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1. Any musical work or production.



2. The act of compiling and inventing a piece of music.

Composition

Name 2 Handel compositions

See Here the Conqu'ring Hero Comes



Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

What is a movement?

Complete, self-contained section within a larger musical composition.

What is an ensemble?

A group of musicians that perform as a unit.

What is a cadence?

A stylized close in music which divides the music into periods or brings it to a full conclusion

What is dynamics?

The different levels of volume in a composition.

The quality of a sound; that component of a tone that causes different instruments (for example a guitar and a violin) to sound different from each other while they are both playing the same note.

Timbre

Solo?

A single performer or a passage that is to be performed by a single performer.

What is notation?

Visual symbols for sound. The most common notation is the fixed treble and bass clefs with modern pitch


notation therein. The notation of music has undergone several transformations since the first visual symbols for music were invented, c. 500 B.C.

What is a composer?

The person who writes music (conceptualize and notate).

What is technique?

The mechanical aspect of performing a composition.

What is Interpretation?

refers to how a performer will present the material to the listeners and how emotions are communicated through the performance. This term is particularly applicable to music that is ambiguous as to tempo, dynamics, etc.

What is a "spiritual?"

A style of music invented by Afro-American slaves. Spirituals are generally religious songs with elements of African rhythms, Biblical texts, and American accents. Usually the text is concerned with earthly tribulations and heavenly justice and reward.

What is the name of the Barbara Conrad song we listened to?

Deep River

Who composed the opera Lohengrin? (We heard the Prelude to Act III.)

Richard Wagner

What is "form?"

The structure of a composition, the frame upon which it is constructed.

What is "ternary form?"

A compositional form which consists of three major sections, an A section which states the thematic material, a B section which presents a contrasting theme, and a final A section which restates the opening thematic material.

Who composed Étude No. 12 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 12, Revolutionary ?

Frédéric Chopin

What is an "etude?"


A study or an exercise (typically a short composition) designed to train a musician technically as well as musically.

Spirit; skill; requiring great dexterity and skill in execution.

Bravura

What famous composition did Edward Elger compose?

Pomp and Circumstance

What famous composition did Felix Mendelssohn compose?

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March Op. 61 No. 4

Who composed Lohengrin: Act III: Wedding March ?

Richard Wagner

Who composed See Here the Conq'ring Hero Comes ?

George Frideric Handel

Who composed Hallelujah Chorus” from the oratorio, Messiah ?

George Frideric Handel

Who Composed the Violin Concerto from The Four Seasons ?

Antonio Vivaldi

What is "program music?"

Compositions with extra-musical content that directs the attention of the listener to a literary or pictoral association. Program music was especially popular in the 19th century.

What is "absolute music?"

Music that has no literary, dramatic, or pictorial program; also, pure music; music expressively self-sufficient and intelligible without the aid of a text or a program.

The word for a large composition for orchestra, generally in three or four movements.

Symphony

What is an "idée fixe?"

an obsession; an idea that continually haunts the artist

What is a "theme?"

The musical basis upon which a composition is built. Usually a theme consists of a recognizable melody or a characteristic rhythmic pattern. The theme may sometimes be called the subject.

What is a "casual listener?"

This type of listener likes having music playing, filling the environment with sounds. Whether present as a background to drive, study, work, exercise, or hang out with friends, music is an accompaniment to the casual listener’s daily activities. In any case, this type of listener views music primarily as a mood enhancer.