Final Flashcards

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1
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Solo instrument against an orchestra & BC; has 3 movements

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Concerto

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2
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Two or more solo instruments against an orchestra

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Concerto Grosso

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3
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Music for an instrument alone (no orchestra)

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Sonata

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4
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Show-off alone

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Cadenza

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5
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Two or more lines of music

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Polyphonic

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6
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One line of music

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Monophonic

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7
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One line of music against another line of music

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Counterpoint

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8
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All the lines of music play together

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Homophonic

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9
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Warm-up for keyboard (organ & harpsichord)

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Toccata

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10
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The most complex type of counterpoint with special rules

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Fugue

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11
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Collection of movements (dances)

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Suite

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12
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Music at the start of a concert/play/opera to get everyone to be quiet

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Overture

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13
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A drama/play that is sung

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Opera

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14
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Voice + BC (cello & harpsichord)

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Recitative

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15
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Voice + Orchestra

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Aria

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16
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Half recitative & half Aria

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Arioso

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17
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Matthew, Mark, John, Luke (from 4 gospels) for the word/text

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Passion

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18
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Mini oratorio

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Cantata

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19
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Soprano who sing very high & fancy

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Coloratura

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20
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Words of an opera

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Libretti

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21
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Like an opera but not staged

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Oratorio

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22
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Melody, chords, bass

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Basso Continuo

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23
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Off balance, distorted, irregular (Refers to the art of the period)

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Baroque

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24
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Era of reason

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Neo-Classical

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25
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Joke, fast, meter of 3

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Scherzo

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26
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A large scale of work for orchestra

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Symphony

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27
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A melody repeated over and over BUT w/ other music in between

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Rondo

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28
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Sonata Form

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Exposition, recap, development, coda ending

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29
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A melody repeated over and over with changes in between

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Theme and variations

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30
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Neo Classical composers

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Mozart, Haydn, Bethoven (Transitional)

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31
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A symphony that tells a story

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Program symphony

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32
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third movement of a symphony that has moderate tempo, meter of three and is a dance

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Minuet

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33
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Top 2 Events of Neo-Classical

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French revolution (1789-1799) and American revolution (1765-1783)

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34
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Neo-classical writer of words and his work

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Jefferson - Declaration of Independence

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35
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Romantic composers

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Chopin, , Tchaikovsky, Wagner

36
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Period from 1800-1900

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Romantic

37
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Period from 800-1400

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Midles Ages

38
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Period from 1400-1600

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Renaissance

39
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Period from 1600-1750

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Baroque

40
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Period from 1750-1800

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Neo-Classical

41
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Period from 1900-2000

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20th Century

42
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Period from 1400-1600

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Gothic

43
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Names of the 2 instruments that were developed in the Neo-Classical period

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Piano and clarinet

44
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Name of a Neo-classical building and where it’s located

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Monticello, Virginia USA

45
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American Revolution

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Started with 7 years war (French vs British)
British won and decided to tac the colonists to pay for war. Colonists decided to stand up and fight for independence and got help from the French.

46
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French Revolution

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The hierarchy was questioned by the enlightenment
July 14 - Versaille Day
King got beheaded
Napoleon came and took over in 1789

47
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Baroque main composers

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Bach and handel

48
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Main keyboard instruments of the Baroque

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Organ and harpsichord

49
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Greatest oratorio in English

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Messiah by Handle

50
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Example of Basso Continuo

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Flute (Melody), Cello (Bass), Harpsichord (Chords)

51
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2 scientific achievements of the Baroque

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Newton laws of physics and Galileo’s Observation as scientific method (went blind from looking at sun with a telescope)

52
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Aria components

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Voice (singing), orchestra, B.C., Beat and meter with a strong melody

53
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Recitative

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Voice (Singing), B.C., no orchestra, no meter and weak melody

54
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Speed and slow down (stretching the beat)

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Rubato

55
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Song for voice and piano

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Lieder

56
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Study/exercise

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Etude

57
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A pulse

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Beat

58
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Quality of sound

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Timber

59
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Long and short sounds

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Rhythm

60
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Measure of beats in groups of 2’s and 3’s

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Meter

61
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Speed, how fast or how slow

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Tempo

62
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How high and how low (Vib/Sec)

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Pitch

63
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How loud and how soft

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Dynamics

64
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Group of recognizable pitches

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Melody

65
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Organized sound

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Music

66
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Power of music

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Ethos

67
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Men, monophonic, no meter, no beat, latin text

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Chant, Gregorian Chant, Plain song (religious)

68
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Polyphonic, 2 or more pitches at the same time

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Organum

69
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Instrument (viol), french text, latin text

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Motet

70
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Middles ages main event

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The plague

71
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(Middle Ages) French text, women (2), instrument (viol), secular

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Ballad/Chanson

72
Q

Rebirth of interest in the individual

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Renaissance

73
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Artists from the renaissance

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Da Vinci (Mona Lisa), Rafael (Sculpture of David/Madonna), Angelo (Sistine chapel)

74
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Service should be in the vernacular - Protestant Religion

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Martin Luther

75
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Printing press

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Gutenberg

76
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(Renaissance) Men and women, english text, fa-la-la-la, strong melody,

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Madrigal

77
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(Renaissance) Main religious music of the catholic church (polyphonic)

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Mass

78
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Catholic church trying to get people to come back

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Counter reformation

79
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Piccolo, recorder, flute, oboe, bassoon

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Woodwind

80
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Male soprano

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Castrato

81
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Da capo aria

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Back to the top. ABA

82
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A melody that equals a person, place or thing

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Idee fixe

83
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The day of wrath (idea fixe for the devil)

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Dies Irae

84
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Many memories that equal people, ideas, things

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Leitmotivs

85
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1/2 talk 1/2 sing

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Sprechstimme

86
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Music w/ a tone center

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Atonal