Composers
Austrian composer who was a child prodigy. Composed his own requiem
Who was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
Produces sound by using a pick to pluck strings when a key is pressed.
What is a Harpsichord?
The main money source for composers in the Classical Perriod.
What was the Aristocracy/Nobility?
Composers employed _______________ , composing in a way that the music reflects the meaning of the words/lyrics.
What is Text Painting?
The approximate years the Renaissance period began and ended.
What is 1400-1600 C.E.?
Franco-Flemish Composer who traveled across Europe and wrote many Chansons and Motets.
Who was Josquin Des Prez?
A Classical instrument where when a key is pressed a hammer strikes strings to produce sound.
What is the Fortepiano?
The Classical Period is called the “Classical” period because of the newfound interest in __________.
What is Greek and Roman architecture, culture, religion,history, and government?
______________ or organized music, contrasted plainchant by adding a new line of music performed simultaneous to the first
What is Organum?
The approximate years the Classical Period began and ended.
What is 1750-1820 C.E.?
Italian Composer during the Baroque Period, who composed over 500 concertos, so named the father of the concerto.
Who was Antonio Vivaldi?
What is an Organ?
During the Renaissance, the ______________ has just been invented, allowing for the widespread circulation of ideas.
Daily Double:
A theme occurring throughout a work which represents a person, an event or an idea, etc.
What is a Leitmotif?
The approximate years the Romantic Period began and ended.
What is 1800-1900 C.E.?
German Classical/Romantic composer who was one of the first composers to make money without being employed by the church or nobility.
Daily Double:
The 4 Sections of the Classical Orchestra.
What are Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion?
An intellectual movement emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition.
What is the Enlightenment?
Polyphony is mostly created by a line of melody that is repeated at different times by different voice parts to create harmony, which is more generally referred to as ___________.
What is Imatative Polyphony?
The approximate years the Baroque Period began and ended.
What is 1600-1750 C.E.?
Virutuosic pianists during the Romantic Period
Who were Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt?
The Makeup of a String Quartet.
What are 2 Violins, a Viola, and a Cello?
Belief in the superiority of one’s culture over another.
What is Cultural Nationalism?
____________ is a song performed in a half-spoken, half-sung style that moves the plot of the opera forward.
What is a Recitative?
The approximate years that the Medieval Period began and ended.
What is 900-1399 C.E.?