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51 Cards in this Set
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Absolute Film
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No narration or story line
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Absolute Music
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No reference beyond the music itself
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Arch
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A curved construction
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Ars Nova
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"New art." Reference to 14th century music
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Art Song
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German Lied/French/Chanson/vocal solos
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Atonality
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No tonal reference
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Avant Garde
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Innovators; the cutting edge
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Ballet
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Formalized theatrical dance
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Baroque
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Historical era between 1600 and 1750
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Basilica
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Roman assembly hall
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Blocking
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Actor's movement on the stage
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Boogie-woogie
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Piano blues with strong rhythmic bass
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Burlesque
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Bawdy music theatre
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Buttress
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Built for supporting a building's exterior
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Call Response
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Form using a statement from another source
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Cantata
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Sacred composition sung with accompaniment
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Cantilever
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A projecting beam anchored without support
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Chamber Music
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Music composed for small ensembles
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Character
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Person in dramatic presentation
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Character Piece
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Musical composition with narrative
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Chiaroscuro
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Light and dark shading
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Children's Theatre
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Designed for children; has adult values
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Chord Progressions
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A series of chords
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Chord
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Combination of notes sounded together
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Choreographer
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Designer of dance
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Cinema
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Images on film
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Classic Style
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Emphasizing harmony and balance
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Climax
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High point in a play or music
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Collage
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Composition of varied, overlapping materials
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Comedy
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Humorous situations
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Complication
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Colliding plot element
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Compound Meter
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Divisible by three, i.e. 3/4, 6/8, etc.
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Concerto
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To oppose in sound
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Corbelled Arch
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Stones arranged in a staggered course
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Cuneiform
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Ancient Mesopotamian writing
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Danseomania
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Frenzied Medieval dance
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Denouement
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Falling action; resolution of a falling climax
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Diminished
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A chord consisting of two minor thirds
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Director
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Artistic controller of a play or film
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Discovery
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Shift of character; leading to reversal
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Dixieland
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Style of jazz based on improvisation
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Documentary
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Non-fictional narrative film
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Dodecaphonic
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Composition using 12 equal tones with no tonal center
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Dominant
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Closely related key center scale step #5
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Drama
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A serious presentation with character conflict
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Dynamics
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Volume levels or amount of force
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En Pointe
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Ballet dance on toes or pointing
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Encaustic
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Painting with heated pigment
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Ethos
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Greek theory; music has moral/amoral content
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Exposition
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Revealing characters or conflicts in a play. Opening themes in music
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Extended
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Expanded traditional forms in music. 12 tone blues
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