Music Appreciation
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Rhythm | repeated pattern of movement or sound (strong) |
| Beat | main accent or rhythmic movement |
| Tempo | the speed of music being played |
| Measure/ bar | the rhythm of the piece |
| Pitch | the quality of sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it |
| Timbre | character or quality of sound of music distinct form pitch and intensity |
| Dynamics | varying levels of volume of sound in different parts of the piece |
| Melody | sequence of single notes |
| Harmony | combinations of sounds at the same time to produce chords |
| Dissonant | used to create tension |
| Opera | plural of opus; combo of many works |
| Recitative | solo vocal declaration, then follows inflections of the text |
| Aria | intense emotion/ continuous singing of one word |
| Harpsichord | early Baroque keyboard plucked with quills/ horizontal strings that run perpendicular to keyboard |
| Verismo | Italian opera/ realism where someone in opera will die |
| Art song | a poem set to music |
| Consonant | smooth and agreeable sounds |
| Song cycle | songs published as a set |
| Absolute Music | music as an art form (abstract music) that makes sense without use of words, images, dance. etc. |
| Program Music | carries extramusical meaning; know what composer is writing about |
| Concert overture | originally an intro; clip of what you would hear in a show |
| Incidental Music | written to accompany a dramatic performance on stage |
| Symphonic poem | music in a single continuous section in which the poem is illustrated |
| Improvisation | acting, singing, talking, or reacting in the moment in response to someone |
| Savoy ballroom | very popular ballroom, "home of happy feet" where you could get away from your troubles |
| Great Migration | movement of 2 billion blacks out of the southern united states to the Midwest Northwest and West from 1910 to 1930 migrated to escape racism and to seek jobs in industrial cities |
| 32-bar song form | in Tin Pan Alley songs/ cookie cutter style |
| Tin Pan Alley | street in New York where most publishing was/ catchy |
| Minstrel show | variety show rooted in racial stereotypes |
| Legs and laughs | being attractive, didn't deal with stress/ what the show needed for it to be good (girls showing legs) |
| Showboat | 1st musical based on novel |
| West Side Story | retelling of Romeo and Juliet |
| Monteverdi | church musician who wrote popular music, wrote Orfep (1st great opera) |
| Mozart | child prodigy, marriage who wrote popular of Figaro, scandalous subject |
| Puccini | "La Boheme" sweeping music, sense its for characters, possibilities for joy and tragedy |
| Verdi | morally good and sympathetic, but a prostitute, has tuberculosis/ La Traviata |
| Schubert | one of the most popular composers for art song, died of syphilis |
| Robert Schumann | ahead of time in harmony and rhythm, founded journal for new music, developed a field for music criticism/ most innovative composer of time/ mental disorder |
| Clara Schumann | worked with publishers and edited, child prodigy, composed little after marriage |
| Chopin | Polish/ French didnt like performing, composed easy to only he could play pieces, critics said too emotional |
| Liszt | lived in Paris, loved attention, greatest pianist of the day, turned piano sideways so people could see his hands, memorized music, crossed hands |
| Tchaikovsky | wrote overture |
| Medelssohn | misdummer night's dream |
| James Bland | African American singer |
| Stephen Foster | from prominent family, horrified at what he wanted to do/ first great american songwriter |
| George Gershwin | brought Jazz elements to concert stage/ Tin Pan Alley composer |
| Irving Berlin | Tin Pan Alley composer |
| Cole Porter | Tin Pan Alley |
| Jerome Kern | wrote Showboat/ Tin Pan Alley composer |
| Leonard Bernstein | wrote West Side Story |
| Andrew Lloyd Weber | contemporary/ British influence |
| largely influenced by church | before 1600 |
| Traditional "classical" music | 1600-1900 |
| Baroque period | 1600-1750 |
| Classical period | 1750-1820 |
| Turning point in musical language/ more experimental | 1900 |
| Tin Pan Alley era | 1890-1950 |
| Beginnings of jazz | c. 1900 |
| swing era/ great depression/ WWII era | 1930's-1940's |
| Rogers and Hammerstein | Oklahoma, South Pacific, The King and I, Sound of Music |
| Louis Armstrong | great musician during Tin Pan Alley era who played trumpet and sang; rough childhood with little education |
| Duke Ellington | Pianist and ranger (writes down what people will play-very significantly)/ taught true meaning of grace and style |
| Chick Webb | Drummer and bandleader for jazz and swing; "king of swing" |
| Benny Goodman | white man/ king of swing/ played clarinet |
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