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106 Cards in this Set
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Who is represented in Biber's Partita I: The Annunciation?
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Mary
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Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and Heinrich Biber were both well known in their time as...
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virtuoso violinists
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The baroque violin is...
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A bowed string instrument and is equipped with strings made of sheet gut
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Francois Couperin's native language was:
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French
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The harpsichord's sound is produced by
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plucked strings
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The Cage School included
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John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, and Christian Wolff
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Feldman's compositions are invariably...
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very soft
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The bass flute's relation to the soprano flute is...
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it sounds one octave lower
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Feldman's interest in pattern was first stimulated by...
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Near eastern rugs
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Feldman envisioned music as
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sounds extending in time
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A "standard is"
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A flag on a battlefield, a popular song worthy of the permanent repertoire, and a tall candle in a church
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True/False: Irving Berlin wrote all his famous songs between 1920 and 1930?
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FALSE!
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Irving Berlin....
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Could not read or write music
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Our "official" national anthem is
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The star-spangled banner
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Jerome Kern, Irving, Berlin, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and Richard Rodgers all wrote famous songs. Which two also wrote their own lyrics?
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Porter and Berlin
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True/False: Composer Carius Milhaud mentored jazz great Dave Brubeck and pop star Burt Bacharach
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TRUE!
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Distinguished American composer John Harbison, recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur "Genius" Grant, is on the faculty of which school?
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MIT
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Samuel Barber's ADAGIO, originally a movement from his string quartet, was premiered in an arrangement for string orchestra by conductor Arturo Toscanini in a live radio broadcast in what year?
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1938
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The Prelude for String Quartet was written by the Swiss-American composer Ernest Bloch in which city?
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Cleveland, OH
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The Pro Arte Quartet was founded over 100 years ago in what country?
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Belgium
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Where was Heinrich Schutz Main residence?
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Dresden
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Where was J.S. Bach's main residence?
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Leipzig
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What are years that are commonly described as the Baroque era?
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1600-1750
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What was Viadana's other occupation besides composing music?
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Friar
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Canzona Bergamasca is a...
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Renaissance work in the Italian style
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The Machaut Kyrie is a...
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Medieval work by a French composer
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The composition "Psalm Twenty-Seven" is the composer's reaction to...
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The bombing of the Murrah Federal Building.
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Ennio Morricone is most well-known for his film music in this genre:
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Spaghetti westerns
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Vuelta del Fuego translates into English as:
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Ride of Fire
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A transcription of a musical work is
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An arrangement for an alternative musical medium
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The meaning of "allergro" to a musician is:
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Moderately fast
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The composers Johannes Brahms and Theodor Kirchner both...
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wrote music in the Romantic style
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Largo and Adagio both indicate:
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Slow tempo
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Chamber music composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and others was
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Written for small ensembles and intended for performances for a relatively small audience
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True/False: Anthony Plog is an American trumplet player and composer who lives in Germany.
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TRUE!
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Chromaticism is:
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A compositional technique interspersing primary diatonic pitches and chords with other pitches of the chromatic scale.
Often cited as one of the main causes or signs of the "break down" of tonality Involves modulation, borrowed chords from secondary keys and/or chromatic chords |
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The following time signature is an example of a mixed meter:
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5/16
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True/False: Anthony Barfield's composition Meditation of Sounds and Light was meant to emulate a person's mind during different states of meditation.
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TRUE!
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The composition Meditation of Sound and Light applies romantic and jazz styles int he following aspects.
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Harmony, inflection and gesture, and rhythm
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The harmonic patterns of "November Song" employ the classical music devices of...
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Voice leading
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The composition of "Paper Balls" is...
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An up-tempo blues depicting of a zigzagging cat chasing crumpled paper
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"Belonging is a straight-eighth ballad that combines elements of.
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Major and minor key harmony ("mode mixture")
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In "Wookie's Grove," the trumpet derives its vocal sounds quality from the use of this common household item:
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Plunger
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The rhythmic style of "A House for Men and Birds" is:
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Fast swing
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Counterpoint is:
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Derived from the Latin Punctus contra Punctus
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A Fugue is a musical form in which
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The theme appears successively in different keys in different voices
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A musical Bagatelle is
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A short piece with little development
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"Hoquetus"
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Derives from the medieval technique of hocket
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Both the oboe and bassoon are
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double-reed instruments
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Carlos Guastavino is from what country?
