Classical Era
What is the role of the conductor?
"Program Music" is best defined as:
Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene
Musical Impressionism is characterized by:
Emphasis on tone color, atmosphere, and fluidity
This era of music stressed emotion, imagination, and individualism
Romantic
This era of music broke with tradition and rules.
20th century
What is the primary genre of this era?
The Classical Symphony
The term "Idee Fixe" refers to _______ and who is the composer associated with this technique?
A recurring melody representing a person, idea, or object; Berlioz
What is minimalism?
Emphasizes repetition, simple melodic and harmonic structures, and gradual changes over time, often using drones and phasing techniques.
Explain what opera seria and buffa are
Opera buffa is a comic opera style, while opera seria is a serious, often tragic opera style
Beethoven bridged the gap between which two eras?
Classical and Romantic
What is a cadenza?
How did Romantic composers express "Nationalism"?
By incorporating folk songs, dances, and depicting their country's history
What is experimental and avant-garde music?
Composers who rejected tradition, making music from noise or silence.
Mozart belonged to which era?
Classical
What is minimalism? What era does it belong to?
Repetition of short musical phrases or motifs; Gradual changes in harmony, rhythm, and dynamics.
20th century
While the baroque era was largely polyphonic, the classical era was primarily:
What traditions within the orchestra did Beethoven establish?
He created orchestras with more instruments to increase the power and expressiveness of music
Expressionism focuses on:
Inner feelings and subjective emotions; Typically associated with the brutality and inhumanity of war
What composer is credited to blending the styles of orchestral music and jazz?
George Gershwin
What nationalistic country was known for their style of writing in the Romantic era?
Russia
What is an oratorio?
A large-scale musical work for orchestra and voices, typically a narrative on a religious theme, performed without the use of costumes, scenery, or action.
What types of songs often used narratives about the despair of unrequited love the beauty of flowers, trees, and brooks; and the supernatural happenings of folktales?
Art Songs
What genre seeks to express ideas or images related to antiquity cultures, often through rhythmic complexity and dissonance.
Primitive Music
What was the first musical recording device called?
Define impressionism in music
Marked by its fluidity (the lack of a strong rhythmic pulse), atmosphere (how music feels and sounds), and tone color (the quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument from another).