Chapter 36

Question 1

tombeau

Answer 1

instrumental piece commemorating someone’s death

Question 2

style brise

Answer 2

chords are broken apart. Therefore the notes enter one by one

Question 3

unmeasured prelude

Answer 3

opening piece without rhythmic duration or metrical organization, has no bar lines and so it has free rhythms

Question 4

Clavecin

Answer 4

French for harpsichord

Question 5

Th Art of Playing the Harpsichord

Answer 5

a manual Francois Couperin wrote about things hs students should know such as fingerings and ornamentation

Question 6

agrements

Answer 6

french for ornaments

Question 7

notes inegales

Answer 7

many equal notes moving fast up or down the scale aren’t played exactly equally, instead long short long short

Question 8

overdotting

Answer 8

dotted note is made longer than written

Question 9

rococo

Answer 9

decorative arts and the music of mid 18th century France

Question 10

Ordre

Answer 10

group of pieces loosely associated by feeling and key, could have character pieces (similar to suite)

Question 11

rondeau

Answer 11

piece based on the alternation of a main theme with couplets

Question 12

couplet

Answer 12

subsidiary sections