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Exam 4 Flashcards

1
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describe forms

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dominant form = SONATA ALLERGO

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2
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what is 12 bar blues?

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AAB - 12 bar blues

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3
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what is AAAA?

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strophic form

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4
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what is AAB?

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12 bar blues

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5
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what is AABA?

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32 bar song form

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6
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what are theme and variations?

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AA’A”A”’

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7
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describe 32 bar song form

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american pop song form, ballad form AABA

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8
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what is verse/chorus?

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ABABCB

  • 8 verses
  • 8 bars
  • C = BRIDGE
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9
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what is ABABCB?

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verse/chorus

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10
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describe classical symphonic pattern

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  1. fast
  2. slow
  3. dance
  4. fast

SONATA FORM

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11
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describe exposition

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  • first theme in TONIC KEY
  • bridge w modulation to new key
  • second theme in NEW KEY
  • closing section
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12
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describe development

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  • new TREATMENT of themes, modulations to different KEYS
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13
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describe recapitulation

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RECAP

  • first theme in TONIC KEY
  • bridge
  • second theme in TONIC KEY
  • closing section
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14
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describe coda

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  • optional (post script from composer)
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15
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describe romantic

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  • emphasis on SELF EXPRESSION, individuality, and nature
  • political
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16
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describe self expression

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  • individual style
  • expressive subject material
  • expansive and colorful harmony
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17
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define program music

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the surrounding ENVIRONMENT is referenced

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18
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define absolute music

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REFERENCES itself.

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19
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describe impressionism 1874

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  • musical style that EMPHASIZES fluidity, impermanence, and CHANGE
  • unstable harmony
  • started in paris art salons
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20
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what happened in the art salons of paris?

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it’s where impression originated

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21
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where did impressionism originate?

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art salons of paris

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22
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what describes fluidity, impermanence, and change?

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impressionism

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23
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describe modernism

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  • philosophical & cultural movement through the 19th & 20th centuries
  • enormous and widespread
  • REJECTED ENLIGHTENMENT thinking & religious belief; rejection of tradition
  • self conscious; SELF REFERENTIAL
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24
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what is atonal?

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music that LACKS a tonal center

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25
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what is absolute music?

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music that references itself

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26
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describe 12 tone system

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  • a system used form of atonality which gives EQUAL IMPORTANCE to each of the 12TWELVE chromatic tone
  • 12 tone matrix
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27
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what form becomes prominent during the classical period?

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sonata allergo!!!!

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28
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what would be the TYPICAL classical symphony pattern?

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fast, slow, dance, fast

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29
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what is a coda?

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an optional closing section

30
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AA’ A “ A”’ is?

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theme and variation form

31
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what is the beginning section of the sonata-allegro form called?

A

EXPOSITION

32
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in sonata allergy form, this section transitions theme 1 to theme 2 and modulates to a new key

A

BRIDGE

33
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AABA form called ballad form of american pop song form is also called?

A

32 bar song form

34
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this section in SONATA ALLERGO FORM features new treatments of themes and modulations to different keys and is the HEIGHT of the tension…

A

development!!

35
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in sonata allergo form, the recap features?

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  • theme 2 in the TONIC KEY (I)
36
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what art movement emphasized self expression, individual style and nature? associated w political stuff.

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ROMANTICISM

37
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what is instrumental music associated with a STORY, poem, idea, or scene?

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PROGRAM MUSIC!!

38
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what is strophic form?

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AAAA

39
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what music style emphasizes FLUIDITY, impermanence, and change?

A

impressionism!!

40
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what is 12 bar blues?

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AAB

41
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what is described as rejectment of tradition?

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modernism movement

42
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absolute music ?

A

REFERENCES itself

43
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describe post modernism

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death of modernism (3pm march 16, 1972)

44
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post modernism was a ______ of ?

A

CRITIQUE OF MODERNISM

45
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who was john cage?

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  • american composer & music theorist
  • leading figure in MODERN & POST MODERN thinking, experimentation, and post war avant-garde
  • DEVELOPED AMERICAN MODERN DANCE w partner/choreographer Merce Cunningham
46
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who was Merce Cunningham?

A

helped to develop AMERICAN MODERN DANCE with THE JOHN CAGE

47
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describe 4’33 (performance)

A

live performance that is 4 minutes and 33 seconds long. performer(s) sit on stage (with or without instruments) in complete silence.

the music is the sounds FILLING THE EMPTY SPACE (think rain pattering outside a building)

48
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what is prepared piano?

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piano that has SOUND ALTERING OBJECTS placed on the strings (bolts, screws, nuts, placed inside)

49
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define aleatoric

A

music composed by chance

50
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describe I Ching

A
  • book of changes
  • chinese DIVINATION text
51
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describe minimalism

A
  • music characterized by STEADY PULSE, clear tonality, and INSISTENT repetition of short. melodic patterns
  • often features PHRASES
52
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what is phrasing?

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TWO of the same patterns are played at STEADY but NOT identical tempi.

53
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who was Steve Reich?

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  • developed MINIMALISM w other people who worked or performed w john cage
  • DEVELOPED PHRASING
54
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who developed phrasing?

A

Steve Reich

55
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what is described as a quicker beat/pattern slowly speeding up with a previously identical beat playing simultaneously?

A

phasing (PHASER SPEEDS UP)

56
Q

who created the song “the snow is dancing?”

A

Debussy

57
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who created “A survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46”?

A

arnold SCHOENBERG

58
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who created Rebonds A?

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Iannis Xenakis

59
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who created the Tehillim & The Desert Music?

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STEVE REICH/ alarm will sound

60
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who created “First Construction (in metal)”

A

john cage

61
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who created EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK

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mozart!!!!

62
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who created “string quartet No. 14, op. 131”?

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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN

63
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who created “sonatas n. 1,2,3,4,5 for PREPARED PIANO”?

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JOHN CAGE

64
Q

who’s music had a weird metallic sound to it?

A

john cage

65
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what song sounded like snow trickling down with a PIANO being played ?

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THE SNOW IS DANCING - DEBUSSY

66
Q

what song has trumpets and is scary and ominous with drums; has orchestra and bouncing bows off strings. dialogue is played. what song is this?

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A SURVIVOR FROM WARSAW OP46 - ARNOLD SCHOENBERG

67
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what song is defined with a solo drummist whose beat slowly builds onto itself?

A

REBONDS A - IANNIS XENAKIS

68
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which song is characterized with female voices repeating in cycles with bongos and orchestra occasionally chiming in? repeated and overlapping cycles; hallelujah words - what song?

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TEHILLIM & THE DESERT MUSIC - STEEEEVE REICH/alarm will sound

69
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what song starts with a METALLIC BAM and is defined with metallic sounds like xylophones, bells, chimes, metal sheets; ANXIETY INDUCING. what song?

A

first construction (IN METAL) - JOHN CAGE

70
Q

what song sounds like ethan klein and is well known and upbeat? sounds like tea time and bees.

A

EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK - MOZZARTTT!!

71
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what song sounds sad and soft w lots of vibrato?

A

string QUARTET no. 14, op. 131 - LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN!!

72
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what song sounds discombobulated with metallic piano sounds? music feels tense w a piano SOLOIST

A

sonatas n. 1,2,3,4,5 for PREPARED PIANO - JOHN CAGE!!

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