Romantic Era
"Program Music" is best defined as:
Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene
Musical Impressionism is characterized by:
Emphasis on tone color, atmosphere, and fluidity
What is improvisation?
Creating a musical composition on the spot, by yourself or while playing with others.
Lin Manuel Miranda
Who is considered the father of movie music?
John Williams
The term "Idee Fixe" refers to _______ and who is the composer associated with this technique?
A recurring melody representing a person, idea, or object; Berlioz
What is minimalism?
Emphasizes repetition, simple melodic and harmonic structures, and gradual changes over time, often using drones and phasing techniques.
Describe the characteristics of New Orleans Style jazz.
Front line of horns, rhythm section, collective improvisation, theme and variation form, scat singing.
Who popularized rock musicals in the late 20th century?
Andrew Lloyd Webber; Phantom of the Opera
Minimalist film scores often create:
Emotional restraint, suspense, and atmosphere
How did Romantic composers express "Nationalism"?
By incorporating folk songs, dances, and depicting their country's history
What is experimental and avant-garde music?
Composers who rejected tradition, making music from noise or silence.
Which three cities were the epicenter of jazz in the 20th century?
What type of music became popular in the 8-bit era of video games?
Chiptune
A "leitmotif" is:
A recurring melody associated with a character, idea, or object
What traditions within the orchestra did Beethoven establish?
He created orchestras with more instruments to increase the power and expressiveness of music
What genre seeks to express ideas or images related to antiquity cultures, often through rhythmic complexity and dissonance.
Primitive Music
What stye of jazz flourished from 1935-1945, arranged music for dancing, big bands.
Swing
The use of CD-ROMs in the mid-1990s allowed for:
Recorded music and orchestral scores
What were sound systems called that created a more immersive and realistic audio experience through strategically placed speakers.
Multi-channels
What types of songs often used narratives about the despair of unrequited love the beauty of flowers, trees, and brooks; and the supernatural happenings of folktales?
Art Songs
Expressionism focuses on:
Inner feelings and subjective emotions; Typically associated with the brutality and inhumanity of war
Describe ragtime music.
Syncopated rhythms, notated, evolved from African American folk music. Was mostly performed by pianists.
_____ was a popular form of entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, consisting of a variety of short, unrelated acts.
Vaudeville
What was created by Warner Bros that allowed music to be pre-recorded, which eliminated the need for live performers?
Vitaphone