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1
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Sprechstimme

A

Singer sings a noted rhythm of united pitch

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2
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Expressionism

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Focuses on unconsciousness and inner feelings

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3
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Atonality

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Absence of key or tonal center

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4
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Prepared Piano

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A piano with objects such as screws, bolts, and pieces or rubber placed btwn the strings

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5
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primitivism

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Elevated rhythm over other elements of music

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Twelve tone

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Method of composition in which pitches cant be repeated after all 11 other pitches have been sound

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Modernism

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movement of self-conscious innovation

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8
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minimalism/minimalistic

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music that changes gradually over time

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9
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Cluster chord

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close position chords

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Glissando

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Rapid slide up or down a scale

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Neoclassicism

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A style that based new compositions upon the baroque and classical

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12
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Antiphony

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Placing member of an ensemble around the room rather than on stage

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13
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Avant grade

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Music at the forefront of experimentation

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14
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How many pieces in Cage’s Sonatas and interludes

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20

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15
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What new instrument was in Still’s Symphony No1 “Afro-American”

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Tenor banjo

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16
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What was the inspiration for this Symphony?

A

blues

17
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What composer used symbolism

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debussy

18
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What composer used Primitivism

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Stravinsky

19
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What composer used Neoclassicism

A

percofia

20
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What composer used Expressionism

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Cherbourg

21
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Characteristics of expressionism (3)

A

Written for smaller ensembles
Still used rondo and sonata forms
Employed lighter musical texture

22
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American composers (3)

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Coplin
still
Cage

23
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How many parts were in the Rite of Spring?

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2

24
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Composers who studied with Schonberg

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Berg
Wevyn

25
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What was the recognizable theme in Appalachian spring?

A

simple gifts

26
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What genre was Appalachian spring?

A

ballet

27
Q

If a european uses jazz music

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exotisism

28
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If an american uses jazz music

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nationalism

29
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What genre was the Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

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Symphonic poem

30
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What genre was stravinsky known for?

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ballet

31
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What type of music did john cage use?

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Chance music

32
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John cage’s 4’33 characteristics (3)

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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

33
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New invention of the time period (3)

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Synthesizer
Tape recorder
Computer

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