What is harp, guitar, violin, wood flute, voice, bagpipes and accordion
100
Gregorian Chant
began BC
also called plainchant
monks had to memorize it
Christian music
100
Minimalism
What is exposing the essence or identity of a subject by eliminating all non-essential features
simplest or fewest elements are use to create maximum effect
100
Expressionism
What is music that expresses the feelings of the composer, began with visual arts, germany
schoenberg, berg, weberg
100
Rhythm
What is represents physical nature of life, becomes one of the most striking elements of music
200
Greece
What is lyre, lute, guitar, drums, voice
200
Invented the Opera
What is Italy?
200
Impressionism
What is started with impressionist art. the music was supposed to paint a picture in your head, claude debussy
200
Avant-garde
What is timbre & rhythm
not embraced by public
chance music
john cage
france
200
Melody
What is less reliance, irregular
300
Croatia
What is tamburitza, violin, diple, tamboura, cimbule, accordian
300
Two different kinds of opera
What is opera seria (serious) and opera buffa (funny)?
300
Nationalism
What is reflection of a country by folk song, dance or stories
bartok, copland, ives, gershwin
300
Chance Music
What is john cage, some element of the music is left to chance, 4.33
300
Harmony
What is no longer a single harmonic language, new harmonic practices were brought into existence: polychord, new scales, tone clusters, atonality 12-tone
400
Bosnia
What is ganga
400
4 parts of an opera
What is overture- instrumental piece before an opera
aria- spotlight singers singing
chorus- ensemble, all singers
recitative- sung dialogue between characters to move the story along
400
Neo-Classicism
What is a revival of forms and characteristics of classical music
originated in germany
bartok, copland, stravinsky- rite of spring
400
Important Influences
What is women's movement, economics of composing, computer/midi, popular and classical fusion
400
Dynamics
What is gradual, less extreme
500
Sweden
What is accordian, fiddle, swedish bagpipes, harmonica
500
Ganga
What is a solo or small ensemble vocal piece, originally used for communication across vast spaces
500
Serialism
What is 12-tone atonal music, germany, a fixed sequence of 12 tones on the chromatic scale
shoenberg, berg, webern
500
Characteristics of 20th century music
What is break every existing rule
challenge the ear
challenge the mind
respect the past- look to the future
if it doesn't work, copy the past
500
Tone Colour
What is more important than ever, esp. in percussion