Style Flashcards
Ayre/ Air
Solo, English, unaccompanied/ accomp with one instr, sad sounding, only renaissance
Anthem
English, large choral work, religious
Madrigal
Renaissance, not religious, upbeat, polyphonic ( ballet type of madrigal)
Ballet
- type of madrigal
- upbeat, non religious, polyphonic, ‘falalalal’
Chorale
German hymn, multiple voices
Contemporary jazz
Modern, jazzy take on modern music, smooth jazz
Electronic dance music
Synthetic, modern
Galliard
Instr. dance
- 3 beats, faster
Pavan
Instr dance
- 2 beats, slower
Motet
Religious, Latin, melismatic, (mass without 5 sections)
Nationalist
Late romantic music, Scottish music made into large orchestral work, sounds folky and traditional
Neo- classical
Big orchestral works, play classical techniques as a large piece, atonal, clashy, jazzy, harmonics ppl
Renaissance
renaissance style, modal, VIOLS, LUTE RECORDER, vocal styles unaccompanied
Serial
Tone row, retrograde, inversion, atonal, 21st century