Why do we care about Robert Schumann?

He was the founding member of music journal, He was married to Clara Schumann, He wrote lots of piano music

Why do we care about Thomas Weelkes?

He was known for madrigals and church music

Music that avoids establishing important and central pitches

Why do we care about Johann Walter?

He wrote 38 settings of chorales arranged for 4-5 voices

What is contrafactum?

Changing the text but not the music

What is a sacred concerto?

Any music that combines voices and instruments

What is word-painting?

Making a word fancy cuz it sounds cooler, Use of musical devised to reflect the meaning of the word

What is an imitation style composition?

Repetition of a melody after 1st appearance in diff. voice

What did Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre do?

Published a book of harpsichord suites, Played the harpsichord like a madwoman

Multi-part with recurring refrain alternated diff. material

What were the reformation and counter-reformation?

M.Luther shade with church and their response to his shit

The thing Bach is known for, Counterpoint type where voices enter successively w subject

Why do we care about Messiaen?

He rlly liked birds, He was an organist and influential French composer

What is a movement anyway?

self-contained part of a musical composition, a section of music

Why do we care about Schoenberg?

He pioneered atonality in music

What is an extended performance technique (according to Michelle)?

Unconventional methods of playing or singing

What is the L’estro Armonico?

A collection of concertos for orchestra published in 1711

A mass for the souls of the dead

An early form of musical notation

Polyphonic through-composed setting of a short secular poem

What is a mode of limited transposition?

When u transpose something but it still has the same notes

Broadly applied to anyone who departs from convention

What is sonata-allegro form?

exposition, development, and recapitulation, The first movement in concertos

What is the order of Mass Ordinary?

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Santus, Agnus Dei

Why do we care about Guillaume de Machaut?

He put his name on his work, He composed the first mass cycle (probably)

What is a theme and variation?

Mozarts Twinkle Twinkle little star, A melody and then variations on the melody

What is a Ritornello?

A short instrumental passage in a vocal work

Why do we care about Josquin des Prez?

He had a rad hat, He wrote polyphonic vocal compositions

What is Tintinnabuli?

A composition style developed by Arvo Pärt, Begins with diatonic mel. other parts sing from tonic triad

What is figured bass?

