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54 Cards in this Set
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Anacrusis
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incomplete measure
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antiphonal
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echoing back and forth
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beat
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steady pulse
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binary
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2 parts (AB)
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conjunct
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in steps
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consonance
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stable tone
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disjunct
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in leaps
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dissonance
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unstable tone
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homophonic
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1 melody with accompaniment
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legato
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connected tones
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meter
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pattern of strong and weak beats
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monophonic
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1 sound
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noise
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irregular vibrations
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polyphonic
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more than 1 melody or same melody in a round
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rhythm
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action of music in time
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staccato
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separated tones
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tempo
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speed of the beat
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ternary
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ABA finish on A
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timbre
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tone color
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tone
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regular, continuous vibrations
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Compare Motets and Magrigals
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Motet: choirs, special music to enhance worship, 1 movement, men, words from Bible or religious poetry
Madrigal: secular music, sing from book on table for fun, not as difficult (amateurs), men and women, nonsense syllables Both: vernacular, polyphonic, a cappella, Renaissance, word painting, modal tonality |
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fast/slow/moderate:
largo grave adagio andante moderato allegretto allegro allegromolto vivace presto prestissimo |
slow slow slow moderate moderate moderate fast fast fast fast fast
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list dynamics in order from softest to loudest
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pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff
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voices, highest to lowest:
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soprano, mezzosoprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass
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Italian priest, composer, conductor, and violinist. Basically, he invented the solo concerto
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Vivaldi
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This German composer, famous for his Italian operas and English oratorios, lived much of his life in England.
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Handel
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This composer was also a poet, the author of treatises on theology, science, and medicine, and wrote the earliest known morality play in addition to her first calling in life- serving as a "bride of Christ."
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Hildegard
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This Italian violin virtuoso wrote only instrumental music.
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Corelli
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This French composer wrote the earliest polyphonic setting of the Mass Ordinary
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Machaut
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nephew of the famous organist at St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice, this composer is the first to include dynamics indicators in his compositions.
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G. Gabrieli
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Italian composer of the first operatic masterpiece.
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Monteverdi
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This German church musician composed masterpieces of every Baroque for EXCEPT opera. Acclaimed as a virtuoso organist, his compositions were not famous until generations after his death.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Italian Renaissance composer who wrote only sacred music. His 104 masses were models for the music of the Catholic Counter-Reformation and form the basis for first-year collegiate music theory studies
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Palestrina
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Consecutive choirmasters at Notre Dame, these two priests were the first to use measured rhythm
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Leonin and Perotin
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This English composer wrote only one opera, (Dido and Aeneas), but it was a masterpiece, as were his other compositions. In fact, he was considered a master at all the Baroque forms.
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Purcell
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name the 5 movements of the Mass Ordinary:
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Kyrie
Gloria Agnus Dei Credo Sanctus |
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four properties of tone:
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pitch-- degree of highness/ lowness
duration-- length of tone volume-- degree of loudness timbre--tone color |
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difference between cantata and sonata?
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sonata--to be sounded, instrumental piece
cantata--vocal piece |
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melismatic
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1 syllable--many notes
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syllabic
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1 syllable--one note
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cantus firmus
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low, stretched out gregorian chants
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ostinato
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little patterns repeated over and over (low)
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Medieval/Middle Ages
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modal, Latin, male, a cappella, monophonic, melismatic
Dies Irae, Hildegard |
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difference between cantata and sonata?
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sonata--to be sounded, instrumental piece
cantata--vocal piece |
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Renaissance
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polyphonic with harmonic function, a cappella (age of), no more cantus firmus, syllabic and melismatic
As Vesta was descending, Josquin |
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School of Notre Dame
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triple meter, polyphonic, cantus firmus
sacred music of Notre Dame Cathedrale, Leonin and Perotin |
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Venetian School
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composers indicate volume for first time, music written for instruments for first time, polychoral, antiphonal
Sonate pian'e forte, A & G Gabrieli |
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Ars Nova
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polyphonic, mass ordinary, dissonance, secular and sacred music of equal importance, not for glory of God, duple meter
L'Homme Armé, Machaut |
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Baroque
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subdivide time, terraced dynamics, affections, opera, Major and minor, string family, drama, sequence
Dido's Lament, Purcell |
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Medieval/ Middle Ages
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modal, Latin, male, a cappella, monophonic, melismatic
Dies Irae, Hildegard |
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melismatic
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1 syllable--many notes
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syllabic
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i syllable--one note
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cantus firmus
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low, stretched out gregorian chants
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ostinato
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little patterns repeated over and over (low)
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