MIDDLE AGES/RENAISSANCE
BAROQUE
CLASSICAL
ROMANTIC
ELEMENTS
100
THIS OFFICIAL MUSIC OF THE CHURCH FOR A MILLENIUM INCLUDES STEP-WISE MELODIES, MODES, BUT NO METER.
WHAT IS GREGORIAN CHANT?
100
THIS FORM IS WRITTEN FOR SOLOIST AND CONTINUO TO FOLLOW THE RHYTHM OF THE TEXT AND CARRIES THE DRAMA BETWEEN ARIAS IN AN OPERA.
WHAT IS RECITATIVE?
100
A THREE-MOVEMENT WORK FOR SOLO INSTRUMENT AND ORCHESTRA.
WHAT IS A CONCERTO?
100
FRANZ SCHUBERT'S ERLKONIG IS AN EARLY ROMANTIC EXAMPLE OF THIS FORM FOR PIANO AND VOICE.
WHAT IS ART SONG?
100
A DISSONANT HARMONY RESOLVES TO THIS STABLE-SOUNDING HARMONY.
WHAT IS CONSONANCE?
200
THIS MOST IMPORTANT SERVICE OF THE LITURGICAL CHURCH INCLUDES A CELEBRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER.
WHAT IS THE MASS?
200
This Baroque accompaniment in music was written for a collection of instruments to play a figured bass line.
What is basso continuo?
200
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART MOVED TO THIS CITY TO MAKE HIS CAREER.
WHAT IS VIENNA?
200
ROMANCES, CHARACTER PIECES, ETUDES, PRELUDES, NOCTURNES, POLONAISES, WALTZES, MAZURKAS, ETC.
WHAT ARE PIANO MINIATURES?
200
THE RELATIVE HIGHNESS OR LOWNESS THAT WE HEAR IN A SOUND.
WHAT IS A PITCH?
300
MEDIEVAL MUSICIANS PROBABLY IMPROVISED THIS ACCOMPANIMENT TO MONOPHONIC MUSIC USING REPEATED TONES UNDER THE MELODY.
WHAT IS A DRONE?
300
A BAROQUE CANTATA IS INTENDED FOR USE IN THE DIVINE SERVICE AND MAY INCLUDE THIS MUSICAL FORM FROM CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP.
WHAT IS A CHORALE?
300
A piece for orchestra with 4 movements: fast, slow, dance-related, and fast.
What is a symphony?
300
AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE! THE COMPOSER OF THIS EXCERPT.
WHO IS GIACOMO PUCCINI?
300
DEGREES OF SOFTNESS OR LOUDNESS OF MUSIC AND THE CHANGES MADE IN THE VOLUME WHILE PLAYING.
WHAT ARE DYNAMICS?
400
LUTE SONG COMPOSER FROM THE VERY END OF THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD IN ENGLAND.
WHO IS JOHN DOWLAND?
400
THE MAIN THEME OF A FUGUE.
WHAT IS A SUBJECT?
400
THIS OCCURS AFTER THE EXPOSITION IN SONATA FORM.
WHAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT?
400
A CZECH SYMPHONIST WHO USED AMERICAN INSPIRATION IN HIS 9TH SYMPHONY.
WHO IS ANTONIN DVORAK?
400
A REGULAR RECURRENT PULSATION THAT DIVIDES MUSIC INTO EQUAL UNITS OF TIME.
WHAT IS THE BEAT?
500
A POLYPHONIC VOCAL WORK THAT IS SACRED BUT NOT A PART OF THE MASS.
WHAT IS A MOTET?
500
THIS FORM WITH REPEATED SECTIONS IS COMMONLY USED IN THE FIRST AND LAST MOVEMENTS OF A BAROQUE CONCERTO, IN ARIAS, AND IN CANTATA MOVEMENTS.
WHAT IS RITORNELLO FORM?
500
MUSIC FOR ONE PLAYER PER PART.
WHAT IS CHAMBER MUSIC?
500
SHORT MUSICAL IDEAS IN WAGNERIAN COMPOSITION REPRESENTING THINGS LIKE "SWORD" OR "VALHALLA."
WHAT IS LEITMOTIF?
500
MULTIPLE MELODIC LINES BEING HEARD IN LAYERS OF MUSIC.
WHAT IS POLYPHONIC TEXTURE?
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