Name 5 Renaissance

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Composers…

Josquin des Prez

Palestrina

Gabrieli 

Byrd

Lasso

Name 5 Baroque

Composers…

Bach

Handel

Telemann

Purcell

Monteverdi

Lully

Rameau/Couperin

Name 4 Classical

Composers…

Mozart

Haydn

Gluck

(early) Beethoven

Name 5 Romantic

Composers…

(late) Beethoven

Mendelsson

Wagner

Brahms 

Tschaikovsky

Schubert

Chopin

Schumann

Liszt

Moussorgsky

Mahler

Name 5 20th Century 

Composers…

Debussy

Ravel

Stravinsky

Gershwin

Coplin

Schoenberg

Bartok

Joplin

Puccini

What is the date for the Renaissance Era?
1450-1600
What is the date of the Baroque Era? 
1600-1750
What is the date of the Classical Era?
1750-1825
What is the date of the Romantic Era?
1825-1900
Monody

A musical texture consisting of a single line without accompaniment. 

(gregorian chant)

Polyphony
A musical texture in which two or more independent melodies are heard simultaneously.
Homophony
A musical texture in which one voice predominates melodically and is supported by a chordal accompaniment.
Rondo

A musical form consisting of a section that is played after every section. 

( A B A C A)

Serialism/ Tone Row
The ordering of the 12 tones of an octave.
Minimalism
A 20th century compositional style characterized by short melodic and rhythmic figures, a steady pulsing beat, repetition with variation that are barely known. 
Sprechstimme
A vocal technique halfway between speaking and singing.
Diminution
Shortening the duration of notes.
Augmentation
Elongating the duration of notes.
Motif/ Motive
A short phrase figure that reappears throughout a work as a unifying device. 
Ternary

A musical form consisting of 3 sections: the 2nd can be in a different key or a contrasting section, followed by a repeat of the first section. 

(A B A)

Passacaglia
A continuous set of variations based on a repeating bass line.
Minuet/Trio

A French country dance in triple meter.

 

A form often used as the third movement of a symphony.

Pedal Point
A long sustained note, usually in the bass, that is held while the harmonics changed in the other parts.
Continuo
A bass part with numbers that indicate the intervals of harmony that are to be played above the bass note.  (Baroque Period)
Madrigal
A polyphonic vocal piece set to a short poem.
Fugue
A type of imitative polyphony based on the development of a single theme or subject.
Ballad
A song that tells a story.
Motet
A polyphonic chordal work set to a sacred text.
Toccata
A Baroque keyboard piece full of scale passages, rapid runs and trills, and massive chords.
Dance Suite
A series of movements based on a dance rhythm. 

Who wrote…

The Well-Tempered Clavier?

J.S. Bach

Who wrote…

I Dream of jeannie with the Light Brown Hair?

Stephen Foster

Who wrote…

Der Erlkoenig?

Franz Schubert

Who wrote…

Ordo Virtuum?

Hildegard Von Bingen
Kodaly Method
The use of Folk songs from the country of children’s orgins is associated with education.
Suzuki Method
Early listening form birth and the early teaching of violin, piano, and flute…
What method includes parental involvement?
Suzuki;
What method includes rote teaching for singing and playing?
Orff
Cantata
A choral work usually written on a sacred subject and frequently built on a chordal tune, combining aria, recitative, chorus, and instruments.
Oratorio
A dramatic sacred choral work with arias, recitatives, chorus and instruments BUT longer than a cantata without costuming and scenery.
Opera Buffa
A comic opera.
Chaconne
A dance song in triple meter, a French dance with a refrain or a composition having an extended pattern of chords.;
Sonata
A 3 or 4 movement composition for a solo instrument, sometimes accompanied by piano.
Parlor Music
A type of music played in living rooms, usually on the piano, written at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century.
Concerto
A work for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.
Symphony
A large scale composition for orchestra, usually in four movements.
Chamber Music
Music written for a small group of instruments with one player to a part.
String Quartet
A chamber ensemble made up of a 1st and 2nd violin, a viola, and a cello; also, the name of a form which is a sonata for these instruments.;
Ballet
A dance set to music that depicts a story.
Caesura
A fermata form in which there is a complete break in the music, indicated by //
Luftpause
A fermata form in which there is ;pause for breath, usually seen in choral music, indicate with a between notes.

