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27 Cards in this Set
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Concert overture
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independent 1 mvt. Orchestral composition
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ex of concert overture
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1812 Overture
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Music Drama
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term used by Wagner for his operas. He felt drama was most important element with music serving to reinforce
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Libretto
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text of an opera.
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First composer to write own librettos
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Wagner
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Tonal music
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music in a key, major or minor
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Another name for tonal music
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tonality
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Ex of tonal music
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Brahm's Piano Concerto #2 (B flat)
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Atonal Music
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lack of a key, not based on m ajor or minor scale.
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Ex of atonal music
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Ives Unanswered Question
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Gavotte
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old French dance in 4/4. Begins on the 3rd beat
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Ex of a gavotte
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Prokofieff's Gavotte from The Classical Symphony
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Polytonality
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more than one key simultaneously
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Polyrhythm
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more than 1 rhythm simultaneously
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Ex of polyrhythm
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Ives Unanswered Question
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Cluster
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group or bunch of meaningless notes struck together
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Ex of artist who used clusters
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Ives
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Variations
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altering a given theme by changing tempo, rhythm, dynamics, instrumentation, key, etc.
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Ex of variation
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Copland Variations on a Shaker Melody
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Dates of Impressionism
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1890-1910
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Impressionism
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artistic movement of late 19 and early 20 centuries. Borrowed from painting (Monet- Impression Sunrise), impressionistic music hints and suggests rather than states. Subtle, elusive quality
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Ex of impressionism
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Debussy Isle of Joy, La Mer
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Nuance
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tonal shading, lights and shades of tonal coloring
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Ex of artist who used nuance
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Debussy
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Chromatic Scale
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scale using all half steps
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Whole tone scale
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scale using all whole steps
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Diatonic Scale
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scale using half and whole steps
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