Elements
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th Century
100
This is the regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time.
What is beat.
100
In the opera Orfeo, Orpheus goes to Hades in the hope of bringing his love back to life.
Who is Eurydice.
100
This is a brilliant solo section in a concerto.
What is a cadenza.
100
This is a short musical idea associated with a person, object, or thought used by Richard Wagner in his operas.
What is leitmotif.
100
A chord made of tones only a half step apart is known as this.
What is a tone cluster.
200
This form may be schematically outlined as ABACABA.
What is rondo.
200
Bach was recognized as the most eminent of what during his day. The answer is not what you expect it to be.
What is organist.
200
A classical concerto is a 3 movement work for this.
What is instrumental soloist and orchestra.
200
This is a one-movement orchestral composition based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.
What is symphonic poem.
200
This is the technique of using 2 or more tonal centers at the same time.
What is polytonality.
300
These are the Italian dynamic markings traditionally used to indicate very soft, soft, and very loud.
What is pianissimo, piano, fortissimo.
300
J.S. Bach composed in every Baroque form except for this one.
What is opera.
300
This is the typical sequence of movements in a classical concerto.
What is fast, slow, fast.
300
When the same music is repeated for each stanza of a poem the form is known as this.
What is strophic.
300
The Rite of Spring is an example of this "ism".
What is primitivism.
400
This is a series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole.
What is melody.
400
The first Oratorios were based on this.
What is the Bible.
400
This form may be schematically outlined as A A'A"A'"A""
What is theme and variations.
400
In Schubert's song The Erlking, the piano takes on the role of this character in the story.
What is the galloping horse.
400
The term tone color is synonymous with this term.
What is timbre.
500
Western music uses letters of the alphabet to indicate pitch. How many?
What is the first 7
500
This is a musical idea repeated over and over in the bass while the melodies above it constantly change.
What is basso ostinato.
500
This composers career was a model for many romantic composers.
Who is Beethoven.
500
This is the absence of key or tonality in a musical composition.
What is atonality.
500
This is the 20th century movement that stressed intense, subjective emotion.
What is expressionism.
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