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1
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When was the middle ages era?

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400-1400

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When was Alleluia, O Virga Mediatrix written

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middle ages

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Who wrote Alleluia, O Virga Mediatrix

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Hildegard von Bingen

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What is the medium of Alleluia, O Virga Mediatrix

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Male Voices- Transitions to single voice

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What is the Metre/Rhythm and Tempo of Alleluia, O Virga Mediatrix

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Non- Metric, slow tempo(metre is free, andante)

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What is the harmony of Alleluia, O Virga Mediatrix

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no harmony

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What is the melody of Alleluia, O Virga Mediatrix

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Sung in a “cantabile” way, conjunct, modal, melismatic (multiple notes on a singular syllable)

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What is the form of Alleluia, O Virga Mediatrix

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monophonic, ternary

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What is the style of Alleluia, O Virga Mediatrix

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Sacred Music, Middle Ages

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What is the context of Alleluia, O Virga Mediatrix

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Lived in church, was very well renowned as one of the only female composers of the time

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How is Alleluia, O Virga Mediatrix recognizable?

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Male voices
Starts w/ Alleluia
Sacrifice to church
Unison

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When was Ecole de Notre Dame de Paris written

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middle ages

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Who wrote Ecole de Notre Dame de Paris?

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Perotin

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What is the medium of Ecole de Notre Dame de Paris?

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male voices

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What is the metre/rhythm/tempo of Ecole de Notre Dame de Paris?

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moderate, multimetric, a development

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What is the harmony of Ecole de Notre Dame de Paris?

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Organum (beginning of polyphony with two melodic lines), with drone, diatonic, based off modes

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What is the melody of Ecole de Notre Dame de Paris?

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Conjunct, narrow range (vertical), long continuous lines, melismatic

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What is the form of Ecole de Notre Dame de Paris?

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Indistinct sections (A-B-C-D…)

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What is the style of Ecole de Notre Dame de Paris?

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middle ages, sacred

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What is the context of Ecole de Notre Dame de Paris?

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Roman Catholic Church, St. Gregory, Middle Ages

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How is Ecole de Notre Dame de Paris recognizable?

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Only male voices, long “continued” lines and many more harmonies :-D

identifiable by harmony, counter melody w/ drone, but still written for the church w/ indistinct sections :)

Also starts with “Alleluia”, but it uses harmonies and different melodies at the start, as opposed to von Bingen’s piece which starts off with multiple voices on one melodic line.

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When was the renaissance era?

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1400-1600

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When was Josquin Des Prez “Ave Maria” written?

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renaissance era

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Who wrote “Ave Maria”

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Josquin Des Prez

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What is the medium of Ave Maria

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Accapella male and female voices

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What is the metre/rhythm/tempo of Ave Maria?

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slow tempo

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What is the harmony of Ave Maria?

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Polyphonic

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What is the melody of Ave Maria?

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Conjunct, Lyrical, Syllabic

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What is the form of Ave Maria?

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Motet (multi voice form) imitation

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What is the style of Ave Maria?

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Sacred motet (a type of song with Latin text for voices only.) Motets can be secular as well

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What is the context of Ave Maria?

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Sacred, Renaissance

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What makes Ave Maria recognizable?

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“SATB”,

In final cadence, he writes controversial lyrics

The imitation at the start of the piece inspires “fugues” in the later Baroque era

female voices and polyphony represent change in the era

Piece is a motet

Starts of with the song name - “Ave Maria”

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When was the baroque era?

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1600-1750

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When was Little Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 by Johann Sebastian Bach written?

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Baroque era

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Who wrote Little Fugue in G minor, BWV 578?

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Johann Sebastian Bach

36
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What is the medium of Fugue in G minor, BWV 578?

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solo organ

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What is the Metre/Rhythm/Tempo of Little Fugue in G minor?

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4/4 time, allegro tempo, complex rhythm, running 16th notes, simple metre

38
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What is the harmony of Little Fugue in G minor?

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mostly diatonic, minor, occasionally the bass holds a drone note, harmony created by the stacked melodies

39
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What is the melody in Little Fugue in G minor

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wide tessitura, comprised of short motifs, disjunct (notes with longer duration) with conjunct segments (running 16ths), long running lines, occasional countermelodies with 16th notes

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What is the form of Little Fugue G minor?

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Fugue, starts homophonic but becomes polyphonic

41
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What is the style of Little Fugue in G minor?

42
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What is the context of Little Fugue in G minor?

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Composed about 1709, one of Bach’s best known organ pieces. monody (solo with accompaniment is starting to be introduced)

43
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How is Little Fugue in G minor recognizable?

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Organ only, NO voices, 4 different parts (SATB) :)

Repeated melody throughout piece (main theme)

fugue

more sudden dynamics than classical era as well as having more structure in tempo (emphasis on beats than classical)

listen for harpsicord in all baroque pieces

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When was the classical era?

45
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Who wrote Beethoven

Symphony No. 5?

