Music Lit Iv

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Antony Ianacone

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(b. 1943)

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Apparitions

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Anthony Ianacone (1986)

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Waiting for Sunrise on the Sound

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Anthony Ianacone (1998)

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Thea Musgrave

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(b. 1928)

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Mary, Queen of Scots

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Thea Musgrave (1977)

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Vittorio Giannini

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(1903-1966)

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Symphony No. 3 for Band

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Vittorio Giannini (1958)

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Arvo Part

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(b. 1935)

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Spiegel Im Spiegel

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Arvo Part (1978)

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I am the True Vine

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Arvo Part (1996)

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Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten

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Arvo Part (1977)

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Benjamin Britten

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(1913-1976)

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Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings

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Benjamin Britten

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Philip Glass

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(b. 1937 )

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Etude No. 2, vol. 1

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Philip Glass (mid-90s)

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Violin Concerto no. 1

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Philip Glass (1987)

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John Adams

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(b. 1947)

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Short Ride In a Fast Machine

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John Adams (1986)

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Ruth Crawford Seeger

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(1901-1953)

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Rat Riddles

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Ruth Crawford Seeger (1930)

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Pierre Boulez

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(b. 1925)

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Le marteau sans maitre (Hammer without a master)

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Pierre Boulez (1952-1953)

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John Cage

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(1912-1992)

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4'33"

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John Cage

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Samuel Barber

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(1910-1981)

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Summer Music for Woodwind Quintet

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Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

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Concerto for Violin, op. 14

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Samuel Barber

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Leonard Bernstein

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(1918-1990)

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Cool from West Side Story

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Leonard Bernstein

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Chichester Psalms

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Leonard Bernstein

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Olivier Messiaen

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(1908-1992)

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Quator pour la fin du temps, I

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Olivier Messiaen

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Aaron Copland

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(1900-1990)

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Symphony No. 3

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Aaron Copland

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Claude Debussy

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(1862-1918)

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Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un Faun

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Claude Debussy

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Maurice Ravel

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(1835-1937)

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La Valse

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Maurice Ravel

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Arnold Schoenberg

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(1874-1951)

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Pierrot Lunaire

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Arnold Schoenberg

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Anton Webern

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(1883-1945)

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Six Pieces for Large Orchestra

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Anton Webern, Op. 6, no. 4

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Igor Stravinsky

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(1882-1971)

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Le Sacre du Printemps

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Igor Stravinsky

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Charles Ives

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(1874-1954)

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The Unanswered Question

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Charles Ives

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Hector Berlioz

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(1803-1869)

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Symphonie Fantastique

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Hector Berlioz

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Richard Wagner

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(1813-1883)

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Prelude to Tristan und Isolde

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Richard Wagner

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Gustav Mahler

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(1860-1911)

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Symphony No. 1 (Titan)

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Gustav Mahler

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“Der Schildewache Nachtlied” (“The Sentinel’s Night Song”) from Des Knaben Wunderhorn

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Gustav Mahler

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David Diamond

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Teacher of Anthony Ianacone, studied with Nadia Boulanger

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Walt Whitman

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Poet (1819-1892) whose poetry inspired Apparitions by Ianacone

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New Romantic

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Mixing of traditional harmonies and structures with the more popular use of sets and derived harmonies

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Tintinnabulation

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Using bells or instruments that represent bells to accompany melodic line

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Holy or Mystic Minimalism

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Minimalist music based on religious texts, often associated with Arvo Part's music.

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Minimalism

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Repetitive, pulsating music often associated with Eastern meditative philosophy.

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Dennis Russel Davies

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Conductor who was a champion of Minimalism

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Steve Reich

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Composer who influenced Philip Glass toward Minimalism

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Meditative and Additive Forms

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Fundamental features of Minimalism

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Post-Minimalism

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Music that is repetitive, but with more complex harmonies and not meditative in nature

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Darmstadt School

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Summer music school which furthered serialist composition

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Pierre Boulez (b. 1925)

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Leader of the Darmstadt School who tried to serialize everything about music.

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Karlheinz Stockhausen

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A developer of Aleotoric music (chance music)

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4'33"

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Piece by John Cage where "performer" sits silently for 4'33"

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Determinant music

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As opposed to aleotoric music, this is music that is written down and the result is known ahead of time.

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American Impressionism

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Zirk term for Barber's Woodwind Quintet because it revolves around textures, rather than melodies and their variations.

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Instrumentation of Barber's Woodwind Quintet

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Flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, and horn.

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Stephen Sondheim

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Co-wrote the lyrics for West Side Story and demanded lyrics credit.

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Jerome Robbins

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Choreographed dances for West Side Story

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Serial music

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Atonal form of music based upon sets

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12-tone music

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Atonal form of music which utilizes all 12 tones of the chromatic scale before repeating any of them, each appearing in a predetermined set.

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Instrumentation of Barber's Woodwind Quintet

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Flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, and horn.

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Stephen Sondheim

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Co-wrote the lyrics for West Side Story and demanded lyrics credit.

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Jerome Robbins

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Choreographed dances for West Side Story

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Serial music

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Atonal form of music based upon sets

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12-tone music

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Atonal form of music which utilizes all 12 tones of the chromatic scale before repeating any of them, each appearing in a predetermined set.

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Orinthologist

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Bird watcher

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Isorhythm

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Refers to the tone and color of isorhythmic mass of the medeival period.

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Impressionism in painting

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About light and light's effect on your eyes, rather than about shapes.

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Societe des Apaches

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A society of French artists often referred to as hooligans.

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Characteristics of Impressionism

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Form - Unstructured and unpredictable.
Harmony - Tall chords and modal.
Voice leading - Parallel 4ths 5ths and 8ths okay.
Rhythm - Fluid rhythms, hard to define.
Timbre - Transparent sound masses.

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Expressionist art

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Style of painting focused on expressing pure emotion.

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Expressionist music

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Correlary to expressionist art and seen in the Second Viennese School

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Schoenberg's first period

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Extreme chromaticism, yet still tonal

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Schoenberg's second period

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Definitively atonal

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Pantonal

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Schoenberg's alternative term for atonality.

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Sprechstimme

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Evolution of singspiel where the vocalist uses a sing-songy voice, but not specific notes. Noted by an "x" on the stem of the note.

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Primitivism

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Uses ancient musical ideas as sources for inspiration

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Polytonality

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Any passage that uses two or more tonalities at the same time.

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Polyrhythm

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Any passage that uses two or more rhythms at the same time.

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Asymmetrical rhythms

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Constant changing of rhythmic meters

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Vaslav Nijinsky

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The original choreographer of Le Sacre du Printemps

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Nicholas Roerich

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Stravinsky's friend who inspired Le Sacre and designed the original costumes.

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Ophecleides

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Brass instrument which played the arpeggios in dotted 8ths and 16th, found in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique right before the Idee fixe.

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First Viennese School

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Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Mahler is considered an extension.

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Eclectic Movement

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Movement characterized by frequent style changes.

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Progressive Tonality

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The practice of ending a piece in a different key than it was started in.

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Idee fixe

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Basically the same thing as a leitmotif, a musical figure associated with a specific person or idea, repeated throughout the a piece.

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Leitmotif

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A recurring musical theme associated with a particular person, place, or thing repeated throughout a piece.