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| Very current, modern, and experimental. |
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| A late nineteenth-century artistic movement that sought to capture the visual impression rather than the literal reality of a subject. |
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| An artistic school of the early twentieth century that attempted to represent the psychological and emotional experience of modern humanity. |
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| In music of the early twentieth century, the philosophy that musical composition should be approached with objectivity and restraint. |
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| The scientific study of music, especially traditional or non-Western music, as an aspect of culture. |
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| Lacking a recognizable tonal center or tonic. |
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| A system of composition developed by Schoenberg that consists of arranging the twelve pitches of the chromatic scale in a particular order |
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| Literally, “speech voice.” A vocal technique in which a pitch is half sung, half spoken. Developed by Schoenberg. |
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| A composed music of the 1890s, usually for piano. |
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| A lamenting, melancholy song characterized by a three-line lyrical pattern in AAB form, a twelve-bar harmonic progression. |
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| A jazz style based on the original hot jazz from New Orleans. |
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| Innovated by Duke Ellington. |
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| A jazz style that emphasizes small ensembles playing very active and complex music. |
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| The practice of making up music and performing it on the spot without first having written it down. |
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| A style of jazz developed in the late 1960s that has been influenced by rock music through the inclusion of amplified instruments, short riffs and even beat subdivisions. |
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| A form of theatre that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. |
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| A musical style originating in France about 1948; its technique consists of recording natural or “concrete” sounds, altering the sounds by various electronic means, and then combining them into organized pieces. |
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| Music in which some aspect is decided by performers or someone else other than the composer, guaranteeing that every performance of the work will be different from any other performance. |
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| A late-twentieth-century movement that seeks to return music to its simplest, most basic elements. It is characterized by a very steady beat and gradually changing repeating figures. |
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| Characteristics of 20th Century Music |
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| Melody was more angular and disjunctive. Rhythm became more complex and dominant (changing meter, complex time signatures). |
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| Characteristics of 20th Century Music |
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| Harmony was more dissonant. Dissonance did not have to resolve to consonance. |
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| Characteristics of 20th Century Music |
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| Form was free or loosely defined. Art music ("classical music") and popular music diverged widely. |
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| Characteristics of 20th Century Music |
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| Electronics changed the sound of music (electric bass, guitar, organ, and keyboard). |
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| Characteristics of 20th Century Music |
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| Recorded music became easily available (records, cassettes, CD's). |
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| Characteristics of 20th Century Music |
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| Computer technology made music available in toys, games, keyboards, etc. American popular music became dominant throughout the world (jazz, rock, R&B, rap, musical theatre). |
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Name the composer of this piece:
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Prelude a L'apres-midi d'un faune). |
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The Rite of Spring (Le sacre du printemps). |
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Pierrot Lunaire. |
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Oh, Susannah! |
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Stars and Stripes Forever. |
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Fanfare for the Common Man. |
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Maple Leaf Rag. |
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The Sound of Music. |
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West Side Story. |
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The Phantom of the Opera. |
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Star Wars. |
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Rhapsody in Blue. |
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Porgy and Bess. |
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4'33". |
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| Caused a riot with primitivism in his Russian ballet; Neoclassical in later works. |
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| German expressionism; 12-tone row; serialism. |
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| Hungarian ethnomusicologist and music educator. |
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| Writer of popular American songs in the mid-1800's. |
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| Composer and conductor of American marching band music. |
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| Dean of African-American composers in the 1800's. |
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| First significant American composer; influenced by New England heritage. |
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| Successfully integrated jazz into classical music in the early 20th century. |
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| Beloved 20th century American nationalist composer noted for his ballets. |
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| Most important ragtime composer. |
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| First great jazz innovator; Dixieland; blues; played cornet. |
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| Most significant Big Band swing innovator; played piano. |
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| Team who changed the course of musical theatre in America in the mid-1900's (Oklahoma, South Pacific, The Sound of Music). |
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| Famous British composer of musicals (Cats, Phantom of the Opera). |
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| Famous 20th century composer, conductor, TV personality. |
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| Father of aleatoric (chance) music. |
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| Best known composer of American movie music (Star Wars, Superman, Indiana Jones). |
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