History
The origin of Classical Music from the Medieval Era
What is plainchant / Gregorian chant?
Classical music gradually increases or decreases volume using these two techniques
What are Crescendo and diminuendo
This piece is an early example of program music that depicts winter.
What is Winter from The Four Seasons?
This composer's Ninth Symphony is associated with freedom and democracy.
Who is Beethoven?
This instrument family includes the oboe and bassoon.
What are woodwinds?
Invented during the Medieval Era to create standardized plainchant books that are used for religion
What is Musical Notation?
This musical texture features one main melody with accompaniment.
What is homophony?
This piece is commonly associated with weddings.
What is Canon in D?
This Chilean dictator used classical music in detention centers.
Who is Augusto Pinochet?
This musical form repeats a main theme several times.
What is rondo form?
Technique that used lower pitched and slowed down plainchant, layered on top of a faster, higher pitched musical line.
What is organum?
This type of beat is usually less emphasized in classical music than in dance music.
What is a steady rhythmic pulse?
This piece uses Sonata-Allegro Form and features many arpeggios.
What is the third movement of Moonlight Sonata?
This composer's Finlandia became a symbol of resistance against Russian rule.
Who is Jean Sibelius?
This multi-movement work features one solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra.
What is a concerto?
Introduced opera and emphasized expressive instrumental music
What is the Baroque Era?
These two key types are used throughout classical music.
What are major and minor keys?
This piece has the A-B-A-C-A chord progression
What is Fur Elise?
This composer used Polish dances such as mazurkas to promote nationalism.
Who is Frédéric Chopin?
These are the four major instrument families discussed in the presentation.
What are strings, woodwinds, brass, and keyboard (piano)?
Rhythmic parts of organum where words have been added that can be treated as standalone musical works
What are motets?
These markings help slow classical pieces sound smooth and connected.
What are ties and slurs?
This piece is written in Ternary Form and 9/8 time.
What is Clair de Lune?
This feature of classical music sometimes allowed composers to hide political messages from censors.
What is the absence of lyrics?
These are the four musical forms discussed in the presentation.
What are sonata, rondo, concerto, and multi-movement cycle?