Exam 1

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Accelerando

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A gradual increase in the tempo

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Ritardando

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A slowing down of the tempo

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Harmonization

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The technique of sounding different pitches together

Multiple pitches sounded simultaneously

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Unison

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Two or more singers performing the same thing at the same time

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Romanticism

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Music emphasized emotion and individuality

Music conveyed feelings

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Musical Dramas

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A work written in accordance with Gesamtkunstwerk

Music, dance, poetry, scenery, and stage design aspire to high levels

The whole is greater than the parts

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Leitmotiv

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A short musical phrase associated with a particular object, character or idea

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Intermezzo

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Comic genre performed during intermission of an opera seria

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Blackface

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The custom of using dark makeup to simulate and exaggerate African American facial features

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Minstrel Show

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A genre featuring performers in blackface who presented a variety of usual and musical entertainments

Often satirized the lifestyle of African Americans

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Mr. Tambo

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Sat on the end of a semicircle

Played tambourine

Joked with Mr. Bones
Often about Mr. Interlocutor

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Mr. Bones

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Played a percussive instrument made of cow bones

Joked with Mr. Tambo
Often about Mr. Interlocutor

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Mr. Interlocutor

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Master of ceremonies

Center of the semicircle

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Ziegfeld Follies

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Florence Ziegfeld

Most extravagant series of revues, with an emphasis on the show girl

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First part

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Orchestral overture w/ medley of songs in the show

Interlocutor and end men perform etc.

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Olio

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Scenes performed in front of the curtain

Unique effects in instruments, jugglers, burlesque on controversial subject etc.

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Afterpiece

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Ended in a walk around

Scene created a satirical drama

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Revue

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A set cast if performers present the various entertainments

Sometimes skits around a certain theme

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Book musical

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A play with songs

A show with a coherent storyline

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Patter song

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Type of singing in which the text is delivered very rapidly for comic effect

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Character song

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A song designed to reveal the personality of a particular role

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Homophony

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One melody supported by a subordinate accompaniment

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Polyphony

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Two or more melodies of equal importance

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Imitative polyphony

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One melodic line used at multiple entrances. Competing for attention

A round

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Non-imitative polyphony

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Two or more equally important melodies heard at once

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List song

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Type of comic song whose humor is derived from it's long list of related items

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Recitative

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Speech like Prose, dialogue Moves action along Accompanied by continuo

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Aria

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``` Clear beat and consistent meter Melodic form One emotion Poetic text Stops action ```

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Arioso

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Characteristics of both aria and recitative In the middle

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Opera seria

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``` Ancient history or myths Ancient heroes of nobility Recitative/aria 3-4 acts Slow or drawn out pace Castrati ```

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Opera buffa

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``` Contemporaneous subjects People of the day Ensemble added Shorter than opera seria Light/comic Male voices added ```

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Viennese operetta

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``` Silly, childlike stories Fairytales Masking witty satires against politics DANCING Balance between speaking and singing ```

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English operetta

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Satirical No vulgarity Acceptable for middle class Comic/ light hearted

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Gilbert and Sullivan Philosophy

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Plots can be ridiculous but coherent Dialogue cannot be offensive No gender switching Costumes for women must be suitable for a private, fancy ball

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Goal of Poppea

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Get Nero to stay

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Goal of Nero

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Leave as fast as possible | Move on with life

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Tornerai Speranza tu mi vai

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The Coronation of Poppea Composer: Monteverdi Librettist: Busenello

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The Catalogue Aria

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Don Giovanni Composer: Mozart Librettist: Lorenzo da Ponte

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The Watch Duet

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Die Fledermaus Composer: Johann Strauss Librettists: Haffner and Genée

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I am the very model of a modern major general

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Pirates of Penzance Composer: Sullivan Librettist: Gilbert

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Opera seria Opera buffa Viennese operetta English operetta

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1. Castrati, recitative, aria, serious, long 2. Comic, ensemble added, shorter, male voices 3. Dancing, silly stories, fairytales, witty satires against politics, spoken dialogue 4. Comic, no vulgarity, women in fine clothes, can be silly but must have coherent storyline

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Minstrel show pros

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First American musical Paved the way for country, ragtime, quartets, and jazz incorporation Orchestral overture including songs from the show Led to African American performers, entrepreneurs and composers

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Minstrel show cons

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Racist Exaggerated depictions of African American slave lifestyle Derogatory blackface makeup Unrealistic depiction of a "party life" on plantations

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Extra credit Waltz King

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Johann Strauss- Die Fledermaus | Viennese operetta

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Extra credit Classical composer

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Mozart