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49 Cards in this Set
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The young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
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Genre: variations and fugue and theme
Author: Britten |
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Dido's Lament
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From: Dido and Aneas Act 3
Author: Purcell Genre: Opera |
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Begli occhi
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Beautiful eyes
Author: Strozzi Genre: Italian secular cantata |
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A mighty fortress is our god
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author: bach
genre: lutheran church cantata |
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messiah no 18 and 44
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Handel
oratorio 3 parts |
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Spring
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vivaldi
programmatic cocerto for solo violin |
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water music
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handel
dance suit |
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art of fugue
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bach
fugue (organ) |
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eine kleine nachimusik (a little night music)
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mozart
serenade |
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symphony no 94
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surprise
haydn symphony |
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symphony no 5
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beethoven
symphony 3 movements |
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piano concerto in g
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mozart
piano concerto |
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piano sonata (moonlight)
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beethoven
piano sonata |
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marriage of figaro
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opera buffa (italian comic opera)
mozart |
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cadence
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punctuation within a musical piece
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syncopation
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off beat is stressed
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monophony
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single voice without accompaniment
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heterophony
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everyone the same line with improve. spontaneous
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polyphony
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many-voiced texture
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homophony
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one melodic voice over accompanying lines
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triad
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most common chord in western music. has three notes builtt on alternate pitches of scale
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Binary form
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AB
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ternary form
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ABA
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ostinato
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repetition of a short musical melodic, rhythmic or harmonic pattern
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rondo
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ABACABA
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grave (tempo)
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solemn (very very slow)
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largo (tempo)
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broad (very slow)
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adagio (tempo)
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quite slow
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moderato (tempo)
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moderate
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allegro (tempo)
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fast (cheerful)
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vivace (tempo)
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lively
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presto (tempo)
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very fast
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equal temperament
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tuning system based on ear not math
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monody
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solo song with instrumental accompaniment
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overture
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instrumental introduction to an opera
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aria
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featured voice or elaborate song
song of highly emotional nature |
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da capo aria
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ABA form aria
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ensemble
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2 or more performers
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libretto
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script or text of an opera
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recitatives
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dialogue song accompanied by music (non metric)
secco and accompagnato |
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cantata
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a composition that is derived from opera, however, that is not staged
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oratorio
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a composition, derived from opera based off of sacred text
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concerto (parts)
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instrumental form based on the opposition between two dissimilar bodies of sound.
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concerto grosso
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small group of solo instruments playing large accompaniment
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ritornello form
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refrain returns again and again
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suite
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group of dances
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fugue
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most mature form of polyphonic composition perfected by bach
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sonata-allegro (form)
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exposition development recapitulation
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scherzo
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quick paced dance in triple meter
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