texture/ structure/form

Question 1

answer

Answer 1

the same tune appears in another voice or part in the dominant (a 5th higher or a 4th lower). This is called the answer.

Question 2

antiphonal

Answer 2

Dialogue between voices or instruments – one group of voices or instruments answers the other.

Question 3

bridge

Answer 3

a link between two themes

Question 4

countersubject

Answer 4

In a fugue, after the subject or answer is played, the continuation of that same instrument or voice is called the countersubject.

Question 5

fugue

Answer 5

A contrapuntal piece based on a theme (subject) announced in one voice part alone, then imitated by other voices in close succession.

Question 6

inversion

Answer 6

When a musical shape is mirrored; an inverted chord is formed when a note other than the root is in the bass.

Question 7

leitmotiv

Answer 7

A theme occurring throughout a work which represents a person, an event or an idea, etc.

Question 8

retrograde

Answer 8

To go backwards; a melody or a section of music can be written or performed from the end to the beginning.

Question 9

song cycle

Answer 9

A group of songs linked by a common theme or with a text written by the same author, usually accompanied by piano but sometimes by small ensembles or full orchestra.

Question 10

stretto

Answer 10

Where voices or instruments enter very quickly one after the other, as in fugue.

Question 11

subject

Answer 11

The main theme in a composition, the main themes in sonata form, or the main theme on which a fugue is based.