| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Baroque | extravagent, excessive, over the top |
| homophonic | one melody with harmony |
| Johann Sebastian Back | 1685-1750 |
| When did the Baroque Period end? | when Bach died |
| Bach wrote what? | Toccata and Fugue in D minor |
| George Frideric Handel | famous musician and born the same year as Bach |
| Hallelujah chorus uses how many phonys? | three |
| Classical Era | 1750-1825 |
| 2 usages | serious music and music written between 1750 and 1825 |
| Adjectives for Classical Era | elegant, formal, restrained |
| Symphony | in fact, the most important form of the classical era was the symphony, an extended work in several movements (often 4) for orchestra |
| Patron | the aristocrat was a patron of the composer |
| clavier | a keyboard instrument |
| mozart composed? | operas, symphonies, and oratorios |
| prodigy | a greatly talented child |
| Overature to marriage of Figaro is an | opera |
| Mozart was influenced by the music of? | Franz Joseph Hayan |
| Romantic Period | 1825-1900 |
| Nationalism | music that creates pride in your country |
| Lied | german art song where the music and the words tell the story |
| Impressionism | started by a paper and is very hard to describe |
| Impressionism 2 | a dream like memory turned into art and was started by a painter |
| Requiem | mass for the dead |
| Beethoven | fifth symphony |
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