(Part 2) - MUS12 Music Appreciation Vocabulary Review

A gathering in the home of a wealthy art lover for the purpose of engaging with elite culture in intimate surroundings.

In the United States, a period of widespread interest in folk music beginning in the 1930s and peaking in the 1960s.

A period in Western music that extends from 1815-1900. Uses expressive harmonies, experimental forms, and program music.

A type of meter in which each of the 2 pulses is subdivided into 3 subpulses; counted ONE-two-three-FOUR-five-six.

In sonata form, the section in which all of the themes from the Exposition are heard for a second time in the home key.

Music intended for one-on-a-part performance in a small space.

A multi-part work for voice(s) and accompaniment

A singer with a range somewhat lower than that of a soprano, usually female.

A musical texture in which a single prominent melody is supported by accompaniment.

A style of presentational dance, which emerged in 18th-century France. Tells stories by means of gesture and music.

A texture in which two parts exchange melodic material, similar to a conversation.

A musical form, A A B, common in troubadour songs and Lutheran hymns.

A musical style from the early 20th century. Characteristics include lowered notes, slides, and and a 12- bar structure.

A collection of pitches that can be used to craft melodies and harmonies. Often heard as tragic, ominous, or serious.

The process of gradually getting louder.

An influential dance of the Swing era, introduced in 1928 by a pair of African American dancers.

The practice employed by DJs of spinning a record in reverse in order to repeat a passage.

A compositional technique by which all parts of a work are interconnected; the work seems to grow out of a single motif.

The exploitation of a culture for the purpose portraying it as foreign, unusual, exciting, or titillating.

The rate at which the pulse is felt.

A concluding passage added to the end of a composition that otherwise adheres to a set musical form or process.

A period in Western music that is bookmarked bythe rise of humanist thought (1400) and the invention of opera (1600).

Composition during the act of performance. Usually guided by norms and practices that belong to a given tradition.

In West Africa, a member of a hereditary caste of musicians responsible for transmitting stories and songs.

A meter in which pulses (beats) are grouped by twos, usually in a strong-weak pattern.

The area of the brain in which sound is first processed.

A collection of pitches that can be used to craft melodies and harmonies. Often heard as happy, cheerful, or confident.

A repeating melodic or rhythmic figure. Often repeated for a long period of time in a compositon.

The grouping of pulses into stable units usually containing two, three, or four pulses.

A texture in which all parts carry the same melody, but enter at points separated by a set distance.

A sequence of notes all sung on a single vowel.

A musical composition in duple meter performed at a steady, moderate tempo, can be intented for movement or concert.

A type of instrumental accompaniment developed in the Baroque era. Highlighted by chords and bass:

The imitation of real-world sounds with instruments or voices.

A type of composition in which a melodic subject is introduced in each of the voices (usually 4) at the outset.

A lengthy story concerning a quest or heroic adventure.

The act of making recordings on location, usually of non- professional musicians in rural communities.

The pitches that support the melody; can refer generally to non- melodic voices or specifically to chords.

A two-part musical form, usually mapped as A B.

A work for instrumental soloist(s) with orchestral accompaniment.

A musical gesture that sounds the pitches of a chord one at a time, either ascending or descending.

A folk hymn from the African American tradition.

A wobble added to a pitch.

An artistic movement of the early 20th century that glorified progress & presented an optimistic view about the future.

A smooth, connected form of articulation.

A body of monophonic vocal music developed in the medieval Catholic church.

A style of dance music that emerged in NYC in the 1970s dense textures, syncopated bass lines, and a fast tempo.

In sonata form, the middle passage between the Exposition and the Recapitulation.

In popular songs, the part that is frequently repeated, and with the same text; usually the most memorable part.

Wagner’s term for an all-encompassing work that brings together art forms into a single vision of artistic expression.