Where numerals indicate intervals, chords, and non-chord

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1
Why do we care about Robert Schumann?
He was the founding member of music journal
He was married to Clara Schumann
He pioneered a-tonal music
He wrote lots of piano music
2
Why do we care about Thomas Weelkes?
He invented madrigals
An English poet
He was besties with Mark Luther
He was known for madrigals and church music
3
What does polyphonic mean?
One melody/voice
Many sounds simultaneously
4
When did George Crumb live?
1980-2010
1869-1938
1900-2001
1929-present
5
What is Atonality?
Music that uses extended techniques
Music centred around the note A
Music that avoids establishing important and central pitches
Some weird ass sounding music
6
Why do we care about Johann Walter?
He was a prolific organ composer
He started a religion
He wrote 38 settings of chorales arranged for 4-5 voices
7
What is contrafactum?
Changing the text but not the music
Changing the music but not the text
A type of low clarinet
When the melody is in the bass
8
What does strophic mean?
It has instruments and voice
It has a strong sense of meter
It is long
It has verses
9
When was the Renaissance Era?
Never, it never happened
1300-1754
1500-1650
1450-1600
10
What is a sacred concerto?
Music written for solo instrument and small group
Any music that combines voices and instruments
A type of trumpet music
Instrumental music about the bible
11
What is word-painting?
Making a word fancy cuz it sounds cooler
Face Paint in performance
Literally Painting a word
Use of musical devised to reflect the meaning of the word
12
When did Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre live?
1540-1629
1665-1729
1750-1820
3001-3079
13
What is an imitation style composition?
Repetition of a melody after 1st appearance in diff. voice
Thinking of a specific person when writing a musical work
Music written in the style of a different composition
Varying the melody
14
What did Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre do?
Published a book of harpsichord suites
She wrote a very famous requiem
Was the first-ever female composer
Played the harpsichord like a madwoman
15
What is Rondo Form?
Multi-part with recurring refrain alternated diff. material
A dance style in duple meter
A musical rodeo
Music composed in the style of Tibetian Dance
16
What were the reformation and counter-reformation?
A boom in musical instrument technology
A new approach to music and the response from the public
M.Luther shade with church and their response to his shit
Books of music published in 1450
17
Is Pineapple in the vernacular?
No
Yes
18
What is a fugue?
A type of choral composition
The thing Bach is known for
A type of ornament performed on pipe organs
Counterpoint type where voices enter successively w subject
19
What is retrograde?
Moving backwards
Your grades but in the 1980's
Moving upsidedown
Moving upsidedown and backwards
20
What is Ternary From?
ACDC
ABCBA
AB DC al fine
ABA
21
When did Joeseph Haydn live?
1750-1820
1696-1750
1732-1809
1556-1643
22
When did Handel live?
1820-1910
1685 - 1759
1663-1750
1540-1620
23
Who was Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe?
A German Poet
the inventor of the piano
Coined the phrase "Cometh then Goethe away"
Composer of Erlking
24
When was the piano invented?
1623
1921
1455
1709
25
What is it called when there is a 'drone' voice below the melody?
Free Organum
Parallel Organum
Florid Organum
26
When was the Classical Era?
1600-1750
1750-1820
1450-1725
1730-2001
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Why do we care about Messiaen?
He rlly liked birds
He was an organist and influential French composer
He wrote song of the whale
He invented the modern Piano
28
What is a movement anyway?
A dance move
self-contained part of a musical composition
a section of music
29
Musical Dialogue is
A recitative
An Aria
30
Why do we care about Schoenberg?
He took a Neo-classical route to his composition
He was a Russian poet
He pioneered atonality in music
He was a prolific piano composer
31
What is an extended performance technique (according to Michelle)?
Crying
Playing an unusually long instrument
Unconventional methods of playing or singing
Extremely expressive performers
32
Who the hell is Giulio Caccini?
The dude who invented monody
The moustache man
The guy who invented the piano
Galileos Dad
33
Isorhythm's use of melodic patterns is called what?
tinntinabul
Melody
Color
Talea
34
What is the L’estro Armonico?
A Spanish harmonica
the reason I cry
A type of composition for violin and bassoon
A collection of concertos for orchestra published in 1711
35
Silent Night is through-composed
True
False
36
What is a requiem?
A choir piece about Christmas
