The Ancients
The term "Classicism" comes from this ancient civilization.
What is "Ancient Greece?"
This number was commonly found in Classical music and painting because of it's balanced shape - call it equilateral.
What is the number 3?
This courtly style was meant to please the listener. It was easy to listen to.
What is Style Galant?
This Latin word for "work" looks the same as an English word for a large vocal composition.
What is "opera, operae?"
The period of time from 1750-1825
What is the Classical period?
Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric are the three tiers of this philosophy of education.
What is the Trivium?
By the end of the Baroque period, the arts had become complicated and "messy." Classicism worked to put it back in ___________.
What is order?
This instrument was popular in the Classical period; it could play both loudly, and softly - hence the name.
What is a piano?
The Latin word for "an agreement of sounds" or a sonata for orchestra, in English.
What is "symphonia, symphoniae?"
The time period that came directly before the Classical period
What is the Baroque period?
Subjects taught in Ancient Greece were “The Four Ways” - Arithmetic, Geometry, Astrology and Music - also called this, in Latin.
What is the Quadvrivium?
Classical art made certain images clear by adding this balance of light and shadow, making important figures stand out.
What is contrast?
This class of society rose in Europe after the Baroque period, when the monarchies started to lose absolute power.
What is the middle class (working class)?
This English term, from the Latin word "texo, texare," means "to weave" - referring to layers of sounds in a piece of music.
What is texture?
The large-scale political events that sparked the start of the Classical period - including overthrowing of the monarchies.
What are revolutions?
This was the next Civilization to copy the philisophical ideas of the Greeks - but with their own twist.
What is Ancient Rome?
The Classical composers often wrote in this 3-part form that listeners can follow easily.
What is Sonata Form?
The sonata was a popular form of musical piece that was versatile. If the piece was for two players, it was called a duet. If the piece was for four players, it was called a __________.
What is a quartet?
This term comes from Greek and originally meant "Senate chamber" or more recognizable, "stage front."
What is an "orchestra?"
Another name for the "Age of Reason" where the belief was that men could figure out everything for himself.
What is The Enlightenment?
This term is also sometimes referred to as "dialectic" and has to do with the stage of learning where students ask "why?"
What is Logic?
This type of musical composition has movements - like chapters in a book - that lead the listener down a musical journey - in an "agreeable" way.
What is a Symphony?
This kind of composition is for a solo instrument, plus an orchestra or piano. The name comes from two Latin words meaning "to join a competition."
What is a Concerto?
Sono, sonare (meaning "sound") creates this term for a work for many soloists playing together.
What is a sonata?
The religious group whose beliefs were generally opposite those of the Age of Reason.
What are Christians?