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Exam #3
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Music
Undergraduate 1
12/15/2012

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Impressionism
Definition
french artistic movement in late 19th C early 20th C fascination with change. Opposed to romantic art, pleasant subjects.
- Monet, Renoir, Degas
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Symbolism
Definition
French, poems suggestive of images and moods without specific details, can be static.
- Debussy, Mallarmé
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Claude Debussy
Definition
1862 - 1918: harmonic language, Paris conservatory at age 11, Influenced by Wagner, went to paris exhibition (javanese), Chromatic, planing, rarely used whole orchestra, no sense of key, descriptive titles, planing let chromaticism sound pleasant.
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Tome poem/symphonic poem
Definition
orchestral program music in one long movement. Genre --> unanswered question (Ives) or Prelude to the afternoon of a faun.
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pentatonic scale
Definition
played on the black keys - five note scale
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whole tone scale
Definition
6 tones a whole tone apart, sometimes used by Debussy
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avant garde
Definition
in the most advanced style
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ww1
Definition
1914 - 1918
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ww2
Definition
1939 - 1945
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Igor Stravinsky
Definition
1882 - 1871: Russian, famous for ballet in Paris. Rite of spring, Nijinsky, riot 1913 Russian Ballet, went to US because of WW2
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Exoticism
Definition
endless images of scantily clad lazy exotic women for your viewing pleasure.
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Primitivism
Definition
static, simple, preserving ethnic
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Rite of Spring
Definition
Stravinsky, Nijinsky, 1913 Russian Ballet, Riot, Ballet score
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polyrhythm
Definition
multiple rhythms at once (right of spring)
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polytonal
Definition
simultaneous juxtapositions of multiple key areas in different parts of the orchestra (rite)
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dissonance
Definition
sound unstable, or tense
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consonance
Definition
sound stable and tension free
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commission
Definition
money given to an artist in advance of the composition
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Pizzicato
Definition
plucking strings
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extended technique
Definition
unconventional ways of using an instrument
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neoclassicism
Definition
reaction against romanticism and impressionism. It was a conscious some 18C imitation (form, genre, ensemble). Rejected nationalism and subjective personal expressions and returned to absolute, non-programmatic music.
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expressionism (style)
Definition
1880 - 1925: scandanavia/germany, intense, subjective emotion, isolation, madness, deranged psychological state. Reaction to impressionism, wake of WW1
- Munch, Kirchner, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern
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Second viennese School
Definition
impressionist composers (before 1920)
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Arnold Schoenberg
Definition
1874 - 1951: taught berg and Webern, Influenced by Brahms and Wagner. Abandoned tonality in 1908, atonal music in string quartets and art songs and orchestral movements. Jewish and emigrated to US in 1933.
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Webern
Definition
1883 - 1945
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Berg
Definition
1885 - 1935
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Sprechstimme
Definition
speaking that follows contours of music
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atonal
Definition
purposeful avoidance of tonal centre, dissonant, schoenberg
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12-tone system
Definition
a row contains all 12 chromatic notes of the scale and all must be used before repetition. Can be prime, inversion, retrograde and retrograde inversion.
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prime form
Definition
original line of 12 tone system
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retrograde
Definition
prime form backwards
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inversion
Definition
prime form inverted (intervals reversed)
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retrograde inversion
Definition
prime row backwards, then inverted
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Belá Bartók
Definition
1881 - 1945: Hungarian, compiled folk songs (ethnomusicologist)
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Ethnomusicology
Definition
compilation and study of folk songs, relevant in the contexts of nationalism and primitivism
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palindrome
Definition
symmetrical musical structures
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musical symmetry
Definition
symmetrical musical structure
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choreographer
Definition
organized and coordinated dances
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Ballet score
Definition
the music associated with a ballet performance
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Pierre Boulez
Definition
1925 --> avant garde, anti-romantic, advocated integral serialism - which took the 12 tone system one step further having instrumentation, notes, dynamics all pre-determined in a system
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Darmstadt school
Definition
avant garde, Boulez, Anti-romantic (romantic - emotion, individualism and imagination/subjectivity)
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integral serialism
Definition
controlling for all aspects of music (orchestration, form, instruments, notes, dynamics)
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Vocalise
Definition
vocal syllables with no precise wording or meaning
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experimental notation
Definition
notating scores in unconventional ways - example, a map of the stars or no order
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Graphic notation
Definition
aleatoric performances accomplished with this - require performers to improvise and interpret - but not all aleatoric music is graphically notated.
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Aleatoric music
Definition
indeterminate, chance
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quotation music (style term)
Definition
taking from previous works (style term)
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electroacoustic
Definition
incorporation of electric sound into compositions
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musique contrète
Definition
transmission of natural sounds together onto a tape and you can manipulate the sounds to create new timbres
1) filtering out, 2) overdubbing, 3) manipulation, 4) sound reversal
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filtering out
Definition
in musique concrète you can cut out bits of tape and put other bits of tape in
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overdubbing
Definition
in musique concrète combining different sounds,
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manipulation
Definition
in musique concrète changing the playback speed
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sound reversal
Definition
in musique concrète playing the tape backwards
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electronic music
Definition
music made artificially
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additive synthesis
Definition
sounds created by combining sine waves, pure pitches without overtones
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sine wave (generator)
Definition
pure pitches without overtones generated by a machine
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white noise
Definition
every audible pitch at the same time
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Edgard Varèse
Definition
poeme electronique 1883 - 1965
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Poeme electronique
Definition
synchronized with film, philips pavilion, 1958, human voices and sound, themes of human existence, images, shapes like a stomach
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György Ligeti
Definition
1926 - 2006: jewish hungarian, went to forced labour camp during WW2, most of his family died in Auschwitz, influenced by serial method. Electric sound with acoustic, influenced by Darmstadt (Boulez)
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Sound Mass Composition
Definition
sliding and merging orchestral clusters, creating a succession of various timbres that might be status or dynamic or both simultaneously.