A stylized set of dance music
A mass for the souls of the dead
A type of bass flute
37
What's a Neume?
A delicious snack
A medieval Trumpet
An early form of musical notation
A type of Rhythm
38
When did Caccini live?
1500-1576
1500-1750
1820-1902
1550-1618
39
What is a Madrigal?
A short instrumental work meant to be performed in church
A type of Orange
Polyphonic through-composed setting of a short secular poem
Bitch Idk
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What is a mode of limited transposition?
Not using major or minor scales
Never transposing in ur composition
When u transpose something but it still has the same notes
Transposing to vastly different keys
41
What is Avant-garde?
A term for French 20th century composers
What they shout in fencing before a match
Meaning keep before
Broadly applied to anyone who departs from convention
42
What is Sprechstimme?
Stretched time
Literally screaming
Talk-singing
Raptor Screeches
43
What is sonata-allegro form?
A three-movement piece where all the movements are Allegro
A fast sonata
exposition, development, and recapitulation
The first movement in concertos
44
What is the order of Mass Ordinary?
Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
Credo, Gloria, Kyrie, Sanctus, Angus Dei
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Santus, Angus Deli
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Santus, Agnus Dei
45
Why do we care about Guillaume de Machaut?
He used 2nds for the first time in the church
We don't
He put his name on his work
He composed the first mass cycle (probably)
46
What is a theme and variation?
Mozarts Twinkle Twinkle little star
A melody and then variations on the melody
A piece where each time it's played it's slightly different
Using multiple themes in a composition
47
What is a Ritornello?
When the violin doubles the voices
When the music becomes slower
A type of pasta
A short instrumental passage in a vocal work
48
Repeat after me songs are an example of responsorial music (kind of)
false
True
49
Why do we care about Josquin des Prez?
He pioneered the symphony
He invented the organ
He had a rad hat
He wrote polyphonic vocal compositions
50
What is Tintinnabuli?
When bells are used in music
A composition style developed by Arvo Pärt
Begins with diatonic mel. other parts sing from tonic triad
A type of metal percussion instrument
51
What is figured bass?
Where numerals indicate intervals, chords, and non-chord
Another name for the tenor line
A type of basso continuo
A fancy name for a fancy string bass
52
What is a Melisma?
Multiple notes on one syllable
One note per syllable
53
When was the romantic period?
1820-1900
2001-2005
1450-1600
1750-1820
54
Musical monologue/soliloquy is
An Aria
A recitative
55
When did Mozart live?
1756-1791
1570-1572
1750-1820
400-600
56
What is a Palindrome?
A word that can be rearranged into a different word
An exaggeration of a word (eg. I am literally dying)
A word that is the same forwards and backwards
Bob
57
What is Lied?
Biblical Austrian Music
Music written in the style of traditional Brazilian dance
An Irish character piece
A secular vocal music in German
58
Why do we care about Mozart?
He was a child prodigy
His music was rlly good
He wrote a lot of music
59
What is a song cycle?
A group of lieder meant to be performed together
a bicycle for song
A type of round/canon
A song that repeats itself
60
When was the Baroque Era?
1550-1820
1450-1775
1600-1800
1600-1750
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What's that?
The good kush
A Theorbo
A lute
An old guitar
62
Is Uphayinaphu in the vernacular?
No
Yes
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Why was the Catholic Church so important to music at this time?
They got the funds
All of the music had to be non-secular at the time
Everyone was Catholic at the time
They got the power
64
The Sonata has 3 movements
True
False
65
What is a Cantata?
A long, unstaged, bible opera for performance
A musical about the bible
A short, unstaged bible opera for church
Like an Opera but not an Opera
66
When did Robert Schumann live?
1810-1856
1730-1750
1787-1839
1801-1870
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What is Franconian Notation?
The first ever music that was written down
A type of choral music that was written
Using note shape to indicate note length
A type of figured bass line
68
What is it called when voices move in parallel, oblique, contrary and similar motion?
Parallel Organum
Free Organum
Florid Organum
69
Why was Pope Gregory important?
He invented Polyphony
He was a pretty cool guy
He created Gregorian Chant
His actions led to the standardization of chant
70
When did Vivaldi live?
1684-1750
1460-1540
1820-1930
1678-1741
71
Mass Proper does not change text based on the calendar year
