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| tones played above or below the meldoy |
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| arrangement of a musical composition |
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| Music w/ 2+ melodic lines |
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| como of 2,3, or more notes sounded at the same time-produces a harmony |
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| stringed instruments, played with a bow |
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| wind instruments, other than brass. Blowing a reed |
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| wind struments of metal-vibrating lips |
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| made by being stuck, rubbed, or shaken |
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| string instruments played by a keyboard that causes strings to be plucked |
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| extended compsition for orchestra w/ 3-4 movements |
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| Baroque-era, small group contrasts a larger group. |
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| states a theme and develops it. performed on organ |
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| orchestral composition that introduces an opera, oratorio, or ballet. |
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| introduces a larger work, often performed as an independent work |
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| work for instrumental solor/small ensemble. common for string trio. |
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period of 1600-1700. vivaldi, bach, handel
-flowery and counterpoint |
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1750-1810 haydn, mozart, and beethoven
-music embodies clarity of form/logic of development |
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late beethoven to richard wagner, 1810-1880
-big sounds, emotion, stories |
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styles of fine music associated with the rise of the modern world
-1910-1945
-dissonance and little conventional melody |
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| -seeks broad popularity and commercial success |
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-large scale
-center of business in North America |
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-smaller theaters
-less exspensive |
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-theatre in other U.S cities
-professional theater that produce daring/innovative original works |
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| non-traditional theater, often performed by unpaid actors in unconventional theater venues and in innovative style |
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| -theater in which the actors invent much of the action/dialogue |
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| produces several plays in rotation, performed by same actors/crew. |
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stage variety show of song/dance/comedy.
-cheap popular entertainment
-aka music hall |
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serious drama with a heroic character struggle against destiny/defeat
-ancient greek |
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-uses wit/humor/ridicule
-provokes laughter |
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| -contains songs/musical accompaniment, and often dance |
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| What period was bach alive in? |
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-invented 4 prt chorale writing
-mastered the art of fugue
-composed hundreds of compositions for the organ |
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| What period was Mozart alive in? |
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| What was so amazing about Mozart? |
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| -by the age of 26 Mozart composed around 415 pieces of music |
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| What are some of Mozarts accomplishments? |
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-wrote a large variety
-new life to opera
-boy a geniiiusss |
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| What are 3 of Mozarts well-known operas? |
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-The Marriage of Figaro
-The Magic Flute
-Don Giovanni |
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| What period was Beethoven alive in? |
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| What was Beethoven known for? |
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-great transitional composer
-his style forced physical improvements to the piano
-got mixed reactions to music |
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| What period was Wagner alive in? |
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| What was Wagner known for? |
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-leading romantic opera-wrote 10 operas
-Tristan and Isolde and The Ring something |
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| What period was Tchaikovsky alive in? |
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| What was Tchaikovsky known for? |
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-master composer of ballet
-swan lake
-sleeping beauty
-the nutcracker |
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