Music Test II
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- The Bay Psalm Book
- The first book to be printed in the British colonies in 1640. It was a psalter
- Syncopation
- Offbeat accents break up the regularity of beat that characterizes most classical music
- Romantic
- Pervaded the arts. Explored extremes-musical miniatures alongside grand opera.
- W.C. Handy
- Introduced the musical form of blues in Memphis
- G.F. Handel
- Wrote oratorios. Wrote "Messiah".
- Ma Rainey
- Blues singer born in Columbus, Ga
- Chicago
- Became a blues center in the 20s-30s
- Classical
- Ushered in a type of music that has been a staple of concert music ever since. (represented by Beethoven, and Mozart)
- Cantata
- A type of 17th Century secular music related to opera.
- Blues
- An attitude, a down in the chops attitude. The style came from the rural south.
- Continuo
- A notated bass line together with an improvised accompaniment
- Melismatic text
- Many notes are sung for each text syllable.
- Concert Music
- Intended primarily for the focused attention of the listener.
- Muddy Waters
- Blues singer not from Mississippi, used electric guitar and amp(urban blues)
- Influences of Blues
- West African (mainly), American, European
- Baroque
- Coincides with opera and the flourishing of independent instrumental music.
- Rag time
- A style of composed piano music developed black pianist in southern/midwestern saloons and dance halls.
- Bessie
- Empress of blues
- Liturgical music
- Music that plays a prescribed role in religious ritual.
- Sequences
- Often composed of paired verses of text sung to single musical phrases. Ex: Dies Irae
- J.S. Bach
- Stands at the peak of the development of a type of music associated with the German Evangelical (Lutheran) Church
- Recitative
- Basically free, speechlike singing
- Dvorak
- Classical music composer that used folk elements in his compositions
- Middle Ages
- The longest period
- Tone clusters
- A group of adjacent pitches sounded simultaneously
- Drama with music
- Around the year 1600 this was developed
- Gregorian Chant
- Formal repetition chant, Often hear each of the musical phrases sung three times. Pertaining to the Trinity.
- Chicago
- Became a blues center in the 20s-30s
- Oratorio
- Structure and dramatic character of a religious opera but without the customary sets, customes, and acting.
- New York Philharmonic
- Performed in North Korea
- Bach cantatas
- 15 to 30 minute works consisting of texts that are taken from Bach's cantatas were heard both in and outside the church
- Glissando
- Sliding between pitches
- Call & Response
- Lines of text sung by a soloist alternate with a sung group response.
- Commercial Music
- Music created for the primary purpose of generating revenue for the writers and performers.
- Adhan
- Muslim prayer that is sung 5 times a day
- Poetic forms of Opera
- Recitative and aria
- Strophic Form
- Each stanza of text is sung to the same music.
- Scott Joplin
- King of Rag time
- Blues
- An attitude, a down in the chops attitude. The style came from the rural south.
- Ritual Music
- Music used in carrying out traditional beliefs of belief systems.
- Chorales
- Melodies associated with strophic religious texts that came to be used in the Lutheran tradition.
- Quarter tones
- Pitches smaller than the half steps of the piano
- Cantata
- A type of 17th Century secular music related to opera.
- Obbligato
- Independent melodic accompaniment sometimes
- Gospel music
- African American singing enthusiastically affirmative of the singers' religious faith
- West African Influences
- Drumming, persuasive sounds, complex rhythms
- Chant
- Monophonic music performed by singers, has limited range of pitches and free rhythms.
- Oratorio
- Structure and dramatic character of a religious opera but without the customary sets, customes, and acting.
- Syllabic text
- Type of text like most syllables of the "Dies Irae" are sung to a single note.
- Influences of Blues
- West African (mainly), American, European
- Renaissance
- Music evolved from those intellectual movements in literature, architecture, and painting that arose Italy during the 14th Century
- Country Blues
- Vocal melody accompanied by acoustic guitar
- Aria
- More structured and melodic singing with repeated words and recurring musical motives.
- Concerto
- Music using voices and instruments together
- Folk Music
- Communicates on a direct personal level and is readily accepted by a large percentage of a population. (Doesn't have an originator)
- Concert Music
- Intended primarily for the focused attention of the listener.
- Renaissance
- More music remains from this period than from the Middle ages (15th &16th Century)