Music is:
The art that uses tones
the four qualities of tones are
timbre, loudness, pitch, and duration
rhythm
element of style produced by the arrangement of durations in music
scoring allows composers to control the
timbre
Period of enlightenment, late 18th century, is what period in music?
classic period
most important aristocratic dance of 18th century (1700s)
the Minuet
concerns for artist in the Romantic Period were
love, death, supernatural, patriotism, and nature
harmonic dissonance
used by 20th century composers to give harsh, edgy quality to music
most important composer of ballet music in late 19th century
Tchaikovsky
Russian composer who wrote swan lake
Tchaikovsky
German word for song
Lied
piece in which stanzas are all sung to same music is in what form?
strophic
sacred scripture book of 150 songs
Psalms
Musical mass consists of how many sections of the Mass liturgy used at every observance of the service?
5
Mass for the Dead is known as the
Requiem
which instrument comes in two sizes: smaller in B flat, and larger in A.
the Clarinet
on a string instrument, two tones can be produced at once using the technique
double-stopping
A work for solo instrument and orchestra
concerto
libretto is
words written for a song
a performer on the trombone can produce two pitches at a time, also called
mutliphonics