People
A folk musician whose music embodied the struggles of everyday people during the 1930s & 1940s
Who is Woody Guthrie?
Listening example A
What is “My heart is bursting with anger” from The Red Lantern?
A genre of music associated with the common people; usually transmitted orally and represents a locale
What is folk music?
A domestic space or gathering where conversation and social activities took place
What is a salon?
A European, televised music competition that fosters international cooperation
What is Eurovision?
A German composer whose hearing loss did not stop them from composing music
Who is Beethoven?
Listening example B
What is “This Land is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie?
A piece for voice and piano that is associated with domestic performance and often includes themes of love
What is a lied?
A quiet wind instrument that became wildly popular for domestic music making during the Renaissance
What is a recorder?
Listening example F
What is “Your Cheatin’ Heart” by Hank Williams?
A 15th-century French composer who used a lover’s name as an acrostic for one of his chansons
Who is Antoine Busnoys?
Listening example C
What is “El grillo” by Josquin des Prez?
A short work that is performed between the acts of a larger opera
What is an intermezzo?
The teaching of music through memorization instead of relying on written sources
What is oral transmission?
Listening example G
What is “Er ist gekommen” by Clara Schumann?
A 19th-century French composer who fell madly in love with an English actress and wrote a symphonic piece that musical depicted his obsession
Who is Hector Berlioz?
Listening example D
What is Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz?
A work that expresses or depicts a nonmusical event, idea, or image
What is programmatic music?
A musical idea that returns and is transformed
What is an idée fixe?
A plucked string instrument that was very popular during the Renaissance
A male member of court who enjoyed a high social status and usually became an amateur musician
Who is a courtier?
Listening example E
What is Symphony No. 3 "Eroica," mvt. 1 by Beethoven?
A form of lied that includes some recurring music and also incorporates some modifications
What is modified strophic form?
A type of love that is impossible; usually associated with courtly love
What is fin amours?
Listening example H
What is “Je ne puis vivre ainsy toujours” by Antoine Busnoys?