MU 120 FINAL!

Question 1

another term for binary form (AABB) used by Cage

Accepted Answer

√form

Question 2

follows the 3 movement cycle, very common in the Classical Era. Examples include Beethoven’s Waldstein and Cage’s

Accepted Answer

sonata (genre)

Question 3

in the Baroque era, a baseline with instruments that can play chords

Accepted Answer

basso continuo

Question 4

the practice that you must use all pitches before repeating any of them

Accepted Answer

12-tone music

Question 5

this was a way to uniquely express music, such as exploring the dark side of the unconscious

Accepted Answer

Expressionism

Question 6

a recurring instrumental section/passage, used in Vivaldi’s Spring

Accepted Answer

ritornello

Question 7

used in The Rite of Spring, this was a short and constantly repeated rhythmic pattern

Accepted Answer

ostinato

Question 8

German, best known for operas. Coined the term Gesamtkustwerk

Accepted Answer

Wagner

Question 9

a social or artistic gathering in a private home

Accepted Answer

salon

Question 10

during the Middle Ages, this was the belief that you reached truth by combining faith and reason

Accepted Answer

Scholasticism

Question 11

when a song does not have a most important pitch

Accepted Answer

atonality

Question 12

a recurring theme to represent something, like Harriet in Symphonie Fantastique

Accepted Answer

Idée fixe

Question 13

a Polish triple meter dance

Accepted Answer

mazurka

Question 14

in sonata form, in between the exposition and recapitulation when the artist develops and changes the theme

Accepted Answer

development

Question 15

Russian, moved to LA. 3 periods of Russian, Neo-Classical, & Serial. Dramas, complex rhythms, dissonance

Accepted Answer

Stravinsky

Question 16

splitting the melody between instruments, used by Schodenberg

Accepted Answer

Klangfarbenmelodie

Question 17

a drama between two theme groups and two key areas

Accepted Answer

sonata form

Question 18

flexibility of the beat

Accepted Answer

rubato

Question 19

the choreographer for The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky

Accepted Answer

Vaslav Nijinsky

Question 20

a form that begins with a theme that slightly tweaks and changes throughout the song (AA’A’’A’’’etc)

Accepted Answer

theme and variations form

Question 21

a recognizable melody in a fugue

Accepted Answer

subject

Question 22

when music reflects the meaning of the text

Accepted Answer

word painting

Question 23

single melodic line with no pitched accompaniment

Accepted Answer

monophony

Question 24

a recurring musical theme that represents a character, object, emotions, ideas, etc.

Accepted Answer

Leitmotif

Question 25

Austrian Classical musician that began as a child prodigy & worked for the Archbishop of Salzburg

Accepted Answer

Mozart

Question 26

a synthesis of all of the arts, including music, drama, and visuals

Accepted Answer

Gesamtkustwerk

Question 27

a form that has no set repetition or pattern, good for narrative & changing mood

Accepted Answer

through composed form

Question 28

a large scale drama that is sung, invented by the Florentine Camerata in the Baroque Era

Accepted Answer

opera

Question 29

the number of notes sung per syllable

Accepted Answer

text setting

Question 30

musicians were thought of like servants to more wealthy people, took place during the beginning of the Classical Era

Accepted Answer

patronage

Question 31

Classical, Austrian composer who had humble beginnings, worked for royal Esterhazy family most of life

Accepted Answer

Haydn

Question 32

how many different layers of sound and how they are related

Accepted Answer

texture

Question 33

Hungarian, liked piano virtuoso, wanted to be the Paganini of the Piano (12 inch hand span)

Accepted Answer

Lizst

Question 34

French, largely self taught. Loved literature & expanded the orchestra, passionate & obsessive, big, public works

Accepted Answer

Berlioz

Question 35

Thank you all for your hard work this Quarter Plus:-) we are so so so so proud of you <3

Accepted Answer

<3, <3, <3, <3

Question 36

a form with the same music & different words, good for text with equal length stanzas, consistent mood

Accepted Answer

strophic form

Question 37

Follows the development in sonata form

Accepted Answer

recapitulation

Question 38

during the Classical Era, an appeal to reason, restraint, simplicity, balance and symmetry

Accepted Answer

Enlightenment

Question 39

American, invented the prepared piano, chance music, experimental works

Accepted Answer

Cage

Question 40

single melodic line accompanied by a subordinate harmony

Accepted Answer

homophony

Question 41

Austrian, moved to LA. Used 20th century techniques like “emancipation of the dissonance” & atonality

Accepted Answer

Schoenberg

Question 42

focus on human life on earth rather than afterlife, “truth” less associated with tradition

Accepted Answer

Humanism

Question 43

the voice used in the process music Come Out by Reich who said “come out and show them”

Accepted Answer

Daniel Hamm

Question 44

the beginning of sonata form that begins with T1 in the tonic key. Then transition, then to T2 & closes

Accepted Answer

exposition

Question 45

Polish & French, rave reviews from Schumann @ 17. Domestic & salon music, wrote almost exclusively for piano

Accepted Answer

Chopin

Question 46

this was a new vocal style invented by Schrodenberg, melody is spoken in approximate pitches to given rhythm

Accepted Answer

Sprechstimme

Question 47

emphasis on the weak parts of beats

Accepted Answer

syncopation

Question 48

a form that follows ABA

Accepted Answer

ternary form

Question 49

a study/piece that focuses on a technical challenge

Accepted Answer

étude

MU 120 FINAL!

Questions 49

MU 120 FINAL!

Questions 49