Texture/Structure/Form

Question 1

Answer

Answer 1

A reply to a musical question. In a fugue the reply to the subject, usually in the dominant (a 5th higher or 4th lower)

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. In sonata form it links the first subject group to the second subject group and modulates the key of the second subject

Question 4

Countersubject

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Fugue

Answer 5

A contrapuntal piece based on a subject, announced in one part only, then imitated by other in quick succession

Question 6

Inversion

Answer 6

1) when a musical shape is mirrored. 2) an inverted chord is formed when a note other than the root is used in the bass. 3) in serial composition the tone row may be used in inverted form.

Question 7

Leitmotiv

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Retrograde

Answer 8

1) piece of music played backwards. 2) Retrograde inversion in a fugue

Question 9

Song cycle

Answer 9

a group of songs linked by a common theme or with a text written by the same the same. Usually accompanied by piano or orchestra.

Question 10

Stretto

Answer 10

voices or instruments enter very quickly one after the other, as in a fugue. Each entry or part enters closely after the previous part

Question 11

Subject

Answer 11

Main theme in a composition, especially in a fugue.