Who wrote…

Maple Leaf Rag

Scott Joplin
Afro-Cuban influenced music
American Salsa
The number of keys in which the Well-Tempered Clavier is written
all 12 keys
The first important composer of opear
Monteverdi
Octatonic Scale

A scale which contains 9 notes

(symetric dimished)

Frottola
A song from the late 15th century, a forerunner of the madrigal, usually amourous in nature, that was written for three or four parts either for voices or one voice with accompaniment. 
20th century music has…

mixed meters

asymmetrical meter

additive

syncopation

frequent meter changes

non-european rhythms

Pointillism
A technique which is used by painters, is also a 20th century compositional style in which emphasis is placed on individual notes which are largely in linear isolation.
Lowell Mason
wrote the first book on music education
Line Dancing
is an appropriate activity for children to do to understand contrast.
Sonata Form

Exposition

Development

Recapitulation

Coda

Tessitura

The range of a part that is most consistently used by a vocal or instrumentalist.

(as opposed to the full range)

Work Song
A song that describes life, often with a steady rhythm.
20th Century Minimalism contains…
fragmentation
How do you tune a snare drum? 
keep tension the same around the head.
 Glottal attack
taking a breath and holding it before attacking a note
The Ashanti tribes used drums for…
communicating over distances
Singing the word “hing” would teach…
resonating in the head
Why did rock and roll become popular?
the rise of youth movement
American Country and Western’s use of the ballad come from…
British Isles
Rondo Form
A B A C A
During and in-between movements you
Do not clap
Difference between rhythm and tempo…

rhythm involves beat

tempo involves speed

Dolcemente
sweetly
Adagio
slow tempo
Allegretto
slightly slower than allegro
Agitato
in a agitated or excited manner
Alla Breve

a tempo indication where the half note receives the beat rather than the quarter note.;

;

Also called cut time.

B moll
Bb minor
Marcato
marked- emphasized
Pianissimo, pp
very soft
Sforzando
strong accent
Staccato
short, separated notes

Who wrote

the Rite of Spring

Stravinsky
Melody
A logical succession of single musical notes.
Concept of Melody…
differs widely across then world
Melody is primary important in…
Vocal Music
A non-harmonic grace note the resolves stepwise to a harmonic note
appoggiatura
Passing tones in melodic lines
are rhythmically week
In open harmony, the notes of a chord are spaced
more than an octave;
D.C. al Fine
repeat from the beginning to the end, or where Fine is marked in the score
D.S.

Dal Segno;

;

repeat from sign

Divisi;or;div.
means that a section should divid, usually strings
The baton is kept in motion during the fermata and simultaneously cuts off after the fermata and prepares the next beet. ;This is a breath pause or
Luftpausa
The baton is kept in motion durning the fermata and completely stops after the fermata. ;There is a very definite pause and a new preparation is given to continue. ;This is a complete stop (//)
Caesure
The activity involving children’s conducting of different meters while marching is a part of what method?
Dalcroze
Ictus
is the exact moment of the beat
Pythagoras
discovered the relationship between pitch and the length of a sound wave.
Chordophone
is sounded by plucking or bowing a string stretched between two points.
To achieve consistent vocal production…
focus on vowel formation
The main goal in the art of singing should be…
communication
Pizzicato
string player would pluck the strings
Chopin is best known for…
mazurkas and etudes

From the bottom to the top

 

C G D A

 

are the open strings of…

Viola
What does shift mean to a string player?
change of position
A music educator who started a string program…
Suzuki
If a french horn is playing a written C, what concert pitch?
F
Clef and Range of the Oboe

Treble clef

 

Middle C to A above staff

Standard instrumentation for a Dixieland band?
cornet, clarinet, trombone, piano, drums, banjo or guitar, and tuba
Orff Method
Improvisation, creativity, rhythmic repetition, pentatonic scale, hands-on, folk music, specifically designed instruments (xylophones, recorders, drums), rote method of teaching songs and playing instruments. 
Kodaly Method
Folk songs from country of children’s origins, mnemonic syllables for rhythm (ta ti ti), Curwin hand signs for singing, philosophy: music is for everyone, movable do solfege
Dalcroze
Eurhythmics, express what they hear through movement, fixed do, interval centered.
Suzuki
violin, piano, flute, parental involvement in teaching, expert modeling, pentonic, no note reading until technique is secure, early listening from birth
Essay on 20th Century Rhythms
rite of spring… displaced accents, frequent meter changes to depict a sacrificial ritual in prehistoric russia.
Copyright Laws
make one copy per student of up to 10% of a musical work for class study as long as that 10% does not constitute a performable unit.
Alto Clef
middle line is C
Tenor Clef
4th line up is C
Kodaly Method Essay
Aleatory music
Music by chance
Who wrote aleatory music?
John Cage
Perotin and Leonin
gathered chants
Who was first to add a chorus to a symphony?;

Beethoveen

;

What is important when choosing music for a high school band?
ability level
Who wrote Ragtime music?
Scott Joplin
Philomel;

by Babbit

;

live vs. taped singing

;

20th century pointalism

Violin Phase

Reich

;

example of minialsim

Pre-Renaissance

(Medieval)

Mostly vocal, monody

;

400-1400/1450

Motet
a polyphonic secular vocal piece set to a short poem. Originated durning the Italian Renaissance.
Renaissance

1400/1450-1600

;

polyphony, contrapuntal, sacred music, theme/variation, usually vocal music but may have recorder consorts.

Four part choirs, smooth, gentle rhythms, melodies with balanced phrases harmonies use full triads.

Baroque

1600-1750

;

polyphony reaches perfection.;

Homophony, ornamentation, contrast, improvisation, bosso continuo or ground bass.

;

melodies are ornate and often have dramatic leaps.

;

Repetition, binary and ternary forms.;

;

early orchestras include strings, flutes, oboes,trumpet, and timpani.

Classical

Homophonic textures, elegance, simpler textures, simpler melodies, simpler forms.;

;

Piano became the most important solo instrument.

;

Clarinet added to the orchestra and more strings

Grand Opera
an opera, usually in five acts, that treats a heroic, historic, or mythological subject in a grand style.
Opera Seria
serous opera
Opera Buffa
a comic opera
Lyric Opera
a type of French opera that relied on beautiful melodies for its effects.
Operetta
opera in a light style
Motet
a polyphonic choral work set to a sacred text.
Dance Suite
a series of movements, based on a dance rhythm.
Concerto Grosso

a Baroque concert that uses a full orchestra and a group of soloist.;

;

Bach’s Brandenberg Concerti

Toccata
Baroque keyboard piece full of scale passages, rapid runs and trills, and massive chords
Sonata
a 3 or 4 movement composition for solo instrument, sometimes accompanied by piano.
Symphony
a large scale composition for orchestra, usually in four movements, sometimes accompanied by piano.
Aria

a solo vocal piece usually associated with opera and oratorio

 

 

Aria buffa
comic song
Ballade

 medieval poetic French song. Can also be a dramatic instrumental composition in the poetic dramatic style.

 

Chopin, Brahms, and Liszt

Canzona
a type of poem that was set to music.  
Plainchant
monophonic, unison and unaccompanied chant of the early christian liturgies.
Rondeau
french song, alternating solo and choral refrain.  
Increases in dynamic range
Romantic
Four part choirs, smooth, gentlerhythms
Renaissance
Birthplace of polophony
Renaissance
Texture less sense than previous eras
Classical

Who wrote…

Pierre Lunaire

Schoenberg 

 

example of sprechstimme

German 

 

six beat pattern

 

6

3 4 5

2

1

French 

 

six beat pattern

6

5

4

3

12  

Italian

 

Six Beat Pattern

 

6

5

4

1 2 3

5/8 meter 
3+2 Or 2+3
7/8 Meter Paterns
4+3 or 3+4

Piaget

 

list 4 stages

Sensory Motor

Preoperational

concrete opertional

Formal Operations

Sensory Motor

stage 1

 

ages 0-2

 

musical development: from random vocalizations to intentional response.

Peroperational

stage 2

 

ages- 2-7

 

musical development: learn from imitation (rote) and active participation (movement to music). They can only concentrate on one aspect of music at a time (melody or rhythm, not both)

Concrete Operational

stage 3

 

ages- 7-11

 

musical development: They can understand that a musical phrase can be changed slightly. Can recognize key changes and melodic direction. Capable of holding his/her own part in a round.  Recorded is begun in 3rd grade and band in 4th grade.

Formal Operations

stage 4

 

ages- 11 – adult

 

musical development: capable of abstract reasoning in symbolic systems, such as musical notation. Capable of putting music knowledge into practice, vocally and instrumentally, as well as mentally.