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MU FINAL

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Poetcomposers that lived in Southern France
Troubadours
A _________is a spot in the music that the orchestra stops playing and the soloist plays technical passages by themselves.
Cadenza
This became a vehicle for composers to express their sentiments about the political and economic climate during the Romantic period
Nationalism
A reaction against the wierdness of Modernism. A return to the past in thematic material and formal structures
NeoClassicism
Unity of mood. The emotional states such as joy, grief, and agitation were consistent throughout a piece.
Affections
Polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass
motet
Consist of a single line melody
Organum
A small group of musicians is pitted against a large group
concerto grosso
Differences in the sound quality of Musical instruments
Timbre or Tone Color
The melody of a fugue.
Subject
A ______________ was usually the third movement of a symphony, string quartet and other large works
Minuet and Trio
These are areas in between the subject
Episode
A _________ is when the subject comes back in again in the middle of the presentation of a subject
stretto
________ is a sustained note, usually in the bass and the other voices.
pedal point
Sudden Transitions from loud to soft, not much in between
Terraced Dynamics
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