Music 12
Definitions and examples for Music 12
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- A cappella
- vocal music, especially choral, performed without instrumental accompaniment- Cantata no. 140 is NOT a cappella
- Solo Concerto
- a work written for one soloist with orchestra- Violin Concerto in D Major
- Opera buffa
- 18th-C Italian opera based on comical plots
- Recitative and Aria
- Recitative is a part that sounds like speech and that allows the plot to move on, while in an Aria, time stands still and allows for emotion to be expressed- The Magic Flute or La Traviatta
- Program Music
- music that tells a story or evokes emotion. Types include Program symphony, Incidental music, concert overture, and symphonic poem- Afro-American Symphony
- Lutheran Cantata
- in bar form (AAB)- Cantata 140
- Concerto Grosso
- the combination of a concertino (2 violins and 1 cello) and the ripieno which consisted of 4 small sections included 2 violins, 1 viola, and basso continuo, usually a cello- Brandenburg Concerto
- Concertino
- literally, "little concerto", containing two violins and a cello- Brandenburg Concerto
- Neo-Classicism [in the 20th C]
- reaction against Romanticism, rejected all that Romanticism stood for, looked back to Classical period- Symphony of Psalms
- Opera seria
- 18th-C Italian opera based on "serious" or tragic plots
- Blue Notes
- the lowered third and seventh scale degrees in an otherwise diatonic major scale, and are inflections of the diatonic notes- Afro-American Symphony
- Nationalism
- a trend in music in which the folk songs, dances, and lore of a particular country provide the basis for works of art music that express national feeling or personality- Afro-American Symphony
- Liturgy
- the authorized texts for services within a particular religion- Symphony of Psalms
- Lutheran Chorale
- chorales written with texts from Psalms and Latin liturgical passages, meant to be performed individually, one for every Sunday and celebration in the Lutheran church calendar- Cantata no. 140
- Singspiel
- German comic opera- Magic Flute
- Oratorio
- works modeled on opera which told Biblical stories- Messiah
- Ritornello
- In an italian opera or chamber cantata of the 17th-18th C, an instrumental passage at the end of an aria or following each verse of a strophic aria- Violin Concerto in D Major does NOT have ritornello
- Freemasonry
- a secret organization during the Enlightenment period with humanistic motives such as personal freedom and equality- Mozart was a freemason
- Tutti
- Literally, "all" in Italian. Usual meanings are full orch or full string section- Violin Concerto in D Major
- Ripieno
- the larger group in the concerto grosso meant as filling, consisting of two violins, viola, and basso continuo.- Brandenburg Concerto
- Bar form
- consists of two sections call Stollen and Abgesang, respectively, and is represented as AAB- Cantata no. 140
- Impressionism
- (1) A movement in the visual arts in France during the second half of the 19th C. Impressionism emphasized suggestion rather than depiction and the play of light on a subject rather than its depiction. (2) In music, a set of style characteristics perceived as analogous to (1). Impressionistic harmony tends to be nontraditional and orchestration is transparent.- Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun