History 1 Vocab Flashcards
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 absolute music | Music that is independent of words, drama, visual images, or any kind of representational aspects. |
| answer | the second statement of the main theme in the fugue |
| antique cymbals | ... |
| arch form | two movements are similar to one another |
| aria | an elaborate song for solo voice |
| art song | a composed song in which the text, melody, and accompaniment, are interrelated to create a unified effect. |
| atonality | the absence of a key |
| ballet | an art form that uses dance and music, along with costumes and scenery, to tell a story and display emotions through expressive gestures and movement |
| Baroque | Style in art and architecture developed in Europe from about 1550 to 1700, emphasizing dramatic, curving forms, elaborate ornamentation, and overall balance of disparate parts. Associated with Catholicism. |
| basso continuo | a bass line that provided an underlying structure for the harmonies and was usually played by the cello, or bassoon, or double bass and keyboard. |
| Berceuse | a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep |
| binary form | a musical form consisting of two units (A and B) constructed to balance and complement each other |
| chamber music | Ensemble music for up to about ten players, with one player to a part. |
| changing meter | In contemporary pieces, meter that changes from measure to measure. |
| choreography | the art of creating dances |
| chromaticism | use of tones not in the key on which a composition is based. |
| Classicism | Deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient Greek and Roman culture; implies formality, objectivity, simplicity, and restraint |
| col legno | "with the wood"; use the stick rather than the hair of the bow |
| counterpoint | a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies |
| countersubject | In a fugue, a melodic idea that accompanies the subject fairly constantly. |
| cyclical structure | repetition of motives, themes, or sections to unify a musical piece |
| da capo aria | a terenary or A-B-A form that brings back the first section with embellishments improvised by the solist. |
| development | 2nd main section in a sonata form |
| Dies irae | the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally 'day of wrath') |
| drone | a sustained bass note that provides a rudimentary harmonic foundation |
| durchkomponiert | German term for the Lied through composed form, where there are no sectional repetitions. the form is used to set poems that convey a particular story or poetic progression and musical coherence is achieved by motivic reiteration |
| episode | a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series |
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