away from the Catholic church.
What is the Reformation
Movement that emphasized the importance of reason and observation.
What is the Enlightenment
Music that mimics music from foreign lands.
What is exoticism
Term for music that takes modernist elements but makes them more appealing for a wide audience.
Italian or English secular song form that utilized counterpoint and typically involved four voices.
What is Madrigal
Musical form where a main theme alternates with solo passages.
What is Ritornello Form
Name of the Venetian Orphanage for girls where Vivaldi worked.
What is the Ospedale della Pieta
Term referring to a list of accepted masterworks.
Composer of West Side Story.
This historical figure was the first known composer of two-part polyphonic music.
Who is Leonin
Orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera before Act I begins.
What is Overture
Composer who was known as a trickster and composed the Surprise Symphony.
Who is Joseph Haydn
Opera by Georges Bizet about a Romani woman who seduces a soldier.
What is Carmen
Impresario who worked with Tchaikovsky to stage Sleeping Beauty.
Who is Sergei Diaghilev