Renaissance
When different voice parts copy one another at different times in the music
What is imitative polyphony
musical flourishes—typically, added notes—that are not essential to carry the overall line of the melody (or harmony), but serve instead to decorate that line (or harmony) and provide added interest and variety.
What is ornamentation or embellishment
Where all the voices move together in the same rhythm
What is homophonic
Characteristics of Music in the Romantic period
What is louder, bigger and more dramatic
Three of 20th Century music's subgenre's
What are Impressionism, Neo-Classicism, Folk, Minimalism, Neo-Romantic or Neo-Renaissance
This was a sacred genre of music during the Renaissance that was typically in Latin and written for the church
What is a motet
large works almost like an opera but written for the church. They had characters and told a story from the bible.
What is an Oratorio
The two main composers we learned about in the classical period
Who were Haydn & Mozart
DAILY DOUBLE
Another name for German Secular Music
German Lieder
DAILY DOUBLE
What impressionistic music is all about
What are sound, mood and atmosphere?
This is a secular genre of music during the Renaissance that was not written for the church or about religion
What is a madrigal
large works written for the church. They had many movements for different groups of singers and instruments. They do not tell a story or have characters.
What is a Cantata
The name of the piece Mozart was writing when he died
What is Requiem
One of the French composers we learned about in Romantic Music
Who are Debussy, Saint-Saens or Faure
Probably the most famous living composers today - also known as the "Father of the Virtual Choir"
Who is Eric Whitacre?
When music itself imitates the text
The two composers we learned about from the Baroque period
Who are Bach and Vivaldi
The transitional composers at the end of the classical period that helped bridge music to the romantic period
Who were Schubert & Beethoven
The person who wrote the one oratorio (Elijah) we learned about in the Romantic Period
Who is Felix Mendelssohn
DAILY DOUBLE
The type of scale that was used in Igor Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms that incorporated every note in an octave
What is 12-Tone or Dodecaphonic
The years of the Renaissance Period of Music
What is 1400-1600
The years of the Baroque Period of Music
What is 1600-1750
The years of the Classical Period of Music
What is 1750-1820
The years of the Romantic Period of Music
What is 1820-1910
Three of the four American composers we learned about in 20thy Century Music
Who are Randall Thompson, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland or Leonard Bernstein