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17 Cards in this Set
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Symphony
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A multi movement orchestra
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Sonata Form
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Opening movement of a symphony. Possibly 1+
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Chamber music
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designed to play in a small room in intimate circumstances
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Opera buffa
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Comic Opera, Italy, late 1700's. HAYDEN MOST FAMOUS
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Rubato
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"robbed time"; the a free meter in preformance
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Lied
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Romantic german genre. EARLY 1800'S
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Song Cycle
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a group of songs connected by a general idea , or even a musical unifying devices
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Character piece
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A short romantic piano piece that portrays a particular mood
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Gesamtkunstwerk
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total work of art. Wagner
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Leitmotiv
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musical motive associated with a person/thing/idea/symbol
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Polymeter
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multiple rhythms in a pattern
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Polytonality
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playing more than one key at the same time
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Sprechstimme
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German for spoken song
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Atonal music
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does not have a tonal center. Ex is 12-tone
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Twelve-Tone system
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invented by SCHOENBERG in 1900's. a method of composing with 12 tones soley in relation to another
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Chance music
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Music where certain elements of the are up to chance "improv" by the composer
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Minimalism
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very simples melodies, motives and harmonies repeated alot. 1900's, now
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