Music Flashcards

1
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An instrument for reproducing sounds by means of the vibration of a stylus, or needle, following a groove on a rotating disc

A

Phonograph

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2
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A _ stores a replica of soundwaves as a series of undulations in a sinuous groove inscribed on its rotating surface by the stylus

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Phonograph disc or record

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An electronic device that plays audio compact discs, which are a digital optical disc data storage format

A

CD Player

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4
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CD players were first sold to consumers in __

A

1982

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5
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CDs typically contain __ such as music or audiobooks

A

CDs typically contain recordings such as music or audiobooks

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6
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a flat, rectangular container made of plastic or lightweight metal that holds magnetic tape for audio or video recording and replay.

A

Cassette

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7
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Impressionist Music was created during late _ centuries

A

19th and early 20th centuries

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8
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What is 19th century in year

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1801 - 1900

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9
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It is a new musical style that conveys a certain mood, emotion, or atmosphere through the use of bizarre harmony, unresolved or incomplete chords, extreme chromaticism, and heavy use of piano pedals.

A

Impressionist Music

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10
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Impressionist music derived from which painting

A

Monet’s painting “Impression Sunrise”

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11
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He was called the first Impressionist composer

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Achille-Claude Debussy

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12
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Debussy was influenced by the __ of the late 19th century

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Symbolist poetic movement

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13
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The “__” was Debussy’s orchestral height.

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“Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun”

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14
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What are Debussy’s other famous orchestral parts

A

“La Mer”
“Nocturne”
“Images”
“Clair De Lune”

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15
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He was known for experimenting with elements of modernism, baroque, neoclassical, and jazz in his works

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Joseph Maurice Ravel

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16
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His orchestration abilities are shown in his famous works like “__”

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“Bolero” (1928)

17
Q

He was called the “Claude Debussy of the Phillippines”

A

Dr. Antonio Molina

18
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One of his famous works is the piano piece called

19
Q

He was a pioneer in chance music. He was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist

20
Q

He was one of the leading composers of post-war avant-garde music.

21
Q

Critics have acclaimed him as one of the 20th century’s most influential American composers.

22
Q

They are actually considered rebels because they tend to break away from the conventional way of writing music.

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Impressionist and Expressionist musicians

23
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It often features a high level of dissonance, constant changing of textures, distorted harmonies, and angular melodies with use of modalities and wide leaps.

A

Expressionist Music

24
Q

Expressionist Music is a musical style that developed before __

A

World War 1

25
Q

Expressionism is a __ reaction to the dreamlike sweetness of Impressionism

A

Nightmarish

26
Q

Expressionism invokes __, ___, ___, or __ creeping into the subconscious mind.

A

fear, anger, torment, or anxiety

27
Q

He was an Austrian-American music theorist, composer, professor, painter, and writer.

A

Arnold Schoenberg

28
Q

Arnold Schoenberg was known for creating the __

A

12-tone scale

29
Q

He avoided “traditional form of beauty” to provoke powerful feelings in his music.

A

Arnold Schoenberg

30
Q

Chance Music is also known as?

A

Aleatory music

31
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The composition or performance is determined by __, like a random selection of pitches and rhythms.

A

Unpredictability

32
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it uses music elements that are left to chance or boundless possibilities and left for the performer to realize.

A

Chance Music