Style Flashcards
Ayre/air
Song or simple melody sometimes the title of a movement of a suite
Anthem
Short sacred choral piece sung in English. Sometimes sung by a choir unaccompanied and sometimes accompanied by an organ, featuring solo parts
Ballett
A type of madrigal in strophic form which was originally danced to. There is a fa-la-la refrain
Chorale
A German hymn tune, written in four parts for soprano, alto, tenor and bass
Contemporary jazz
Jazz after 1980
EDM
You know what this is sam
Galliard
A Renaissance court dance with 3 beats in a bar. It often follows a pavan
Madrigal
A Renaissance non religious work polyphonic in style using imitation
Motet
A sacred choral work with Latin text and polyphonic texture usually sung in a Capella
Nationalist
Music which incorporates elements of folk music of the composers country
Neo-classical
Return to structures and styles of earlier periods combined with dissonant tonal and even atonal harmonies
Pavan
A Renaissance court dance with 2 beats in the bar. Often followed by a galliard
Renaissance
Resurgence of interest in music based on ideas of ancient Greeks and Romans
Serial
20th century method of musical composition invented by Schoenberg in which the 12 notes of the chromatic scale are organised into a series or tone row/ note row