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39 Cards in this Set
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Cadence
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A musical punctuation mark. IT allows music to tell a story.
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Open cadence
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Musical comma. Dominant chord.
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Close cadence
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A period or an exclamation point. Tonic chord.
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Deceptive cadence
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A colon or a semicolon and it takes you where you're not expecting to go.
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tonic
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built on the first note of the scale. it gives you a sense of rest.
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dominant
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built on the fifth note of the scale. it makes you want to hear the tonic.
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coda
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section at the end that lets you know its over
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syncopation
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jerking around
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stylized dance
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dance music you don't really dance to
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opus
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published piece of music that is numbered according to when it was published
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crescendo
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to gradually increase the volume
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exposition
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Where the main characters are introduced. Usually repeated.
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development
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where the story develops. Something happens. rules: composers can do anything their little hearts desire. great instability, lots of action.
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recapitulation
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you learn the end of thes tory. recap begins when the first theme begins again.
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modulating bridge
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A short piece of music that connects the themes of the exposition in a sonata-allegro symphony.
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Zeitgeist
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"Spirit of the Time"
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Heiligenstadt Testament
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Beethoven's suicide note
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Italian castratti
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A man who was castrated to keep his high voice (they discovered this didn't always work.)
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Opera buffa
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A comic opera
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There was more talk between people, development of the bigger city (the industrial revolution), and the middle class replaces the church and the aristocracy in funding the city
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What social changes were brought about during the Enlightenment, 1750-1800?
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Baroque era is very elaborate, whereas classical era is relaxed. Baroque has three forms-passacaglia, ritornello, fugue, classical has 4-theme and variations, rondo, minuet and trio, and sonata allegro.
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What are the differences between Baroque Era and Classical Era music?
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Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
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Who are the three most important composers of the classical era?
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A concerto is a soloist accompanied by an orchestra, a sonata is a soloist accompanied by a piano.
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What is the difference between a concerto and a sonata?
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Begins with a theme that is varied throughout the piece, it isn't dramatic or emotional.
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What are the characteristics of theme and variations?
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Usually the 3rd out of 4 movements in a symphony. In triple time, a stylized dance, 3 sections.
Minuet, Trio, da capo. Trio is a contrasting theme,. the da capa is italian for the cap. repeat the minuet sort of. |
Describe the minuet and trio.
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A main theme is introduced at the beginning and keeps returning after several departure. ABACADA. The return of the main theme gives great satisfaction.
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Describe a rondo
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1. Theme and variations
2. Minuet and trio 3. Sonata-Allegro |
Know these forms:
1. A A1 A2 A3 A4 2. A(//:a://:ba://) 3. ABACADA |
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Exposition, development, recapitulation
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What are the three parts of sonata-allegro form?
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Symphonies
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What is the most popular type of music during the classical era?
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1. Usually fast, sonata form and it is the most intellectually challenging.
2. Usually slow, any form. 3. Usually a minuet and trio. 4. Usually fast and upbeat. Usually sonata and rondo form. Uplifting and inspiring. |
What are the characteristics of each movement of a symphony?
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Mozart: A good childhood, worshipped his father. Music was absolute.
Beethoven: Horrid childhood. Music has a meaning. |
Compare and contrast Mozart and Beethoven.
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classical
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The term -?- refers to an eighteenth century return to the supposed classic ideals of the ancients.
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True
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True or false- The French Academy, established in the seventeenth century as a guardian of French intellectual life, served the purpose of controlling art and education as well as setting "official" standards of taste and style.
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Jacques-Louis David
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Who painted the OATH OF THE HORATTI showing a Roman father pledging his three sons to fight against the enemies of Rome.
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Jacques-Louis David
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Who was the leader of the neoclasic movement in the revolutionary france?
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Jacques-Louis David
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Who emphasized the ideal of dedication to freedom and the glory of the sacrifice necessary to attain it?
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(1727-1788), british gentleman of the 18th century, included the natural environment in his portraits. Painted Mr. and Mrs. Andrews.
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Describe Thomas Gainsborough
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(1775-1851), a great landscape painter
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Describe J.M.W. Turner
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(1776-1837), another great english landscape painter
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John Constable
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