This element in music refers to the degrees of loudness and softness.
What are dynamics.
100
The members of this late Renaissance early Baroque group wanted to create a new vocal style based on the music of ancient Greek tragedies.
What is the Camerata.
100
Between the ages of 6 and 15, this composer was continually on tour in England and Europe.
Who is Mozart?
100
This is instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea or scene, popular during the Romantic Period.
What is program music.
100
The combination of 2 traditional chords sounding together is known as this.
What is a polychord.
200
This is the musical element that refers to the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other.
What is harmony.
200
This opera by Henry Purcell, is considered by many to be the finest opera written to an English text.
What is Dido & Aeneas.
200
This musical form may be defined as a musical composition for orchestra, a sonata for orchestra and an extended, ambitious work for orchestra in 4 movements.
What is the Symphony.
200
This is a composition for solo voice and piano.
What is art song.
200
In music, the early 20th century was a time of this.
What is revolt and change.
300
This is a musical texture when 2 or more melodic lines of equal importance are performed simultaneously.
What is polyphonic
300
Handel's Messiah is an example of this.
What is an oratorio.
300
The Sonata form consists of these 3 main sections
What are the exposition, development and recapitulation.
300
This is the German term for Art Song.
What is Lied
300
The most famous riot in music history occurred in Paris in 1913 at the first performance of this.
What is Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
400
This is considered to be NON-Program music.
What is absolute music.
400
This is a Lutheran congregational hymn tune, usually found in a Cantata.
What is a chorale.
400
A Classical String Quartet is a musical composition for these instruments.
What is 2 violins, viola and cello.
400
Richard Wagner spins an orchestral web out of recurrent musical themes called this.
What is Leitmotifs.
400
The first significant atonal pieces were composed around 1908 by this composer.
Who is Arnold Schoenberg.
500
This is a musical form where a musical statement is followed by a contrasting statement and then a return of the original statement.
What is ternary form.
500
These are sets of dance-inspired instrumental movements.
What are suites.
500
This opera by Mozart is about a legendary Spanish lover.
What is Don Giovanni.
500
In this opera by Puccini, the characters Mimi & Rodolfo meet for the first time because Mimi has come to ask for a light for her candle.
What is La Boheme
500
This is a scale made up of 6 different notes each a whole step away from the next.