Art Of Music Final

Front 1

Primary differences between opera seria and opera buffa

Back 1

opera seria- rigid form, mythological, Baroque period

opera buffa- flexible form, comic, classical period

Front 2

How is the form of a symphony different from a classical sonata, and different from a classical concerto?

Back 2

concerto first movement: double exposition sonata form

symphony 4 movements- classical removes 3rd movement (dance)

Front 3

What are the names of the sections in sonata form?

Back 3

I - fast (Sonata)

1. exposition

2. development

3. recupulation

Front 4

Musical characteristics match to each period: Classical and Baroque

Opera buffa

Opera seria

Imitative polophony

Sonata form

Ritronella form

homophony

Back 4

Classical: Opera buffa, sonata form, homophony

Baroque: opera seria, ritornello form, imitative polophony

Front 5

What is Chorale?

Back 5

Lutheran melody, incorporated into Cantana

Front 6

Two ways that an oratorio is different from opera?

Back 6

1. bibilical

2. not staged

Front 7

Two major types of music early Baroque opera? How are they different?

Back 7

Aria- Meter-strong emotion

Resitative- non-metrical (tells story)

Front 8

Musical Characteristics - Match for Renaissance and Baroque Period

Church modes

major +minor modes

Close connection between words + music

Strong sense of meter

horizontal melodies

vertical chords

Back 8

Renaissance- church modes, close connection between words + music, horizontal melodies

Baroque- major +minor modes, strong sense of meter, vertical chords

Front 9

Four composers from Renaissance in chronological order:

Josquin

Weelkes

DuFay

Palestrina

Back 9

1. Dufay

2. Josquin

3. Palestrina

4. Weelkes

Front 10

Three different ways that composers in the Renaissance could unify all 5 sections of Mass?

Back 10

1. head motif mass

2. cantus firmus mass

3. paraphrase mass

Front 11

Put four composers from Middle Ages in chronological order:

Machaut

Leonin

Perotin

Hildegard

Back 11

1. Hildegard

2. Leonin

3. Perotin

4. Machaut

Front 12

What are the 3 primary kinds of texture? How do they differ?

Back 12

monophony- 1 melody, same rhythm, same notes

homophony- same rhythm, different notes

polyphony- different rhythm, different notes

Front 13

List the 6 tempo terms (slowest to fastest)

Back 13

1. adiago

2. andante

3. moderato

4. allegretto

5. allegro

6. presto

Front 14

What do the two fours mean on a music sheet?

Back 14

number of beats measured and of what?

Front 15

List 6 dynamic levels (quietest to loudest):

Back 15

1. pianoissimo

2. piano

3. mezzo piano

4. mezzo forte

5. forte

6. fortissimo

Front 16

What are 2 kinds of harmony? How do they differ?

Back 16

consonance- good sounding

dissonance- bad sounding

Front 17

What are the 3 defining characteristics of plainchant?

Back 17

1. non-metrical

2. monophonic

3. church mode

Front 18

What are the qualities of a piece called "free organum triplum?

Back 18

organum that has 3 voices that are all different

Front 19

Definition of a Motet in the Middle Ages?

Back 19

different texts at the same time

Front 20

Name the 5 sections of Mass:

Back 20

1. Kyrie

2. Gloria

3. Credo

4. Sanctus

5. Angus Dei

Front 21

Two defining characteristics of a Madrigal?

Back 21

1. Secular

2. 1 text is important to the piece

Front 22

Definition of a Motet in the Renaissance:

Back 22

short Latin piece

Front 23

Two instruments that are "basso-continuo"?

Back 23

1. keyboard instruments

2. sustaining bass instruments

Front 24

Two types of recitatives? How are they different?

Back 24

accompied- more instruments added

secco- continuo group

Front 25

What is the Lutheran Cantana for? what language is it in?

Back 25

It is in German and it was easier to understand for the people

Front 26

Definition of De Capo Aria?

Back 26

ABA - to the beginning

Front 27

Definition of Liberetto?

Back 27

words of Opera

Front 28

Definition of Castrato?

Back 28

They castrated men's voices to sound like women and their fathers wanted them to do this so they could make money for the family.

Front 29

Match Baroque music to form:

Music Form

Ritronella form AA'A''A'''A''''

Varations form ABA'CA''DA

Dance form/binary Alt. subject

Fugue AABB

Back 29

Ritronella- ABA'CA''DA

Varations - AA'A''A'''A''''

Dance- AABB

Fugue- Alt. subject

Front 30

Match Composer to Biographical Information:

Monterverdi International opera

Vivaldi German church musicican

Handel Early opera composer Baroque

Bach Invented the Concerto

Back 30

Monterverdi - early opera composer

Vivaldi- invented concerto

Handel- international opera

Bach- German church musician

Front 31

What are some ways that composers in the Classical period demonstrate their desire for musical variety?

Back 31

Dynamics, form, emotions, homophony, variation of instruments

Front 32

Four primary classical instrumental genres, and what instruments play them?

Back 32

Sonata- piano solo or other instrument, solo+piano

Symphony- woodwind, string, percussion, brass, orchestra

String quartet- 2 violins, 1 cello, 1 viola

Concerto- full orchestra +soloist

Front 33

Musical characteristics of Beethoven's 2nd period:

Back 33

1. unifying movements

2. expanding orchestra

3. expanding form

Front 34

In a symphony what is the tempo and the form of each of the 4 movements?

Back 34

I - Fast sonata

II- Slow theme+var

III- Dance minuet+trio

IV- fast rondo

Front 35

Hayden and Mozart --

Back 35

Hayden- Austrian

Mozart- Father of court musician

Front 36

Names of Beethoven's 3 compositional periods:

Back 36

1. Classical Period

2. Heroic Period

3. Late Period