a late 20th century style characterized by short melodic and rhythmic figures, a steady and pulsing beat and a large amount of repetition with variations that are barely perceptible.
What is minimalism?
100
Cheerful, quick or fast.
What is allegro?
200
A song that tells a story.
What is a ballad?
200
f
What is forte or loud?
200
Joyful
What is lieto?
200
A style of syncopated American music popular from 1895 to 1918 that is an early type of jazz.
What is ragtime?
200
The orchestral term for cut time.
What is alia breve?
300
A marking used in Gregorian chant that indicates groupings of notes.
What is ictus?
300
cresc.
What is crescendo or gradually get louder?
300
Accented and stressed.
What is marcato?
300
Historical music dating from 1820 to about 1910. Composers of this period include Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, Wagner, and Bruckner among many others.
What is the Romantic period? or Romanticism?
300
Very slow and broad.
What is largo?
400
The words or text of an opera, oratorio, or musical.
What is libretto?
400
dim.
What is diminuendo or gradually get softer (quieter) ?
400
Exact and strict.
What is giusto?
400
The music period from 1750-1820 where form and structure were stressed over expression. Composers from this period include Haydn, and Mozart.
What is the Classical Period? or Classicism?
400
Becoming faster.
What is accelerando?
500
A multi-movement vocal work for chorus and soloists with orchestral accompaniment that is performed without staging.
What is a cantata?
500
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What is forzando or loud beginning?
500
Sorrowful.
What is dolente?
500
A school of composers in the 18th century that originated in Naples?