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31 Cards in this Set
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Beert's Elements of Music
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Pitch
Melody Harmony Rhythm Dynamics Form Timbre Texture |
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homophony
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melody with harmony
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Renaissance
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1450 - 1600
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1453
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Printing Press
Fall of Constantinople |
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Printing Press
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Germany
1453 Gutenburg |
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Leonardo Da Vinci and Humanism
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Scientific Thought
Man is center of universe, not God. Using Math and Science to understand God. |
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Fall of Constantinople
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Istanbul
1453 to Muslims Greek scholars move West |
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Banking in Italy
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Florence
Medici Family Florence is Epicenter of Europe |
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Holy Roman Empire
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Contains several small principalities, including: Germany, Belgium, Neatherlands, Bohemia, etc.
800-1917 |
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The Reformation
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Jan Hus was pre-reform, Luther led the reformation
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During the Renaissance...
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Printing Press
Humanism and Scientific Thought Fall of Constantinople Florence is Banking Center Holy Roman Empire Age of Exploration Reformation |
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T or F: More instrumental music was written during the renaissance.
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True.
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Types of instrumental music written during the Renaissance
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Organ
Harpsichord Lute Viol and Violin Recorder Haut Bois |
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Haut Bois
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French
Zurna Oboe |
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Consorts VS Mixed or Broken Consorts.
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Consorts are like instruments playing together.
Mixed/Broken Consorts are different instruments playing together |
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Genres or Types of Music
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Dance
Keyboard Works Canzona Ricercare Fantasias Variation Forms |
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Dance Music
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Rhythms were decided by geography
Popular Courts Solo or Small Groups Original 2 contrasting dances Later develops into larger collections of dances |
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Keyboard works
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Written for any keyboard many times, unless specifically written for organ with pedal
EX: Toccata and Fugue |
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Toccata
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"To touch"
Highly virtuosic Meant to show off technical abilities Rubato, to show off abilities Often boring chord changes Improvisatory sounding |
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Importance of Printing Press
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Cheaper
More accurate More accessible More Cosmopolitan |
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Importance of the Fall of Constantinople
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Music Theory moves West
Instruments move West Greek Thought moves West, empirical thought. Aristotle - using math and science to answer questions |
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Politics
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Monarchies: England, Spain, and Italy
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Fugue
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Composition based on a single subject (Melody),
Melody plays upon itself Very technical 3-4 voices |
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Canzona
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Dance Rhythms
Secular Multisectional Each section has its own Meter, Melody, and Mood Improv or fugue sounding |
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Ricercare
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Less sectional
more serious always fugal no dance rhythms sacred |
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Fanstasias
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Based on a previous theme
somewhat variational melodies can be derived from church hymns or from other sources Sacred and secular sometimes referred to as preludes |
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Variation Forms
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Strict transformations of a given melody or theme
Can change melody (ornamentations) Can change background (rhyt, chord, voices. Can be done within the piece) |
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Major Subtypes of Variation Forms
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Passacaglia
Chaconne |
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Passacaglia
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repeated bass line
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Chaconne
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repeated soprano line
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vihuela
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spanish guitar
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