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34 Cards in this Set
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********* Debussy – what style did he use?
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Impressionism
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What scales and where were they from?
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Non – western music, whole tone, church tone
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What did he compose?
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Prelude to the afternoon of a fawn; poem; genre: symphonic poem
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What is the form of this piece?
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Most important element of Modern music is?
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Rhythem
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Describe this element during the modern era
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Its irregular, and poly rhythem; breaks all the old rules
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12 tone row, Dodecaphonic, Serialism,
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Schoenberg; All mean the same thing
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Melody in the modern musical era – describe it
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Very disjunct; breaks all the rules
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Russian-born composer that wrote in post-impressionistic, neoclassical, serial and primitivist styles,
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Strvensky
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What’s the most innovative element of The Rite of Spring?
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Rhythem and meter
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***********Schoenberg- what pieces did he write?
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Pierrot hmaire; genre: song cycle
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What style is he credited with developing?
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12 tone method
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What two new techniques did he use in his music?
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Spoken voice and tone color melody – each note is played by a different instrument. Pg. 306
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Ethnomusicology- definition?
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Study music in the contexts of the cultural and global significance
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Bartok and whom were partners?
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Zolton covi pg. 314 -315
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***********Carl Orff- his music –
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O fortuna, Camina Burana
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where did it come from?
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Latin Language. From a collection of poems pg. 317
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What genre is it?
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Cantata secular
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Brass Bands- when were they popular what were they
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etc., United States, During the Wars
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*********Charles Ives – what did he write?
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Country Band March; Know duple meter with syncopations. Check Listening Guide
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when did he write?.
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x
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what else did he do on the side?
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Sold insurance
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Copland – what did he write
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who did he study with etc, Appalachian Springs (ballet) studied with Natia Bullager in france
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Mariachi music -
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Mexico
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Jazz – definition and characteristics What they mean and what they are from
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x
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Ragtime– definition and characteristics
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x
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Blues– definition and characteristics American Art Form
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x
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Scott Joplin – what did he win a Pulitzer for?
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Opera called Trumanicha
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*************Billie Holiday Billy’s Blues
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Style: 12 Bar Blues; Text of the first chorus, repeating thing: Whats the texture? Look at the What to listen for? section
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Film music- importance
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unity in film music using what technique? , Define a character; set a mood; set a place in time; use light motifs Hedewigs theme
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***********John Williams
Rock and Roll- what two styles does it come from? |
Rhythem and blues + country
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How did some of the famous people we talked about die?
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Janus Joplin drugs and alcohol
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Who were a part of the British Rock invasion know who was involved
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x
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Where did grunge start?
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Seatle
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