Music Test 3 2
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- Rococco
- is less serious, much more entertaining. A single line with accompaniment
- Theme
- melodic idea used as a basic building block in the construction of a composition.
- Thematic Development
- Musical expansion of a theme by varying its melodic outline, harmony, or rhythm
- motive
- short melodic or rhythmic idea the smallest fragment of a theme that forms a melodic - harmonic rythmic unit
- ostinato
- a short melodic, rythmic, or harmonic pattern that is repeated throughout a work or a section of one
- sequence
- restatement of an idea or motive at a different pitch level
- absolute music
- music that has no literary, dramatic, or pictorial program
- sonata-allegro form
- the opening movement of the multimovement cycle, consisting of themes that are stated in the 1st section (exposition), developed in the 2nd section and restated in the 3rd section (recapitulation).
- exposition
- opening section. In the fugue, the 1st section is which voices enter in turn with the subject. Establishes key
- development
- structural reshaping of thematic material. Second section of sonota-allegro form; it moves through a series of foreign keys while themes from the exposition are manipulated
- recapitulation
- third section of sonata-allegro form in which the thematic material of the exposition is restarted, generally in the tonic (key)
- coda
- the last part of a piece, usually added to a standard form to bring it ot a close.
- theme and variations
- compositional procedure in which a theme is stated and then altered in successive statements; occurs as a independant piece or as a movement of a multimovement cycle.
- minuet and trio
- an a-b-a form (a=minuet b-trio) in a moderate triple meter; often the 3rd movement of the Classical multimovement cycle.
- rondo episode
- musical form in which the 1st section recurs usually in the tonic. In the Classical multimovement cycle, it appears as the last movement in various form
- diatonic
- melody of harmony built form the seven tones of a major or minor scale. A diatonic scale encompasses patern of seven whole tones and semitones
- chamber music
- ensamble music for up to about 10 players, with one player to each voice
- form
- the structure of the music - how pieces are put together
- opera buffa ( italian )
- italian comic opera, sung throughout
- opera sera
- tragic italian opera
- singspiel
- comic German drama with spoken dialogue; the immediate predecessor of Romatic German opera
- rocket theme
- quickly ascending rythmic melody used in Classical era instrumental music; the technique is credited to composers in Mannheim Germany
- italian opera overture
- Baroque overture consisting of three sections; fast-slow-fast
- Ode to Joy (Ode)
- Secular composition written for a royal occassion, especially popular in England.
- scherzo (Beethoven)
- composition in A-B-A form, usually in triple meter; replaced the minuet and trio in the 19th Century
- cyclical form
- structure in which musical material, such as a theme, presented in one movement returns in a later movement
- cadenza
- virtuosic solo passage in the manner of an improvision, performed near the end of an aria or amovement of a conerto
- double exposition
- in the concerto, twofold statment of the themes, once by the orchestra and once by the soloist
- ballad opera
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English comic opera,
usually featurning spoken dialogue alternating with songs set to popular music; also called dialogue opera - opera comique (french)
- french comic opera, with some spoken dialogue
- requiem mass
- roman catholic mass for the dead
- Esterhazy
- Joseph Hayden worked under the patronage of the Esterhazy court
- orchestra
- performing group of diverse instruments in various cultures
- dolce
- sweetly
- cantabile
- songful, in a singing style
- dolente
- sad, weeping
- maestoso
- majestic
- con amore
- with love, tenderly
- symphonic poem
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one movement orchestral form that develops a poetic idea, suggest a scene, or creates a mood, generally associated with the Romantic era.
(also tone poem) - lied or leider (german)
- german of "song"; most commonly associated with the solo art song of the 19th century, usually accm. by piano
- strophic
- song structure in which the same music is represented with every stanza (strophe) of the poem
- modified strophic form
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song structure that combines elements of strophic and through composed forms;
a variation of strophic form in which a section might have new key, rythm, or varied melodic pattern - through composed
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- song cycle
- group of songs, usually Lieder, that are unfied musically or through their texts
- tempo rubato
- "borrowed time" common in romantic music, in which the performer hesitates here or hurries forward there, imparting flexibility to the written note values.
- program music
- instrumental music endowed with literary or pictorial assc. expecially popular in the 19th century
- incidnetal music
- music written to accompany dramatic works
- program symphony
- multimovement progrmmatic orchestral work, 19th century
- Idee fixe
- "fixed idea"; term coined by Berlioz for a recurring musical idea that links different movements of a work
- grand opera
- style of romantic opera developed in Paris, focusing on serious, historical plots with hugh choruses, crowd scens, elaborate dance scenes, ornate costumes, and spectacular scenery
- opera comique ( french )
- french comic opera, with some spoken dialogue
- lyric opera
- hybrid from combing elements of grand opera and opera comique and featuring appealing melodies and romantic drama
- music drama (Wagner)
- Wagner's term for his opera's
- whole tone scale
- used by Puccini
- pentatonic scale
- used by Puccini
- Dvorak (composer)
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Nationalist composer
folk songs - Mendelssohn (composer)
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programmed Bach's music
set up a publication for music critism