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A succession of single pitches that is perceived as a whole |
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| Highness or lowness of tone depending on frequency |
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| Unit of meaning within a larger structure |
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| resting place in a musical phrase; music punctuation |
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| basic unit of rhythm/music |
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| organization of rhythm in time |
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| deliberate upsetting of normal pattern of accentuation |
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| Use of several rhythmic patterns simultaneously |
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| combination of notes simultaneously ensuing relationships fo intervals and chords |
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| three or more notes played at the same time |
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| series of tones in ascending or descending order |
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| principle of organization around tonic based on scale |
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| concordant or harmonious combination of tones |
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| discordant and unstable combo of tones |
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| interweaving of melodic and harmonic elements |
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monophonic
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single-line texture w/o accompaniment
two or more melodic line combined
texture with principal melody and harmony |
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| structure and design in music, organizing principle |
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| complete, self-contained part within a larger musical work. |
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| melodic idea used as a basic building block in the construction of a composition |
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| restatement of an idea or motive at a different pitch level |
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| short melodic or rhythmic idea |
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| short melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic pattern that is repeated throughout a work |
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| rate of speed or pace of music |
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| quality of sound that distinguishes one voice for instrument from another |
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| first note of the scale or key |
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| small fluctuation of pitch used as an expressive device to intensify sound |
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| pluck a string of a bowed instrument with finger |
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| rapid repetition of a tone |
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| ensemble music for up to ten players, with one player to a part |
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| term for describing category or overall character of a work |
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| performing forces employed in a certain musical work |
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| dance form in late medieval France w/ voice or only instruments |
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| French monophonic or polyphonic song of Middle Ages and Renaissance set to either courtly or popular poetry |
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| set order of religious services and the structure of each service |
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| polyphonic vocal genre, secular in the Middle Ages but sacred or devotional thereafter. |
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| earliest kind of polyphonic music that developed from plainchant |
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| monophonic melody with a free flowing, unmeasured vocal line; liturgical chant of Roman Catholic Church. |
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| Sections of RCMass that vary day to day throughout year according to liturgical occasion |
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| sections of RCMass that remains the same day to day. |
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| Unaccompanied vocal music |
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| 1450-1600 Era of esploration, scientific inquiry, and artistic awakening |
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| Melodic idea presented in one voice and then restated in another |
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| Musical pictorialization of words from the text as an expressive device. |
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| 'fixed melody' usually of very long notes based off chant that served for polyphonic composition esp in Ren era |
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| Mass for the Dead. sung at funerals |
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| secular genre of sung poetry the flourished in the Ren Era |
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Seven tones of a scale used in music
12 half steps of a scale |
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| process of changing from one key to another |
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| process of changing from one key to another |
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| vocal style estab. in Baroque w/ solo singer and instrument accomp |
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| intro mvt that presents melodies from arias to come. also an orch work for concert perf. |
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| text or script of an opera |
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| solo vocal declamation that follows inflections of text that results in disjunct vocal style |
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| congregational hymn of the German Lutheran church |
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| vocal genre for solo singers, chorus, and instru based on lyric or dramatic poetic narrative |
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| lyric song for solo voice w/ orch accomp generally expresses intense emotion. |
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| continuous bass. bass, chordal instrument and one bass melody instrument |
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| Large scale dramatic genre originating in Baroque, based on a text of religious or serious character |
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| Italian comic opera, sung throughout |
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| Short, recurring instrumental passage found in aria and Baroque concerto |
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| Mulitimvt work made up of a series of contrasting dance mvts, gen. in same key |
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| Baroque concerto type based on opposition between a small group of solo instruments(concertino) and orch (ripieno) |
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| Polyphonic form pop in Baroque w/ one or more themes that dev by imitative counterpoint |
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| Virtuosic solo passage in the manner of an improvisation, performed near the end of an aria or a mvt of a concerto |
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| First sec. recurs in tonic. Classical multimvt cycle it appears as last mvt. |
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| Chamber music ensemble consisting of two violins, violas, and cello. |
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| Compositional procedure in which theme is stated, then altered in other statements; independ. piece or mvt of mm cycle |
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| The opening mvt of mm cycle |
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Development
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1st sec
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3rd sec of SA form |
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| style where rhythms, melodies, or instrum. evoke color and atmosphere of far-off lands |
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| borrowed time. Rom music. hesitate or hurries through music expanding written note values. |
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| Song structure in which the same music is repeated with every stanza of the poem |
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| Song structure that is composed from beginning to end, w/o repetitions of large sections |
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| solo art song of 19th century, usually accompanied by piano. |
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| Fixed idea; Berlioz's idea for recurring musical idea that links diff. mvts. of a work |
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| leading motive. basic recurring them repping a person, object, or idea. common in Wagner operas. |
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| Wagner's term for his operas |
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| Instrum. music endowed w/ literary or pictorial associations, esp popular in 19th cen. |
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| 1 mvt orch form that devlops poetic idea, suggests scene or creates mood. Rom era |
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| Operatic 'realism', a style pop in Italy in 1890's which tried to bring naturalism into the lyric theater. |
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| dance form featuring a staged presentation of group or solo dancing w/ music, costumes, and scenery. |
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| total abandonment of tonality. |
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| Afro-amcn form of secular folk music, related to jazz, that is based on a simple, repetitive poetic-musical structure. |
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| piano whose sound is altered by the insertion of various materials between strings. John cage |
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| late 19th cent piano style by afro-amcns w/ syncopated melodies. |
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| French mvt dev by visual artists who favored vague, blurry images. |
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| exotic scales, unresolved dissonances, parallel chords, rich orchestral tone color and free rhythm |
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| simultaneous use of two or more keys. common in 20th cen music |
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| Schoenberg method based on particular arr. of 12 chromatic tones |
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| vocal style in which melody is spoken at approx. pitches rather than sung on exact pitches |
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| 20th cen. technique where notes of melody are dist. among diff instrum. giving pointillistic texture |
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| music that parodies another work or works, presenting them in a new style or guise |
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| contemp music style featuring repetition of short melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns w/ little variation |
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| contemp style w/ rich harmonic language and other elements of Rom. era |
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| 20th cent style combining elements of Classical and Baroque music w/ modernist trends |
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