exam 5 Flashcards
Sprechstimme
Singer sings a noted rhythm of united pitch
Expressionism
Focuses on unconsciousness and inner feelings
Atonality
Absence of key or tonal center
Prepared Piano
A piano with objects such as screws, bolts, and pieces or rubber placed btwn the strings
primitivism
Elevated rhythm over other elements of music
Twelve tone
Method of composition in which pitches cant be repeated after all 11 other pitches have been sound
Modernism
movement of self-conscious innovation
minimalism/minimalistic
music that changes gradually over time
Cluster chord
close position chords
Glissando
Rapid slide up or down a scale
Neoclassicism
A style that based new compositions upon the baroque and classical
Antiphony
Placing member of an ensemble around the room rather than on stage
Avant grade
Music at the forefront of experimentation
How many pieces in Cage’s Sonatas and interludes
20
What new instrument was in Still’s Symphony No1 “Afro-American”
Tenor banjo
What was the inspiration for this Symphony?
blues
What composer used symbolism
debussy
What composer used Primitivism
Stravinsky
What composer used Neoclassicism
percofia
What composer used Expressionism
Cherbourg
Characteristics of expressionism (3)
Written for smaller ensembles
Still used rondo and sonata forms
Employed lighter musical texture
American composers (3)
Coplin
still
Cage
How many parts were in the Rite of Spring?
2
Composers who studied with Schonberg
Berg
Wevyn
What was the recognizable theme in Appalachian spring?
simple gifts
What genre was Appalachian spring?
ballet
If a european uses jazz music
exotisism
If an american uses jazz music
nationalism
What genre was the Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Symphonic poem
What genre was stravinsky known for?
ballet
What type of music did john cage use?
Chance music
John cage’s 4’33 characteristics (3)
Piece in three movements
Pianosit sits on stage without playing a note for 4’33
Audience get restless they notice inside and outside the hall
New invention of the time period (3)
Synthesizer
Tape recorder
Computer
