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Sarabande

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Slow dance in triple meter emphasizing the second beat

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Sonata

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To be played on one or more instruments; Work in several movements for one or two solo instruments

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Sonata Form

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Used mostly in first movements: Exposition, Development, Recapitulation

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Episode

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Passage that does not state the principal subject (especially in fugues)

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Exposition

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Section in which subjects are announced in Fugue, Sonata, and Concerto

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Fugue

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Composition in which subject is answered or repeated by several parts

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Hocket

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Splitting up a melodic line between 2 voices

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Leitmotif

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Musical theme or motive associated with a person, thing, emotion, or idea in a drama

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Monody

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Accompanied solo song

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Motet

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Polyphonic vocal composition with sacred text

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Passacaglia

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Pattern of pitches serving as a foundation for harmony

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Partita

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Single variation of a theme, set of such variations

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Recapitulation

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Section of a movement in which the subject is announced in the exposition are reviewed

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Renaissance

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1450-1600; Rebirth of secular musical activity/ideals of antiquity

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Ripieno

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Tutti as opposed to solo

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Rondeau

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ABaAabAB; One of formes fixes

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Stretto

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Imitation of a subject at a close time interval

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Tetrachord

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Scale of 4 notes spanning a fourth (Greek/Medieval); Set of four pitches (Modern)

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Toccata

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Introductory improvised instrumental piece

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Triplum

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Second part in early polyphony; Set against a Tenor and Duplum

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Abgesang

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Bar Form: Song form in which first melodic component is sung 2x with different texts (Stollen); The remainder (Abgesang) is sung once

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Ad Libitum

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Details of execution left to discretion of the performer

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Aggregate

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Unordered set of pitch classes of the chromatic scale

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Air

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  1. Tune 2. Tuneful song in Fr. stage work 3. Eng Fr. art song with lute or violin accompaniment
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Air de cour

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French monodic song

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Aleatory

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Deliberately leaving choice of pitches, rhythmic values or order of events to chance

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Ambitus

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Pitch range of a mode or plainchant

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29
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Antiphonal

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One group answers the other (performance method)

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30
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Archlute

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Lute with extra peg box for long bass strings tuned diatonically

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31
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Aria

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  1. Tune for singing poetry 2. Songful monologue or duet in an opera
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Baroque

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1600-1750

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Basse Danse

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Family of dances (duple+triple) whose music was often improvised over a tenor cantus firmus

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Cadenza

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Improvised passage usually placed just before the end of a piece or section

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35
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Camerata

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Intellectuals and amateurs of arts that met in Florence at the home of Giovanni Bardi (1570-80)

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36
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Cantata

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  1. Composition for solo voice with recitatives and arias 2. Sacred concerto
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Chorale Prelude

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Organ arrangement of a chorale played before the congregation sings it

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38
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Classical

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1750-1825

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39
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Concertino

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Ensemble with a few solo instruments

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Concerto Grosso

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Tutti or ripieno - the full orchestra in a concerto

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Counterpoint

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Artful combination of 2+ simultaneous melodic lines

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Courante

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Fluent dance in moderate triple meter

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Development

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Section in which subject is taken apart combined with other ideas and reworked

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Discant

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  1. Treble part 2. Improvised or written polyphony in which voices move at the same speed
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Dodecaphonic

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Composition with 12-tone rows

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Duplum

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Voice part in early polyphony set against a tenor

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Phrase

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The shortest passage of music which, having reached a point of relative repose, has expressed a more or less complete musical thought

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Jete

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Richochet; bow “thrown” on string so it will bounce

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Spiccato

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Conscious spiccato: slower tempo to make bow “spring” Spontaneous spiccato: fast tempo soft dynamics

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Martele

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“To Hammer” Usually performed toward the frog; fast and well-articulated stroke

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Staccato

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Short separate strokes

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Loure

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Legato stroke; Dashes under notes with slurs used to designate the bow changes

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Detache

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Basic stroke on all bow instruments; Changes direction each note

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Soprano Range

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Mezzo Soprano Range

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Contra Alto Range

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Tenor Range

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Baritone Range

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Bass Range

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Portamento

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Glissando in vocal music

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Trombone Position VII

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Trombone Position VI

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Trombone Position V

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Trombone Position IV

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Trombone Position III

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Trombone Position II

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Trombone Position I

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Trumpet 3rd Valve

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1+1/2 steps

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Trumpet 2nd Valve

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Trumpet 4th Valve

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2 1/2 steps

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Trumpet 1st Valve

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Tonic

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Supertonic

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Mediant

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Subdominant

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Dominant

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Submediant

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Leading Tone

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Steps of Conducting

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  1. Preparation 2. Ictus 3. Rebound 4. Penultimate beat placement 5. Final beat placement
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Baroque Dates

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Baroque Characteristics

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Decorative; Filled with ornaments; Few dynamic markings

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Baroque Composers

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Vivaldi, Handel, Bach, Pachelbel

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Classical Dates

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Classical Characteristics

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Reserved; Intellectual; Rational-sounding; Controlled compositions; Great growth in string section

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Classical Composers

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Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn

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Classical Orchestra Size

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30-50; Marked increase number of string players

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Romantic Dates

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Romantic Characteristics

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Conveyed feeling; Programmatic; Used nature for inspiration; Nationalistic; Incorporation of folk tunes

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Romantic Composers

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Weber, Chopin, Brahms, Dvorak, Grieg, Tchiakovsky

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Modern Dates

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1900-Present

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Modern Characteristics

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Unconventional sources of inspiration; Broke molds of traditional harmony

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Modern Composers

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Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Copland, Gershwin

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It. Horn

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Fr. Horn

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Ger. Horn

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It. Trumpet

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Fr. Trumpet

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Ger. Trumpet

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It. Trombone

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Fr. Trombone

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Ger. Trombone

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Fr. Tuba

Praxis II (5114) (6 decks)

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