Symphony
What are dynamics?
volume of the piece
What is the higher male vocal part called?
Tenor
What country invented marches?
Bonus: Who invented marches?
U.S.
John Philip Sousa
What instrument became increasingly popular to own in 19th century America?
piano
What music streaming service changed music consumption the most drastically?
Spotify
Name three instruments in a symphony orchestra.
Violin, cello, viola, bass, select woodwinds and brass, percussion
What is sung dialogue called?
recitative
What is music that is already written called when put into a film score by the film director?
Temp music
White churches used piano as their accompaniments for singing during the 19th century. What did black churches use?
stomping and clapping
What are the Oliveros' sonic mediations?
a collection of meditations meant to view sound as music and focus on breathing, humming, and group participation
What does register refer to?
range of pitches instrument plays
What vocal parts would typically play the villain?
alto or baritone
What is a leitmotif?
short musical phrase to represent character or idea
What is a minstrel show?
People dress up as caricatures of black people to mock them using song and dance
What was the first form of music consumption?
Phonograph
What is program music?
music that has a pictorial or literary assocation
Do you sing louder for opera or musical theatre and why?
opera because it is sung acoustically
What instruments typically represent heroes?
brass
What is Tin Pan Alley?
the district of music publishers in New York
Who invented the phonograph?
Thomas Edison
What is pizzicato?
plucking the strings on a string instrument
What countries did musical theatre originate and opera originate?
US and Italy
Who created the American music sound that influenced film music heavily?
Aaron Copland
What were the two types of social reform songs written through the 19th century?
abolition and alcohol reform
Answer one or answer both for bonus points:
How long did the first record last for?
What was unique about it compared to our standard records today?
2 min
It was a cylinder rather than flat