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micropolyphony
Definition
textual effect where individual parts are lost within an overall effect
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John Cage
Definition
1912 - 1992 - avant garde, percussion lover
4:33 - 1952
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Percussion ensemble
Definition
ensemble of percussion only
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prepared piano
Definition
type of extended technique involving inserting things into the piano to alter the sound
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aleatoric music/indeterminacy
Definition
determined by chance performers and interpretation
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chance operations
Definition
things unplanned or improvised
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mixed music
Definition
live performers with pre-recorded tape
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live electronic music
Definition
sound produced by performer and modified electronically at the time of production controlled by another performer, made possible more easily in the 1960s by voltage control
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film score
Definition
established mood, genre, sets place, time (lietmotifs)
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film music 2 types
Definition
underscoring, source music
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underscoring (type of film music)
Definition
outside the action of a film
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source music (type of film music)
Definition
inside the film, like in crouching tiger hidden dragon, there are live performers in the back room of the restaurant
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functions of film music (4)
Definition
establish mood, establish setting/time, running counter to juxtapose and leitmotifs or character development
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Tan Dan
Definition
chinese 'new wave' composer, very famous, composed pipa concerto
1957 -->
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New Wave
Definition
composers who explored modern/western/avant garde in china
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Pipa
Definition
traditional stringed chinese instrument
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Stylistic pluralism (style)
Definition
combination of western (atonal, aleatory) with traditional chinese instruments and aesthetic
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collage/pastiche
Definition
construction of new piece using previously existing art
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minimalism (style)
Definition
incessant repetition of short musical motifs
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post minimalism (style)
Definition
more dynamic and active textures than minimalism, faster development, more complex and interesting neo-romantic harmony, and a wide variety of performing media
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Arvo Pärt
Definition
1935 --->
estonian, spiritual minimalism, quotation, serial technique
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Steve Reich
Definition
1936 --> well known classic minimalist
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Aria
Definition
vocal number for solo singer and orchestra in an opera, cantata, or oratorio
Thy Hand Belinda - Purcell, Dido and Aeneas
(lament aria)
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art song/lied
Definition
monody for solo voice and piano accompaniment
Clara Wieck Schumann - Der Mond kommt still gegangen
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ballet score
Definition
music for a ballet
Stravinsky - The rite of spring
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cantata
Definition
composition in several movements for solo voices and instruments perhaps also chorus. can be sacred or secular.
Christ Lag in Totesbanden - Bach
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chamber music
Definition
music played in small groups - string quartet or piano trio
The Joke (No. 30) Haydn
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chant
Definition
reciting words to music, generally monophonic, and for liturgical purposes
Ave Maris Stella - Guillaume Dufay
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character piece
Definition
short romantic piano piece that portrays a particular mood
Chopin - Nocturne in F#
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concerto (solo)
Definition
a large composition for orchestra and solo instrument
Concerto No. 23 - Mozart
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concerto grosso
Definition
less important after 1750, early baroque, small concerto and group of solo instruments
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double concerto
Definition
concerto for two soloists (triple concerto)
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film score
Definition
music to a film, establish mood, setting, juxtapose or character identify/develop
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mass
Definition
roman catholic services: 5 sections, kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus, agnus dei
Pange Lingua Mass, Kyrie - Josquin Desprez
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oratorio
Definition
slong semi-dramatic piece on a subject for soloist, chorus and orchestra (no drama, costume, setting)
Handel - Messiah
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opera
Definition
drama presented in music with singing instead of speaking - has arias and recitative
Madama Butterfly - Purcell
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opera seria
Definition
italian, serious subjects, heros, history, mythology. Baroque italy
Madama Butterfly - Purcell
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opera buffa
Definition
italian, comedic opera
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singspiel
Definition
german, arias, spoken (no recitative), ensembles, songs, ballads, spoken-dialogue
The Magic Flute - Mozart
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piano quintet
Definition
string quartet and piano
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recitative
Definition
half singing, half speaking style of presenting words in opera, cantata, or oratorio following spoken rhythm closely. Secco + continuo and accompanied recitative is with an orchestra
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sonata
Definition
chamber music, in several movements or solo piano or piano and soloist.
Beethoven - Moonlight sonata
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song cycle
Definition
group of songs with a general theme or motif, something connecting them
Schubert - Erlkoning
Schoenberg - Pierrot Lunaire (mondefleck)
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string quartet
Definition
chamber music, 2 violins, viola and cello
Haydn - string quartet No. 30, the joke
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suite
Definition
piece consisting of multiple dances
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symphonic poem
Definition
orchestral program music in one movement
(impressionist) Clouds - Debussy
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symphony
Definition
multi-movement work for orchestra
5th Symphony - Beethoven's
40th Symphony - Mozart
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woodwind quintet
Definition
french horn, bassoon, clarinet, flute and oboe
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Medieval
Definition
450 - 1450 (9C)
Hildegard Von Bingen - Columba Aspexit
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Renaissance
Definition
1450 - 1600
Pange Lingua Mass, Kyrie - Josquin Desprez
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Baroque
Definition
1600 - 1750
The Brandenburg Concerto - Bach
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Classical
Definition
1750 - 1800(ish)
Piano Concerto 23 - Mozart
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Romantic
Definition
1800s - 1900s
Der Mond Kommt Still Gegangen
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20/21st century
Definition
1900s -->
John Cage - Sonata 5
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