True
False
72
One of these things is not like the other
Minuet
Gigue
Allemande
Prelude
73
When did Arcangelo Corelli live?
1633-1701
He did not
1653-1713
1750-1450
74
Why is George Crumb important?
He's not
He explored non-traditional means of composing/performing
He wrote medieval music in the modern era
He invented atonality
75
Why do we care about guido of Arezzo?
He invented polyphony
He invented plainchant
He invented the harpsichord
He invented notation
76
Cori Sepzzati means separated choir
False
True
77
Why do we care about Martin Luther?
He was a renowned Organ composer
He pissed off the Catholic Church
He started a war
He composed a butt ton of chorales
78
Happy Studying, Good luck and Happy Holidays
:D
:)
79
What is Ars Nova
A fancy art movement
A type of flute
The sociopolitical movement that stemmed from the German War
1300's art movement where ppl broke from musical tradition
80
What is stylized dance music?
Music written in the style of dance but not for dance
Folk music
Extended technique where u dance and play at the same time
Music written for dance performances
81
What is that?
A Harpsichord
An early Piano
A Piano
An Organ
82
What is contrapuntal?
When the melodic line is in the altos
A low drum
Switching words but not music
Music with more than one melodic line
83
What is Expressionism?
Music avoids tradition 2 show feels through exaggeration
The scream (Painting)
Expressive music
Music that gives you feels
84
What is tempo rubato?
Taking liberties with the tempo for expressive purposes
Slower than Allegro, faster than Adagio
Approximately 103bpm
Robbed Time
85
Who was Nicholas Yonge?
The guy who fueled madrigal composition in England
Invented the violin
The man who invented the philosophers stone
A popular English madrigal composer
86
When did Bach live?
1650-1730
1500-1750
1685 - 1750
1770-1825
87
When did Chopin live?
1800-1888
1670-1750
1910-1988
1810-1849
88
Why do we care about Claudio Monteverdi and when did he live?
1567-1643, he was a very innovative composer
1777-1829, he wrote many fugues
89
Which part of Mass Ordinary is not sung in Latin?
Agnus Dei
Credo
Santus
Kyrie
90
Who invented the Piano?
J.S Bach
Arthur Dent
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bartolomeo Cristofori
91
Why do we care about Schubert?
He changed the world of lieder
We don't
He was a very prolific composer
He's a scary German man (@Andrea)
92
What was the Seconda Practica?
Term for when a musician is asked the play 2 instruments
This book about music that blew everybody's mind
Giovanni Maria Artusi's clap back
A reminder to practice more but in Latin
93
Why do we care about J.S Bach?
He wrote a lot of secular music
He wrote a butt ton of music
He was a master of fugues and counterpoint
94
When did Oliver Messiaen live?
1976-2017
1923-2010
1750-1822
1908-1992
95
What is an Oratorio?
A short, unstaged bible opera for church
A musical about the bible
A long, unstaged, bible opera for performance
Like an Opera but not an Opera
96
Mass Ordinary Does not change texts based on the calendar year
True
False
97
What is a Sonata (in the 17th century)?
Solo with orchestral acc.
Work for 1 or 2 melody instruments with continuo & sections
Literally any music
My death
98
What is a rhythmic mode?
who even knows
A set of long and short rhythms in patterns
Music written to a specific dance
A way of notating rhythm
99
What is a character piece?
A work that makes you have lots of emotions
Work written for a person
Work with a descriptive title that suggests a mood or scene
A work where the players dress up as characters
100
What is nationalism?
Being apart of multiple nations
Being very patriotic
Promoting the interested of a nation
101
When was the Medieval Era?
400-1450
1750-1820
1000-1550
1450-1600
102
What is a mazurka?
An early French horn
Polish folk dance in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo
A type of movement in a Sonata
A type of piano music
103
What is Musica Enchiriadis?
A Cathedral dedicated to music
A yummy Mexican snack
A performance technique
The first surviving attempt at Polyphony
104
What is Concertato Style?
Divided choirs
A musical work featuring an instrument
When instruments and voices have different parts
When more than one instrument is used in the mass cycle
105
The order of the movements are slow, fast, slow, fast
false
True
106
Why do we care about Chopin?
He invented the piano
He was the 'poet of the piano'
He was a virtuosic piano player
Because Michelle Boyd said he's important
107
Don't forget about the research part of the exam!
I'm screwed anyway
Oh shit u right
I got this, don't worry
108
Why do we care about Leonin?
He was renowned for composing with polyphony
He created the Musica Echiracdia
