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1
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What time period is the Romantic Era?

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1810-1910

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What is Strophic form?

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When the same music is used for multiple verses of songs. (ex. hymns)

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What is Modified Strophic form?

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When the same music is used for most of the verses, but some are altered.

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What is Through-composed?

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Each verse has different music

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5
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What is Rubato Technique?

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Allows the performer to speed up or slow down the notes of a piece of music

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What is Leitmotivs?

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Short melodies that represent people, places, objects, emotions and intents.

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What is the ‘idee fixe’?

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melody that represents a character in a story. Means fixed idea

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What is Nationalism?

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A music style in which the composers nationality or homeland is reflected in their music.

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What are Art Songs?

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Art songs are songs for solo voice and piano. Meant to be performed in homes.

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What is a ‘lied’?

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An art song based on a German Romantic poem.

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What is a song cycle?

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A collection of art songs written with poetry.

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What is a character piece?

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Short solo piano piece with no set form. Considered program music.

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What is the program symphony?

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They tell a story using program music. No set form.

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What is a concert overture?

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single movement orchestral piece. One piece among many pieces in a concert.

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What is Symphonic Poem/ Tone Poem?

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Single-movement work for orchestra, tell a story and our not set form.

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What is Music Drama/ Gesamtkunstwerk?

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Means “Total Work of Art.” Wagner defined this terms for his Opera’s.

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What is a French Grand Opera?

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A type of opera in the French language where everything is grand.

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What is verismo?

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Means Realism. Described Italian Opera’s in which humanity was depicted realistically.

19
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What is Paraphrase/ Transcription/ Arrangement?

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Paraphrase: rewrites music
Transcription: change the performing force (instrument)
Arrangement: Changing the style

20
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What is a Ballet?

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A genre in which the story is told through music and dance.

21
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What is impressionism?

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music when the composer attempts to convey an impression of something

22
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What is whole-tone scale?

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all whole steps, no half

23
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What is a pentatonic scale?

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a scale that only has five pitches before reaching the octave

24
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What is Expressionism?

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non-traditional music that deals with disturbing subjects

25
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What is Atonality?

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composing music with a complete lack of a tonal center

26
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What is Bitonality?

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A composer used two tonal centers at the same time

27
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What is Polytonality?

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When there are two or more tonal centers at the same time

28
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What is Polyrhythm?

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Two contrasting rhythms occurring at the same time

29
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What is Polymeter?

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Multiple meters are occurring at the same time

30
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What is Irregular meters?

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Meters that are not divisible by two or three

31
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What is Sprechstimme?

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Singer does not sing the pitches but speaks the pitches

32
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What is Serialism?

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Where a specific series of notes is used in order to avoid a sense of tonality

33
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What is Indeterminacy?

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technique where part of performance is not pre-determined by the composer

34
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What is Aleatory Music?

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Indeterminacy music, called gambling or chance music

35
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What is prepared piano?

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Inserting various objects between the strings of a piano to make special sounds

36
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What is Extended Technique”

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anything an instrumentalist does to create sound outside the normal of their instrument

37
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What is Quoting and borrowing?

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Quoting is taking exact other piece, borrowing can be changed a bit

38
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What is electro-acoustic?

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When electronic means are used to create music

39
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What is Chamber music?

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music in the recital and concert halls with little form

40
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What is a Brass Quintet?

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two trumpets, one horn, one trombone, and one tuba

41
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What is a Pierrot Ensemble?

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chamber music group with one flute, clarinet, ciolin, cello and piano

42
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When is the Contemporary Era?

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1960 - Present

43
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What is minimalism?

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short motives, simple melodies, and simple harmonic progression

44
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What is Phasing?

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technique where two performers gradually get out of sync and then come back together

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