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concerto
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multi-movement work requiring a soloist and an orchestra
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word painting
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in which the direction and speed of the notes is determined by the meaning of the words being sung
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cantata
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German multi-movement church composition of the 18th century, incorporating pre-existing hymn-tunes, associated with Bach
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rondo
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musical form of ABACADA
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mellismatic
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many notes per syllable
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cadenza
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an extended solo section, often found at the end of a concerto movement
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monophonic
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a musical texture consisting of a single melodic line
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motive
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a short melodic fragment of just a few notes, often used to build an entire musical movement
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organum
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a type of piece in which the notes of a pre-existing chant melody are sounded very slowly, and a newly composed tune is added on top
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troubador
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noble-born traveling musicians of the 13th century
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timbre
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how we can tell one instrument by another
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recitative
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part of an opera with little music but much text
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Renaissance 4-voice polyphony composer
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Palestrina
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"red priest"-- wrote concertos for orphanage in Venice
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Vivaldi
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sometimes incorporated secret number-symbolism in his compositions
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Bach
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Counter-reformation composer
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Palestrina
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his music likely heard by Shakespeare
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Weelkes
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an incredible child prodigy
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Mozart
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oratorio
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written in English, deals with Biblical myths, unstaged, more chorus, for the masses instead of elite
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standard form of Sonata Allegro
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1st theme, 2nd theme, repeat | development, recapitulation, possible coda
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total art work
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Gesamptkunstwerk (Wagner)
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study, practice piece
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Etude (Chopin or Lizst)
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tune associated with "her" in Symphonie Fantastique
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Idee Fixae
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rapid floral vocal writing
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coloratura (Verdi)
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Wagner's brief melody assoicated with a person, thing or idea in an opera
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leitmotif
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Polish dance, similar to a waltz
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mazurka (Chopin)
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Schubert's simple songs consisting of one singer and piano
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Lieder
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movement for the reunification of Italy
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risorgimento (Verdi)
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name of group of Russian composers in mid 1870s
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kuchka (Mussorgsky)
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performer highly skilled to an extreme degree
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virtuoso (Liszt0
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series of 4 long opera pieces dealing with dragons, giants, dwarves, gods and heroes
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Ring of the Niebelungen (Wagner)
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specific symphony from the early 1800s that describes nature
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Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
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suite of pieces depicting a number of different paintings
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Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition"
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Italian operas from the 1890s with highly charged dramatic plots and "realism"
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verismo
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Italian opera composer, worked for many years at La Scala opera house in Milan
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Verdi
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piano virtuoso, born in Hungary, invented the piano recital
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Liszt
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manic-depressive composer with alter-egos Florestan and Eusebius
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Schumann
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Czech composer, directed the American Conservatory of Music in NY City
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Dvorak
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Russian composer, alcoholic, sought to capture the rhythm of spoken Russian in his music
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Verdak
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wrote 600 Lieder, died at age 31
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Schubert
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had an opera house constructed at Bayreuth for his music
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Wagner
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a "Classic Romantic," his music pays homage to Bach, Mozart and Beethoven
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Brahms
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wrote the Heiligenstadt Testament
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Beethoven
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his bad "drug trip" inspired some fantastic music visions
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Berlioz
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ethnomusicology
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discipline of studying folk songs (Bartok)
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