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Survey of Music Final
Final Exam given on December 10, 2007
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Music
Undergraduate 1
12/10/2007

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Instruments used in classical orchestra
Definition

Woodwinds: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon

Strings: Violin, viola, cello, double bass

Brass: Trumet and french horn

Percussion: Timpani 

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Parts of sonata form 
Definition

1. Exposition

2. The development

3. Recapitulation 

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Motive  
Definition
Short musical ideas developed within a composition
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Movements of a symphony  

 

Definition

1. a vigorous, dramatic fast movement

2. a lyrical slow movement

3. A dance like movement

4. A brilliant or heroic fast movement

 

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classical concerto
Definition
extended composition for instrumental soloist adn orchestra-three movements
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cadenza
Definition
unaccompanied section of virtuoso displayed for the soloist in a concerto, usually appearing near the end of the first movement and sometimes in the last.
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chamber music
Definition
music using a small group of musicians, with one player per part
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what could mozart do at 6
      
Definition
at six, mozart could play the harpsichord, violin, improvise fugues, write minuets and read music perfectly at first sight.
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who bridged classical and romantic era  
Definition
beethoven
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fidelio
Definition
beethoven's only opera
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program music  
Definition
instrumental music associated ith a story, poem, idea, or scene.
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size of romantic orchestra
Definition
~100 musicians
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Rubato
Definition
slight holding back or pressing formward of tempo to intensify the expression of the music
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Thematic transformation
Definition
Alternation of the character of a theme by means of changes in dynamic, orchestrations, or rhthym, when it returns in a later movement or section
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art song
Definition
setting of a poem for solo voice and piano, translating the poem's mood and imaginary into music
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lied
Definition
song set to a german text
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strophic song
Definition
way of structureing a piece of music based on the repetition of one formal section or block played repeatedly
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through-composed  
Definition
music which is relatively continuous, non-sectional, and non-repetitive. Vocal form in which there is new music for each stanza
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incidental music
Definition
music intended to be performed before ad during a play, setting the mood for the drama
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symphonic poem
Definition
one movement orchestral composition based to some extent on literary or pictoral ideas
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idee fixe
Definition
single melody used in several movements of a long work to represent a recurring idea
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father of string quartet  
Definition
haydn
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father of russian music
Definition
tchaikovsky
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neoclassicalism
Definition
movement in art, architecture, and design in Europe and north america characterized by a revival of clasical greek and roman styles
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Atonality
Definition
absence of tonality or key
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bitonality
Definition
approach to pitch organization using two keys at the same time
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primitivism
Definition
evocation of primitive power though insistent rythms and percussive sounds
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minimalism
Definition
music characterizede by a steady pulse, clear tonality, adn insistent repetition of short melodic patterns
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raga
Definition
refers to melodic melodies used in indian classical music.
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Tala
Definition
a rythmical pattern that determines the rythmical structure of a composition in indian music.
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heterophonic texture
Definition
one melody, but different variations of it are being sung or played at the same time.
Term
sitar  
Definition
indian classical stringed intrument
Term
tabla
Definition
north indian drum set consisting of the dragga and the tabal.
Term
types of drums (2)
Definition

pressure drum

talking drum 

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smetana
Definition
founder of czech national music
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grieg
Definition
norwigian composer
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mussorgsky
Definition
russia
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berloiz
Definition
france
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impressionism  
Definition
musical style that stressed color, atmosphere, and fluidity, typical of debussy
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