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Music History Flashcards

1
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3 important subjects during Greek? Era education

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  • Cognitive
  • Psychomotor
  • Music
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Nickname of the first half of 500-1000 CE of the Middle Ages

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Dark Ages

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What religion triumped against Paganism in Europe during the Middle Ages?

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Christianity

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2 centers of power during Middle Ages

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  • Church
  • State
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The inspiration for culture and music during the Middle Ages which made music at that time largely religious

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Monasteries

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Two structures witnessed to be built during the high middle ages (1000-1400)

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Cathedrals
Universities

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7
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Other word for Gregorian Chant

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Plainchant

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Elements of gregorian chant

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  • single-line melody
  • monophonic
  • lacks dimension of harmony
  • free from regular accent
  • words are in latin
  • always sung in acapella
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9
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Language that Catholic churches still use

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Latin

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3 Melodic types of Gregorian Chant

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  • Syllabic (one note/syllable
  • Neumatic (2-3 notes/syllable
  • Melismatic (5-6 notes or until 60 in more prolix melismas)
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11
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Who compiled the Gregorian Chant?

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Pope Gregory the Great

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12
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earliest form of polyphonic music

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Organum

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13
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Types of Music

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Sacred
Secular

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Belief of the sacred church towards instruments

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They believe that instruments are incarnal

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15
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2 types of secular music (in the Medieval Period)

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Indoor
Outdoor

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16
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Only indoor music that survived during the medieval period and is used as accompaniment during dancing, dinner, etc.

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Estampie

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17
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Southern french musicians who play outdoor music by wandering and playing music on the street

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Troubadours

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Northern French outdoor musicians who were contemporary with and influenced by the troubadours

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Trouvère

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Musical Era during the years 1450-1600

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Renaissance

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Another word for renaissance that sparked the revival of interests in philosophy and human creativity of arts in Ancient Greece and Rome.

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Rebirth

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21
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Church that identifies the theology of Martin Luther in Protestantism

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Lutheran Church

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22
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Elements of Mass

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  • liturgical music (celebration of Christ)
  • highest form of worship
  • sacred polyphonic choral composition
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23
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5 sections of a Mass

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  • Kyrie
  • Gloria
  • Credo
  • Sanctus
  • Agnus Dei
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24
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Type of Gregorian Chant that has one note per syllable

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Syllabic

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25
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Type of Gregorian Chant that has 2-5 notes per syllable

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Neumatic

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26
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Type of Gregorian Chant that has five or more notes per syllable

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Melismatic

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27
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Type of secular music in the Renaissance era that was mostly written in Italian, is contrapuntal and is sung through many imitations or in an imitative polyphonic style

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Madrigal

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28
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Another polyphonic religious work, written in Latin that was different from a Mass

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Motet

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29
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Another Term for the Baroque Period

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Age of Grandeur

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30
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Which period of music history is characterized for its largely religious content in music

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Middle Ages

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31
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Which period im music history is characterized for its ability to capture the congregation, extreme use of polyphonic texture and is marked with the age of enlightenment

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Renaissance

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32
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This period of music is characterized with more complex melodies, highly imitative melodies, big works and have highly decorative styles as well as having and instrumental virtuosity

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Baroque

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33
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singers who are artificial sopranos

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Castratos

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34
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Introduced in the Baroque Period, which is an al-sung secular performance that were originally written in Italian and were later translated to English

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Opera

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35
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A sacred version of the Opera

36
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Also known as the father of oratorios

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George Frideric Handel

37
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A musical performance that is characterized as a conversation between an instrument and an orchestra

38
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this age is also known as the age of balance

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Classical Period

39
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This period of music is characterized by short and clearly defined melodies, strict following of the rule, the use of the homophonic texture, the conception of the orchestra

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Classical Period

40
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a type of musical work in the Classical period that is composed by three distinct movements: an exposition, development and a recapitulation

41
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three parts of a sonata

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exposition
development
recapitulation

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this part of the sonata is where the themes and the main melody of the work is introduced

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exposition

43
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this part of the sonata is where the themes that were introduced in the first part departs into a slightly different tonality but still is within the same theme

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development

44
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this part of the sonata is where the themes and the “adventured” tonalities explored in the second part cum together

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recapitulation

45
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Another term for the Classical Period

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Age of Balance

46
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2 biggest Inspiration for Classical Music

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Ancient Greece and Rome

47
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What kind of melody does Classical Music incorporate?

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short and clear

48
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Artificial Sopranos

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Castratos (Castrated Men)

49
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Master of the Italian Opera and Oratorio

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George Fredrich Handel

50
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Who marked the High Point of Baroque Music

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Johann Sebastian Bach

51
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Polyphonic Composition based on one main theme

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He is considered the bridge of Classical and the Romantic Period

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Ludwig Van Beethoven

53
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Prolithic Musician who died at an Early Age

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

54
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Another Prolithic Musician who went deaf near the end of his age

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Ludwig Van Beethoven

55
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Famous Oratorio

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The Messiah

56
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One of the Greatest Concertos composed by Antonio Vivaldi

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The Four Seasons

57
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The most prominent form of music in the Classical Period

58
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Period in Music that started during the (1825 - 1900)

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Romantic Period

59
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Another term for the Romantic Period

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Age of Freedom

60
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Also called as the Age of Freedom

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Romantic Period

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A period in music was marked by free enterprise individualism and also saw a change in the musical landscape, moving towards more emotionally charged pieces rather than intellectual ones.

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Romantic Period

62
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The Romantic period also saw the height of what instrument as it saw its full completion

63
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Characteristics of the Romantic Period

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high dynamics
longer melodies
richer harmonies
more passionate
more emotional

64
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One of the most prominent Romantic Period Musicians that drew inspiration from Polish music and mainly plays the piano

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Frédéric Chopin

65
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A form of music that are “studies” or exercises for the fingers that help one play the piano

66
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A type of scale that grew into prominence in the romantic period that features half-steps

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Chromatic Scale

67
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Another Romantic Period musician who was born in Russia that would be featured heavily in his works

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Peter Illich Tchaikovsky

68
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music that is played before a musical

69
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Grand works that feature narrative-style structure with each narrative having its own specific style or type of music

70
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One of the most famous Suites composed by Peter Illich Tchaikovsky

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The Nutcracker Suite

71
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music that is played in the evenings

72
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a romantic period french composer who was known for his most famous opera “Carmen”

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George Bizet

73
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George Bizet’s most famous opera

74
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a period of music that featured and explored new sounds that was “anti-romantic”

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20th Century Period

75
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Two Musical Periods that arose in the 20th Century Period

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French Period (Impressionism)
Expressionism

76
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Another term for the French Period

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Impressionism

77
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Another Term for Impressionism

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French Period

78
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A period in the 20th Century Music that was a prelude to modern music

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French Period (Impressionism)

79
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French Period composer who has works that are fleeting and with mystique atmosphere

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Claude Debussy

80
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A musical scale that has a “fantastical” quality to it

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Whole Tone Scale

81
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a period in the 20th Century period of music marked by the extreme exaggeration of emotions

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Expressionism

82
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the style of music in the Expressionism period

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atonal style

83
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melodies in this period of music are extremely dissonant, frenzied, dispersed, and played harshly

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Expressionism

84
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known for his atonal music style that was new and now widely adopted

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Arnold Schoenberg

85
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Nickname of Antonio Vivaldi

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“The Red Priest”

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