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Argentina
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What dance did Astor Pisazzolla revolutionize?
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Tango
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What is the name of the musical form that was made famous by Astor Piazzola?
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Nuevo Tango
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What was the name of the instrument that Piazzola played and made famous all over the world?
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Bandoneon
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In his piece "Poema de Pastor Coya," the composer has one movement called "Quena." What is the meaning of this and what is Lasal trying to represent in this movement?
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A traditional bamboo flute from the Andes.
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Carmen's friends are trying to convince her to:
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help them with a smuggling expedition
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In this scene from La Traviata, Violetta is
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Mortally ill, excited to see the man she loves, and remembering the past.
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Alfredo is:
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remorseful for his past actions
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In this scene from Die Fledermause, Eisenstein is:
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in disguise
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Rosalinde and Alfredo need a lawyer because:
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Alfredo was arrested.
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The title "Nuyorican Son" refers to:
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A rhythmic style originating from New York's Puerto Rican community
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"No Nonsense" features improvised solos by:
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Tenor Sax, Trombone, trumpet, and piano
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"Kids are Pretty People" was composed for..
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The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
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Chris Washburne, the composer of "Blue Gust," is:
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An alumnus of UW-Madison School of Music, a freelance jazz and salsa trombonist in NYC, and a professor at Columbia University.
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Chris Washburne's "Pink" was named after:
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A positive pregnancy test
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Machaut, Guillaume de
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Era: Medieval
Country: France |
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Scheidt, Samuel
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Era: Renaissance
Country: Germany |
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Bach, Johann Sebastian
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Era: Baroque
Country: Germany |
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Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Fraz von
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Era: Baroque
Country: Austria |
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Schmelzer, Johann Heinrich
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Era: Baroque
Country: Austria |
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Couperin, Francois
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Era: Baroque
Country: France |
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Schutz, Heinrich
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Era: Baroque
Country: Germany |
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Viadana, Ludovico da
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Era: Baroque
Country: Italy |
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Beethoven, Ludwig van
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Era: Classical
Country: Germany/Austria |
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Brahms, Johannes
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Era: Romantic
Country: Germany/Austria |
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Kirchner, Theodor
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Era: Romantic
Country: Germany |
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Barfield, Anthony
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After 1900
USA |
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Bartok, bela
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After 1900
Hungary |
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Berlin, Irving
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After 1900
USA |
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Blaha, Joseph
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After 1900
USA |
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Bloch Ernest
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after 1900
Switzerland |
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Feldman, Morton
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after 1900
America |
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Guastavino, Carlos
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after 1900
Argentina |
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Gubaidulina, Sofia
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after 1900
Russia |
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Harbison, John
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after 1900
America |
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Koechlin, Charles
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after 1900
France |
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Lasala, Angel
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after 1900
Argentina |
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McKee, Kevin
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after 1900
USA |
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Milhaud, Darius
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after 1900
France |
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Morricone, Enrico
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After 1900
Italy |
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Piazzola, Astor
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After 1900
Argentina |
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Plog, Anthony
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after 1900
USA |
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Vallon, Marc
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after 1900
France/USA |
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Wallmann, Johannes
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after 1900
USA |
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String Quartet:
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two violins
viola violoncello |
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Brass quintet:
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two trumpets
horn trombone tuba |
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Jazz band:
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saxophones, trumpets, trombones, rhythm (piano, drums, bass, guitar)
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Jazz combo:
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Piano, bass, drums, one or more solo instruments
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Andante:
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"walking" pace
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Presto:
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very fast
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Lent:
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Slow
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Vif et gai
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fast and lively
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Medieval
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Before 1500
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Renaissance
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about 1500 to about 1600
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Baroque
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about 1600-about 1750
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Classical
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about 1750 to about 1820
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Romantic
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about 1820 to about 1900
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