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MUSICAL TERMS
MEDIEVAL
RENAISSANCE
BAROQUE
CLASSICAL
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The lines and spaces of the staff get their names from this symbol.
What is a clef?
100
Gregorian chant melodies have this kind of texture.
What is monophonic?
100
This Flemish composer spent most of his life in Italy.
Who is Josquin?
100
An operatic song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment is called?
What is an aria?
100
This music is designed for the intimate setting of a small room.
What is chamber music?
200
What is a regular and recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time?
What is a beat?
200
She is the first woman composer known by name in western Europe.
Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
200
What is the pear-shaped instrument that was popular in the Renaissance home?
What is the lute?
200
The two composers called "giants of baroque composition" are?
Who are Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederic Handel?
200
Classicism, a stylistic period in western art music, roughly encompassed these years.
What is 1750 through 1820?
300
A combination of three or more tones sounded simultaneously is called a?
What is a chord?
300
In the Mass, the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei are collectively called?
What is the Ordinary of the Mass?
300
He was the leading English composer of lute songs.
Who was John Dowland?
300
The word baroque originated in this industry.
What is the pearl industry?
300
Beethoven displaced this dance as the third movement of a symphony in favor of a scherzo movement.
What is a minuet?
400
This term refers to the unique quality or color of sound produced by an instrument.
What is timbre?
400
What began as an improvisation on Gregorian chant?
What is organum?
400
In which country did the madrigal originate?
What is Italy?
400
What is the Italian term for figured bass—a bass part with figures numbers above it specifying the chords to be played?
What is basso continuo?
400
The first movement of a classical concerto has two of them, unlike a classical symphony which has only one.
What is an exposition? (see pages 172 and 186)
500
What is the second most important chord in a key?
What is dominant?
500
Musical Example: The sustained tone in this piece is called a?
What is a drone?
500
Name the composer of this Renaissance composition.
Who is [Giovanni Pierluigi da] Palestrina?
500
Musical excerpt: He composed this piece for solo violin with orchestra.
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
500
Musical excerpt: In which opera can this aria be heard?
What is the Magic Flute?