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Song that is written to capture the essence of a scene, paint a picture by sound, and help the listener create a visual image

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Art song

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A choral setting of the mass that contains 5 sections: kyrie, Gloria, credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei

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Mass

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Composition in several movements for orchestra and chorus often with a sacred text and utilizing recitatives, arias, and choruses

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Cantata

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A polyphonic composition for choir based on a sacred Latin text and typically sung without accompaniment

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Motet

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A theatrical presentation with drama set to music

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Opera

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Grand in scale and tragic in tone. Highly stylized treatment of heroic subjects such as gods and heros

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Grand opera

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Comic opera that usually does not have spoken dialogue and typically uses satire to treat a serious topic with humor

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Opera buffa

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A slime-dramatic work, without acting, scenery or costumes, often on a religious theme, for orchestra, choir and soloist

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Oratorio

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An independent composition foe orchestra in one movement typically in a sonata form and from the romantic period

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Concert overture

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An extended composition foe orchestra and one or more soloist typically in three movements s fast-slow-fast

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Concerto

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Music written for one musician with or without accompaniment

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Solo

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Music written for two musicians with or without accompaniment

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Duet

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Music written for three musicians with or without accompaniment

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Trio

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Music written for 4 musicians with or without accompaniment

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Quartet

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Music written for 5 musicians with or without accompaniment

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Quintet

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Music written for 6 musicians with or without accompaniment

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Sextet

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Music written for 7 musicians with or without accompaniment

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Septet

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Music written for 8 musicians with or without accompaniment

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Octet

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Any arrangement of musicians usually more than 4

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Ensemble

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A large instrumental ensemble divided into sections such as strings wood winds brass and percussion. The section of seats on the ground floor of the auditorium directly in front of the stage

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Orchestra

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An instrumental piece usually in three or four movements and usually for one or two players

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Sonata

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An instrumental composition typically in two parts arising form the Baroque period and comprising a set of dance-inspired movements written in the same key but differing in tempo meter and chapter

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Suite

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An extended musical composition for orchestra usually consisting of three of four movements

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Symphony

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A polyphonic composition in which a theme or themes are stated successfully in all voices

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Fugue

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The dominant ide of a work of art, music, dance, and literature. In music a principle melodic phrase in a composition
Theme
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Vibrations that travel through the atmosphere and cause the eardrum to vibrat
Sound
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The highness or lowness of the sound. Short wavelengths create a higher pitch whereas long wavelengths creat lower ones
Pitch
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The loudness of the sound
Dynamics
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The timbre of a voice or instrument
Tone color
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The quality of a tone that distinguishes it from other tones of the same pitch
Timbre
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How many beats the pitch or note is being held
Duration
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Equal parts into which the measure is divided
Beat
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On written music a measure is the distance between two bar lines
Measure
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On written musica vertical line that lines perpendicular to the staff or grand staff
Bar line
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Five horizontal lines
Staff
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Two sets of 5 horizontal parallel lines connected by a grand bar Line with the upper staff usually being treble clef and the bottom staff being bass clef
Grand staff
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The regular succession of a rhythmical impulse or beat
Meter
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The relationship either of time or space between recurring elements of a composition the regular or ordered repetition of dominant and subordinate elements or units with a design or composition
Rhythm
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The slowness or fastness of the rhythm
Tempo
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The succession of recognizable tones that create a whole
Melody
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The arrangements and progression of chords
Harmony
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The melodic and harmonic characteristic of a composition
Texture
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The scientific study of music including aspects of physics of sound chord progressions and note development
Theory
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The sudsy of the overall development if a piece of music identifying which phrases repeat and which phrases are new and all combinations within the piece of music
Form and analysis
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A diverse artistic style taking place from the late 16th century to the early 18th century that adhered to classical standards but had no known classical antecedents
Baroque
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Adhering to traditional standards but had no known classical antecedents
Classical
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A philosophy as well as a style in all arts and literature dating to the late 18th through19th centuries sought to reflect great diversity
Romantic
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Music that reflects the style of the day
Contemporary
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Music that has a definite 2-beat feel and was first written for military purposes
March
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A Caribbean island feel that reflects the laid-back lifestyle those residents bobby farin
Reggae
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Elvis Presley, king of rock and roll- a strong heavy drum beat that establishes the rhythmic feel with a heavy guitar and piano providing the melody and harmony
Rock
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Written to fully express the restrained emotion of the slaves and former slave developing in the Mississippi delta
Rhythm and blues
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A highly vocalized automatonic rhythmic beat that expresses the artists emotion usually of hatred and violence
Rap
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A sacred style of music that developed by African-Americans and was a spin-off of rhythm and blues
Gospel
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Similar to an opera but includes folk-music or music specifically written to carry the story
Musical
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The primary female singer in an opera
Prima Donna
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classical or formal tradition resting heavily on a set of prescribed movements, actions, and positions
Ballet-A
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The primary female dancer in a ballet
Prima ballerina
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Form of concert dance relying on emotional use of the body, as opposed to formalized or conventional movement such as ballet, and stressing human emotion and the human condition
Modern dance
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A group of dances that perform some religious, moral, or ethical purpose in a society
Ritual dance
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A body or group of dances performed to traditional music that is stylistically identifiable with a specific culture, for which it serves as a necessary or informative part
Folk dance
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Jazz Dance a form arising partly from African dance customs, and with a strong improvisational nature, that developed into American social and entertainment dances
Jazz dance
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series of dances that have a prescribed style and set of steps that must be followed closely to express the customs of particular country Many ballroom dances have derived from a Latin American country
Ballroom dance
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When dancers stand in a straight line and perform high kicks and alternate moves to follow a domino pattern
Line
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When a series of motions are repeated to reiterate or capture a particular expression or mood
Form
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Reiteration of elements in a work so as to create a sense of unity
Repetition

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