Eras
Post-Modern Era
What is the Classical Era
This genre is for orchestra, usually in four movements
What is Symphony?
This Modern-era compositional style invented by Schoenberg uses tone rows featuring all pitches equally
What is 12-tone composition?
This is the term for religious music
Sacred
This era made use of strict forms & genres (such as sonata-allegro and string quartet)
This popular pianist and composer is credited with inventing conventions of the modern piano recital and the tone poem.
Who is Franz Liszt?
This secular genre is staged and features solo singing, chorus, & orchestra. It was invented in the Baroque era & flourished in the Romantic era
What is Opera?
Monophony, Homophony, and Polyphony are examples of this element of music.
What is texture?
This is term for the LAYOUT of sections in music; the order of when it repeats and when it changes
What is Form?
The most representative music from this era is plainchant
What is Medieval?
Stravinsky & Schoenberg are two of the most important composers of which era?
Modern
This Renaissance era choral music is secular, featuring 4-6 voice parts in polyphony, singing in the vernacular language
What is a madrigal?
What is a Concerto?
This is the term for music that is only sung, with no instruments. Literally translates to "for chapel"
What is A Cappella?
During this era, from 1600-1750, instrumental music was more dominant than vocal music.
What is Baroque?
This composer was the dominant bel canto opera composer in Italy during the Romantic Era; he was also involved in politics.
Who is Giuseppe Verdi?
The German term for art song, popular in the Romantic era, performed by solo singer & pianist.
What is lied?
This Russian Romantic-era composer is known for his orchestral works, especially ballets like The Nutcracker & Swan Lake
Who is Tchaikovsky?
This term describes instrumental music that tells a story.
What is Program Music?
This era was centered around Paris around 1900, and was closely connected with the visual arts
What is Impressionism?
This experimental Post-Modern composer is famous for his piece 4'33
Who is John Cage?
This is a song within an opera featuring a melodic solo with regular meter.
What is an aria?
This complex Classical-era form has three main sections: the exposition, the development, and the recapitulation
What is Sonata-Allegro Form?
Music where the performance is based on elements left to chance.
What is Aleatoric Music?