Medieval
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Impressionism
100
Small rhythmic ideas based on groupings of three used in Medieval music
What are modes
100
a song for solo voice and accompaniment, which often includes a solo instrument.
What is an aria
100
A musical form in which the A section repeats between two or more contrasting sections, such as ABACABA
What is rondo
100
a rhythmic or melodic fragment that can serve as the basic element from which a more complex musical structure can be created.
What is motive
100
A style of painting in the late nineteenth-century France that attempted to give an "impression" of a scene at one given moment in time, as opposed to an exact representation of it. The style is also found in music literature, and sculpture.
What is Impressionism
200
Nonreligious in nature
What is secular
200
an aria in ABA form
What is a da capo aria
200
a composition written for orchestra and one or more solo instruments
What is concerto
200
a theatrical production combining drama, vocal and orchestral music, costumes, scenery, and sometimes dance.
What is opera
200
The distance between one pitch and the next higher or lower pitch that has the same name
What is octave
300
Melody supported by harmony
What is homophony
300
a type of musical composition with several short parts or movements or varying character. Frequently these parts are written in dance forms
What is suite
300
the repetition of a melodic pattern at a higher or lower pitch level
What is melodic sequence
300
Music written for a small group often having only one voice instrument for each part, and no conductor.
What is chamber music
300
A consecutive succession of six tones, each a whole step apart.
What is a whole-tone scale
400
Music Consisting of two or more independent melodies sung or played
What is polyphony
400
an extended work for orchestra, chorus, and solo voices based on religious, mythological, or poetic literature
What is oratorio
400
a child prodigy. wrote his first symphony at age 9 and was internationally famous by 15. Wrote different types of music including symphonies, concertos, and operas. Two big operas were Don Giovanni and Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute)
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
400
the text of an opera or oratorio; from the Italian word meaning "little book"
What is libretto
400
A person who takes a piece of music in its original form and arranges it as a version to be played by a different combination of instruments
What is an orchestrator
500
an unaccompanied song for four to six voices with poetic text that was developed in Italy
What is a madrigal
500
in a vocal work with a story, this movement moves the story along, giving information. It is sung by a soloist in free rhythm
What is recitative
500
A musical selection consisting of three main parts; the exposition, in which the themes are introduced; the development that contains theme parts in changing keys' and the recapitulation in which the original themes are heard again in the home key.
What is Sonata Form
500
German composer best known for his over the top Operas and large orchestras. Once had an opera so large they had to build a new building to fit the set. One of his best known works is The Ring of the Nibelung or simply The Ring which in a total of 15 hours long
Who is Richard Wagner
500
A technique for wind instruments in which the player makes an r-r-r-r-r-r sound with the tongue against the front teeth or in the back of the throat while playing
What is flutter tonguing
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