types of pieces
french overture
slow fast slow with dotted rhythms
riotornello
recurring passage interspersed w/ contrasting episodes in baroque
gigue
lively dance, contrapuntal texture, often has accents on 3rd beat compound meter and binary form
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
fixed do
heavy on improv and eurhythmics(movement)
Dmitry Shostakovich
wrote his Fifth Symphony in response to the Soviet government's "fair and just criticism" of his previous work- sharp contrasts, elements of the grotesque, and ambivalent tonality
what period contained bass continuo
baroque
characteristics of baroque
lots of ornamentation, contrasting sections w/ polyphonic or contrapuntal texture and use of harpsichord continuo
allemande
moderately slow, serios dance in quadruple meter and binary form
Zoltán Kodály
rhythm handsigns Rhythm Syllables(ta titi) folk songs
Aleksandr Scriabin
russian composer noted for its unusual harmonies through which the composer sought to explore musical symbolism. transcended usual tonality
define musica ficta- when was it used
theory from medieval/renaissance, describes pitches and introduces accidentals
contrapuntal texture
mazurka
lively tempo emphasis on 2nd beat- polish
Carol orff
Childrens world of play, games and chants
Sergey Prokofiev
russian composer worked in the soviet union major composers of the 20th century, peter and the wolf symphonies, concerti, film music, operas, ballets, and program pieces.
ternary form
fast slow fast opening section (A), a following section (B) and then a repetition of the first section (A)
melismatic declimation
style allows several notes to be sung to one syllable of text, has dotted rhythms, souring melismatic passages, suspensions and time changes
passaggio (voice)
break between chest and head voice
Edwin gorden
Audition, Learning Sequence Activities for Tonal and Rhythmic patterns Highly sequential – students must show readiness before moving to next step in the learning sequence (A/O; V/A; P/S; S/A; C/S
Aram Khachaturian
Soviet Armenian composer best known for his Piano Concerto (1936) and his ballet Gayane (1942), most known for ballet music
melody- parallel period
melodies in both phrases begin similarly and end on tonic
courante
rhythmical and metrical fluidity complex texture, great harmonic tension, very developed ornamentation
Baroque dance- fast running steps
characteristics of Carl Maria von Weber music
between 1821 and 1826 first german opera
music compositions best exemplifies nationalism-
Der Freischütz (The Marksman)
Comprehensive Musicianship
Comprehensive Musicians who could improvise, compose, perform, listen, describe, and understand music (especially NEW music)
Lowell Mason
was an American music director and banker who was a leading figure in 19th-century American church music considered the first important U.S. music educator