2.3- the perfomers role

Question 1

Performer

Answer 1

an artist who brings a work of creative art to reality

Question 2

Composer

Answer 2

the person who writes music (conceptualize and notate);

Question 3

score

Answer 3

the entirety of the instrumental and vocal parts of a composition in written form, played together on a page in staves placed one below the other

Question 4

notation

Answer 4

visual symbols for sound (ex. treble or bass clefs)

Question 5

technique

Answer 5

the mechanical aspect of performing a composition

Question 6

interpretation

Answer 6

how a performer chooses to communicate the artistry of the music to the audience

Question 7

ensemble

Answer 7

refers to groups of musicians playing together as a unit

Question 8

Solo

Answer 8

A single performer or a passage that is to be performed by a single performer

Question 9

texture

Answer 9

refers to the vertical structure of a comopsition; how many parts or voices there are, what the configuration (close, open, etc.) of the voices happens to be, how the voices interact, etc.

Question 10

a capella

Answer 10

Choral or vocal music performed without instrumental accompaniment.

Question 11

Rubato

Answer 11

Rubato

A practice common in Romantic compositions of taking part of the duration from one note and giving it to another. It involves the performer tastefully stretching, slowing, or hurrying the tempo as she/he sees fit, thus imparting flexibility and emotion to the performance.