Term ID
A concluding section or passage at the end of a composition that provides a sense of finality
What is a coda?
What is Clara Schumann's Piano Trio in G Minor, Movement 3?
What is John Philip Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever?
Symphonic Poem
What is a single-movement orchestral work that portrays a scene or tells a story
A musical technique where the music reflects the literal meaning of the lyrics to enhance their emotional impact
What is text painting?
What is "Convergence" (There Will Be Blood) by Johnny Greenwood?
Synesthesia
What is when hearing music triggers another sense, most commonly the perception of colors?
Nationalism
What is identification with one's own nation and support for its interests?
What is Johann Strauss II's The Blue Danube?
A single syllable of a word is sung over multiple notes
What is a melisma?
What is Bela Bartok's Romanian Folk Dances?
What is Josef Haydn's String Quartet, "The Joke"?
Polyphony
What are two or more independent melodic lines that are played or sung at the same time?
What is Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 7, Movement 1?
A piece for orchestra and vocal soloists that tells a story without costumes, sets, or acting
What is an Oratorio?
What is "Kyrie" (Pope Marcellus Mass) by Giovanni da Palestrina?
The theory of art, literature, and music officially sanctioned by the state in some Communist countries, by which artistic work was supposed to reflect and promote the ideals of a socialist society.
What is Socialist Realism?
Sarabande
What is a dignified Spanish triple-meter dance, with the emphasis on the second beat?
What is Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World," Movement 2
A stately German dance in quadruple meter
What is an Allemande?
What is Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams?
A six-note chord created by Alexander Scriabin which he used as a harmonic basis for many of his later works
What is the Mystic Chord?
The Council of Trent
What is a series of meetings that reformed sacred music to be more reverent, clear, and focused on the text?
What is Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, Scene 7?