He invented Isorhythm
He invented the pipe organ
109
Why do we care about Handel?
He was a master of counterpoint
He wrote music for profit, therefore, it was usually popular
He wrote about his music frequently
One of first composer whose music never fell out of favour
110
What is a Chorale?
Polyphonic performance music in Latin meant for Mass
Secular Music
Any song that's not in Latin
Unison, unacc., metric, rhymed, strophic music in vernacular
111
Why was Haydn important?
He was creator of the fundamental genres of classical music
He wasn't that important
He created the first symphony
He influenced a lot of other composers
112
What is it called when the harmonizers sing the chant a perfect 5th below the original pitch?
Parallel Organum
Florid Organum
Free Organum
113
What is a Troubadour/Trobairitz?
The name for the audience in secular music performances
Polish travelling musicians
French ppl from the 1300ish, made monophonic secular songs
Church composers from Notre Dame
114
Where are Multi Movement instrumental works supposed to be played?
Small Chamber Settings
Concert halls
On a mountain
Churches
115
Isorhythm's use of rhythmic patterns is called what?
Talea
Rhythm
tinntinabul
Color
116
When and where did Leonin Live?
He's still kicking it in Sweden
Vienna in the middle of the 1400's
Paris in the late 12th Century
Rome in the early 13th Century
117
What is modified strophic form?
Early type of theme and variation
Verse-Chorus form but chorus is slightly different each time
Music with choruses
Music with verses
118
Why do we care about Giovanni Gabrieli?
Worked for a fancy cathedral ∴ had the chance to write a lot
He wrote secular choral works
known for polychoral writing combining voice and instruments
He published 680 chorales
119
Why do we care about Arcangelo Corelli?
He wrote a book on composition
He was a leading composer of Sonatas and Concertos
1st composer whose instrumental works where studied
He invented the piano
120
When was the 20th Century music era?
1820-1900
1900-present
1900-2000
1450-1600
121
What is a motet?
Part of the mass cycle
A dance
A Monophonic flute-choral comp. with sacred Spanish text
A polyphonic vocal composition with sacred Latin text
122
What is a non-retrogradable rhythm?
When similar rhythms are played at the same time
A music palindrome
A rhythm that can't time travel
A rhythm that is played forwards then backwards
123
What is a Trio Sonata?
A sonata with three melody instruments
A sonata with three instruments
a three-movement sonata
A sonata with three parts
124
What was the Florentine Camerata?
famous work written by J.S Bach for Orchestra
IDEK
The man who invented the printing press
A group of scholars who met to discuss the arts
125
What is a mensuration symbol
The very first notation of music
basically just frankonian notation
The fuck if I know
The first time signatures
126
What is Direct performance style?
Many Melodies Sung together
Drone with Melody
Call and response
Sung together
127
What does Monophonic mean?
One Part/Melody
A Round
One Voice
Many Parts/Melodies
128
What is an Antiphonal Performance style?
Played by two groups
Melody sung in parallel fifths
More than one voice singing
Call and Response
129
What is Basso Continuo?
An early string bass
A type of instrumental music
Accompaniment where players improvised over a figured bass
A continued Bass line that never stops
130
What is Cantus Firmus Style?
When the alto line is different than the rest of the music
When tenor line of the music is borrowed from another music
A piece of music with a firm tempo
Using a separated choir
131
When did Arnold Schoenberg live?
1900-1987
1670-1750
1874-1951
1899-1923
132
What is a suite?
A set of chamber music works performed in an Opera house
A set of stylized dances meant to be performed together
Bach's favourite Candy
A type of German folk music
133
What is modernism?
Banksy
Name for technology boom in the 1940's
Composers sought something new while continuing tradition
Movement in art music composed in 1st half of 20th century
134
What does idiomatic mean?
A very simple work
In the style of a particular period, individual, or group
referring to an idiot
A personal composition
135
Why do we care about Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina?
He saved polyphony in the church (probably)
He became a model composer for the church
He invented the organ
He used instruments in Mass
136
What is Monody?
Some kind of STD
A type of melody with lots of leaps
A type of small gutair
A comp. style with a single melodic line and b/c accom.
137
Discant is when the parts move in nearly equal Rhythm
True
False
138
When did Schubert live?
1800-1856
1007-1206
1797 - 1828
1706-1727

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