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9 Cards in this Set
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Baroque
3 famous composers: |
Bach, Handel, Vivaldi
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Classical
3 famous composers: |
Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart
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Romantic
3 famous composers: |
Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn
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Contemporary
3 famous composers: |
Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Stravinsky
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Baroque
Characteristics: |
1) major/minor tonalities developed
2) polyphony 3) ornamentation 4) limited use of dynamics by composer 5) dance suite |
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Classical
Characteristics: |
1) emotional restraint
2) homophony 3) more define the musical forms 4) sonata form developed |
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Romantic
Characteristics: |
1) more chromaticism
2) lyrical melodies 3) use of colorful harmonies 4) programmatic music with descriptive titles |
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Contemporary
Characteristics: |
1) atonality
2) irregular and changing time signatures 3) bitonality, polytonality return to older forms such as sonatas and suites |
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Impressionism movement
Characteristics: |
1) late 19th century, inspired by Impressionism in art
2) use of whole tone scales 3) irregular phrasing 4) ambiguous musical forms 5) unresolved dissonance |
