Final Flashcards
Solo instrument against an orchestra & BC; has 3 movements
Concerto
Two or more solo instruments against an orchestra
Concerto Grosso
Music for an instrument alone (no orchestra)
Sonata
Show-off alone
Cadenza
Two or more lines of music
Polyphonic
One line of music
Monophonic
One line of music against another line of music
Counterpoint
All the lines of music play together
Homophonic
Warm-up for keyboard (organ & harpsichord)
Toccata
The most complex type of counterpoint with special rules
Fugue
Collection of movements (dances)
Suite
Music at the start of a concert/play/opera to get everyone to be quiet
Overture
A drama/play that is sung
Opera
Voice + BC (cello & harpsichord)
Recitative
Voice + Orchestra
Aria
Half recitative & half Aria
Arioso
Matthew, Mark, John, Luke (from 4 gospels) for the word/text
Passion
Mini oratorio
Cantata
Soprano who sing very high & fancy
Coloratura
Words of an opera
Libretti
Like an opera but not staged
Oratorio
Melody, chords, bass
Basso Continuo
Off balance, distorted, irregular (Refers to the art of the period)
Baroque
Era of reason
Neo-Classical
Joke, fast, meter of 3
Scherzo
A large scale of work for orchestra
Symphony
A melody repeated over and over BUT w/ other music in between
Rondo
Sonata Form
Exposition, recap, development, coda ending
A melody repeated over and over with changes in between
Theme and variations
Neo Classical composers
Mozart, Haydn, Bethoven (Transitional)
A symphony that tells a story
Program symphony
third movement of a symphony that has moderate tempo, meter of three and is a dance
Minuet
Top 2 Events of Neo-Classical
French revolution (1789-1799) and American revolution (1765-1783)
Neo-classical writer of words and his work
Jefferson - Declaration of Independence