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Ludwig von Beethoven

46
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When was Beethoven Symphony No. 5 written?

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classical era

47
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What was the medium of Beethoven Symphony No. 5?

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orchestra: strings (violins, viola, cello, double bass), timpani, french horn, flutes, clarinet, oboes, bassoon, trumpet, trombone

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What was the metre/rhythm/tempo of Beethoven Symphony No. 5?

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4/4 metre, allegro, simple meter

49
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What was the harmony to Beethoven Symphony No. 5?

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homophonic with sustained chord accompaniment with polyphonic parts

50
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What was the melody to Beethoven Symphony No. 5?

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Strings play main theme, almost entire piece is based on a recurring short melodic motive (short-short-short-long) and it changes in terms of length, medium and dynamic throughout, with a contrasting melody in the developmental section (counter melody in the development section)

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What was the form for Beethoven Symphony No. 5?

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sonata-allegro

52
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What was the style of Beethoven Symphony No. 5?

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What was the context of Beethoven Symphony No. 5?

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Beethoven was losing hearing at time, music is angry and very negative

54
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How is Beethoven Symphony No. 5 recognizable?

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Anger, Starts off with famous haunting theme, short-short-short- loooooonnnng,

Plays angry, then switches to a beautiful, calm music and switches back and forth often

55
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What is different about the baroque music?

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different approach to dynamics than baroque era and less emphasis on consistency of tempo as well as development section in popularity of sonata-allegro

56
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What was the medium of Haydn - Emperor Quartet Mvt. 2?

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string quartet (violin, violin 2, viola, cello)

57
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When was Haydn - Emperor Quartet Mvt. 2 written?

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classical era

58
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Who wrote Emperor Quartet Mvt. 2?

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What is the metre/rhythm/tempo of Emperor Quartet Mvt. 2?

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4/4 metre, dolce, slow tempo (largo), some syncopation in variations,

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What is the harmony of Emperor Quartet Mvt. 2

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G major, mostly diatonic, in moments of polyphony in many lines, but chords create harmony in homophonic sections

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What is the melody of Emperor Quartet Mvt. 2?

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homophonic opening becomes polyphonic, conjunct with disjunct moments

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What is the form of Emperor Quartet Mvt. 2?

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Theme (a-a-b-c-c) is played, followed by 4 variations of it, ending with a coda

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What is the style of Emperor Quartet Mvt. 2?

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What is the context Emperor Quartet Mvt. 2?

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composed in 1796 or 1797, became the German national anthem, even though it was dedicated to the Hungarian count Joseph George von Erdody

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Who composed Emperor Quartet Mvt. 2?

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Joseph Haydn

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What makes Emperor Quartet Mvt. 2 recognizable?

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small, slow quartet
more crescendos and decrescendos
than baroque (Baroque has sudden dynamics but not in classical)
simple string quartet

increased prominence of dynamics

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When was the romantic era?

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Who wrote Mazurka in B-flat Minor, Op.24, No.4?

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Frederic Chopin

69
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When was Mazurka in B-flat Minor, Op. 24, No. 4 written?

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romantic era

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What is the medium of Mazurka in B-flat Minor?

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solo piano

71
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What is the metre/rhythm/tempo of Mazurka in B-flat Minor?

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¾ metre, varying tempo alternating from moderato to allegro, complex rhythm

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What is the harmony of Mazurka in B-flat minor?

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Minor, supports melody but changes to thirds and moves with the melody

73
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What is the melody of Mazurka in B-flat minor?

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Homophonic, disjunct, driven by emotion, lots of dotted 8th and 16ths

74
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What is the form of Mazurka in B-flat minor?

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repeats melody?

75
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What is the style of Mazurka in B-flat minor?

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Secular and romantic era

76
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What is the context of Mazurka in B-flat minor?

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published in 1836, when the composer was 26 years old.

77
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How is Mazurka in B-flat minor recognizable?

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No strict tempo in romantic era

  • piano
  • Extremely disjunct opening.
  • harmony begins to get thicker in the romantic era
78
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What are some words you can use to describe medium?

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voices or instruments, solo, ensemble, orchestra

79
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What are some words to describe metre?

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duple meter , complex metre, polymetric

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what are some words to describe rhythm?

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prominence of running 16ths in harmonry, simple rhythm for main melody, flexible rhythm

81
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what are some words to describe tempo?

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allegro, rubato, adagio

82
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what are some words to describe melody?

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disjunct, wide tessitura, counter melody is…, diatonic, mode (middle ages or renaissance)

83
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what are some words to describe harmony?

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minor tonality, tertian chord structure, diatonic, harmony created by counter melody, polyphonic

84
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what are some words to describe texture?

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polyphonic, wide tessitura, responsorial style, organukm (2 lines with drone instead of chord), homophonic, polyphonic

85
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what are some words to describe form

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one movement, SATB, motet, fugue, imitation, melismatic (one syllable to many notes), syllablic (one syllable = one note), sonata-allegro

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What are some words to describe style?

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baroque, classical, sacred, secular

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