Styles Flashcards
What is the style of music written for a small instrument ensemble with one player to a part
Chamber music
What is the name for a 20th century style we’re musical ideas emerge and create a blur,, dream like
Impressionist
What is the style for a combo of jazz improvisation and the amplified instruments and character of rock
Jazz funk
What is a German style song from the romantic period for voice and Poona in which both parts are important
Lied
What is A large scale sacred work sung in Latin for solo singers chorus and orchestra
Mass
What is the style called: a 20th century composition using pre recorded live sounds made with simple editing like cutting and rewinding
Musique concrète
What is the style of a large scale work without acting or stage design usually for solo singers chorus and orchestra include arias choruses and recitaves
Oratorio
What is an unaccompanied melody in Latin from the Roman Catholic liturgy e.g. modal with no metre
Plainchant
What is a type of vocal writing where the music follows the rhythm of speech (often followed by an aria)
Recitative
A work for a solo instrument like piano violin etc in three or four movements
Sonata
What is an Afro American popular music including blues and gospel and strong emotions
Soul music
A group of two violins a viola and a cello
String quartet
What is a solo sound in operatic style
Aria
what is an unaccompanied folk song, story telling
Bothy ballad
What is a style of Celtic folk mixed with rock
Celtic rock
What is a style either a group of singers or music written for theses singers
Chorus
Music from 1750-1810
Think Mozart
Classical
Slow unaccompanied Gaelic church tunes, sounds like buzzing
Gaelic psalms
Religious lyrics in popular style
Gospel
Will include sugar and tabla
Indian
20th century style where simple rhythmic and melodic figures are constantly repeated with little change
Minimalist
Classical form of bagpipes
Pibroch
A large work orchestra usually in four movements
Symphony
Gaelic work song while beating tweed
Waulking song
1600-1750
Think harpsichord
Baroque
African drums and voices
African music
A work for a solo instrument and orchestra
Concerto
Gaelic nonsense
Mouth music
Drama set to music with solo chorus and orchestra and acting
Opera
Syncopated melody against steady vamped accompaniment (think Charlie Chaplin)
Ragtime
Music written between 1750-1810
VeryVERY emotional and dramatic
Romantic
Slow Scottish story sang usually a woman
Scots ballad
Jazz style from 1930 by a big band
Swing
