Music Terms
A concluding section or passage at the end of a composition that provides a sense of finality
What is a coda?
What is Clara Schumann's Piano Trio in G Minor, Movement 3?
What is John Philip Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever?
A single-movement orchestral work that portrays a scene or tells a story
What is a Symphonic Poem?
A musical technique where the music reflects the literal meaning of the lyrics to enhance their emotional impact
What is text painting?
When hearing music triggers another sense, most commonly the perception of colors
What is synesthesia?
Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests
What is nationalism?
What is Johann Strauss II's The Blue Danube?
A single syllable of a word is sung over multiple notes
What is a melisma?
What is Bela Bartok's Romanian Folk Dances?
Two or more independent melodic lines are played or sung at the same time
What is polyphony?
What is Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 7, Movement 1?
A piece for orchestra and vocal soloists that tells a story without costumes, sets, or acting
What is an Oratorio?
What is Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, Movement 2?
The theory of art, literature, and music officially sanctioned by the state in some Communist countries, by which artistic work was supposed to reflect and promote the ideals of a socialist society.
What is Socialist Realism?
A dignified Spanish triple-meter dance, with the emphasis on the second beat
What is a Sarabande?
What is Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World," Movement 2
A stately German dance in quadruple meter
What is an Allemande?
A six-note chord created by Alexander Scriabin which he used as a harmonic basis for many of his later works
What is the Mystic Chord?
A series of meetings that reformed sacred music to be more reverent, clear, and focused on the text
What is the Council of Trent?
What is Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, Scene 7?