Vocal

Question 0

Air de cour

Answer 0

French song for voice and accompaniment prominent from approx 1580 through the 17th century.

Question 1

Air

Answer 1

English or French song for solo voice with instrumental accompaniment, setting rhymed poetry, often strophic and usually in a dance meter

Question 2

strophic variation

Answer 2

17th century vocal setting of a strophic poem in which the melody of the first stanza is varied but the harmonic plan remains the same. The harmonic duration may vary to accentuate the meaning of the text. Monteverdi used this method of writing in Orfeo’s aria Possente spirto.

Question 3

stile concitato

Answer 3

Rapid repetition on a single note as spoken syllables or string tremolo used to convey anger or warlike actions. Monteverdi developed this technique in Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda.

Question 4

concerted madrigal

Answer 4

17th century practice of adding instrumental accompaniment to the madrigal. Monteverdi used basso continuo beginning at the end of his 5th book of madrigals.

Question 5

song cycle

Answer 5

A group of songs performed in succession that tells or suggests a story. Schubert sought to describe the scene or characters as in the song cycle Winterreise.

Question 6

English Musical Renaissance

Answer 6

A movement in the 1880s to create an independent British musical tradition. Term was coined by critics Bennett and Maitland

Question 7

Folk-Song Society

Answer 7

A group established by Parry and Sanford devoted to teh collection and publication of fold songs of the British Isles

Question 8

ballad - 18th century

Answer 8

An expansion of German lied modeled after the English and Scottish folk ballads. Piano accompaniment more of a partner in telling the story.

Question 9

modified strophic form

Answer 9

In lieder, modified strophic form is used to create contrast. Some strophes repeat music while other strophes introduce new music. Schubert - Der Lindenbaum - Winterrese

Question 10

melodie

Answer 10

French counterpoint to the German lied - Berlioz, Faure

Question 11

parlor songs

Answer 11

Songs for home music-making in US and Canada similar to the lied. Stephen Foster - Oh! Susanna

Question 12

etudes

Answer 12

An instrumental study piece designed for practicing a specific skill. Concert etudes also contained appropriate content for performance.

Question 13

Lied

Answer 13

a German song for voice with accompaniment.