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Final exam for BJU Music appreciation class out of the Roger Kamien book

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768873590LargoVery slow, broad0
768873591GraveVery slow solemn1
768873592adagioslow2
768873593AndanteWalking pace, moderately slow.3
768873594Moderatomoderate4
768873595allegrettomoderately fast5
768873596allegrofast6
768873597vivacelively7
768873598prestovery fast8
768873599prestissimoas fast as possible9
768873600Pianissimovery soft10
768873601pianosoft11
768873602mezzo pianomoderately soft12
768873603Mezzo fortemoderately loud13
768873604forteloud14
768873605fortissimovery loud15
768873606Middles AgesMachaut16
768873607Middle agesHildegard of Bingen17
768873608RenaissanceDesprez18
768873609RenaissanceJosquin19
768873610RenaissancePalestrina20
768873611RenaissanceWeelkes21
768873612RenaissanceDowland22
768873613BaroqueBach23
768873614BaroqueHandel24
768873615BaroqueMonteverdi25
768873616BaroquePurcell26
768873617BaroqueVivaldi27
768873618ClassicalMozart28
768873619ClassicalHaydn29
768873620ClassicalBeethoven30
768873621RomanticSchubert31
768873622RomanticRobert Schumann32
768873623RomanticClara Wieck Schumann33
768873624RomanticChopin34
768873625RomanticLiszt35
768873626RomanticMendelssohn36
768873627MendelssohnBorn in Hamburg, Germany, Conducted Bach's St. Matthews Passion, Performed his own oratorio Elijah in England, All forms except opera.37
768873628Ferdinand DavidInspired Mendelssohn to write Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor38
768873629Begins with soloistwhy is Mendelssohn's concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor considered a Romantic piece (based off of the beginning of the piece)39
768873630Sonata FormWhat form is Mendelssohn's concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor?40
768873631Program musicinstrumental music with a story, poem, idea, or scene.41
768873632Program music (Example)Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony is this type of music.42
768873633Program music (Example)Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet is this type of music43
768873634Program music (Example)Smetana's Moldau is this type of music.44
768873635Mendelssohnwho wrote concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor?45
768873636Absolute musicNon Program music46
768873637Program symphonyA composition is several movements Example Berlioz Symphony Fantastic47
768873638Tone poemOne movement, flexible form separates it from a concert overture, created by Liszt.48
768873639Concert overtureone movement piece in sonata form. Examples Tchaikovsky's Overture 1812 and Romeo and Juliet.49
768873640BerliozFrench, Romantic, Parents wanted him to be a doctor (he couldn't stomach it) Fell in love with Harriet Smithson, wrote symphonie fantastique for her, Used LARGE orchestras.50
768873641Symphonie Fantastiquefive-movement program symphony, Idee Fixe appears in all movements.51
768873642Idee Fixerepeating melody comes back in multiple movements.52
768873643Dream of a Witches' SabbathUses Dies Irea for a symbol of death, Fixed Idea shows up.53
768873644NationalismComposers giving their music distinct national identity.54
768873645Nationalism (Example)Dvorak's Slavonic dances is an example of?55
768873646Nationalism (Example)Smetana's Moldau is an example of?56
768873647SmetanaBohemian, founder of Czech music, wrote the symphonic poem the Moldau, Romantic57
768873648RomanticSmetana58
768873649RomanticBerlioz59
768873650The MoldauSymphonic poem, Heavily nationalistic, Smetana.60
768873651RomanticDvorak61
768873652DvorakBohemian, Came after Smetana as the leading composer in Czech, Brahms helped him out greatly, Wrote the New World Symphony No. 9 in E minor.62
768873653New World Symphony (No. 9 in E minor)Sonata form, Uses Pentatonic Scales, Glorifies Czech and American spirit, written by Dvorak, Three distinct themes, 3rd theme resembles Swing low, Sweet Chariot.63
768873654RomanticTchaikovsky64
768873655TchaikovskyFamous Russian composer, Thought his music to be very Russian, nobody else did, composed Romeo and Juliet.65
768873656Romeo and JulietConcert overture, based on famous play, written by Tchaikovsky.66
768873657RomanticBrahms67
768873658BrahmsRomantic, born in Hamburg, Germany, the Schumann's helped him, moved to vienna, helped out Dvorak, All traditional forms except Opera, composed Symphony No. 3 in F major.68
768873659RomanticVerdi69
768873660VerdiFamous opera composer, born in Italy, Nationalist helped unify Italy, wrote Rigoletto, Aida, Otello and Falstaff.70
768873661RomanticPuccini71
768873662PucciniItalian, Famous opera composer, used realism "true to life" Used Exoticism, using exotic settings, wrote La Boheme.72
768873663La Bohemeopera, Latin quarter of Paris, Rodolfo in love with Mimi, Written by Puccini.73
768873664RomanticWagner74
768873665WagnerGerman, Selfish, ruthless, nationalist, used leitmotif's, wrote the Valkrie,75
768873666LeitmotifA short musical idea associated with a person, an object, or thought in a drama.76
768873667GlissandoRapid slide up or down a scale77
768873668Polychordone traditional chord against another.78
768873669fourth cordtones are a fourth apart79
768873670tone clustera chord made up of tones only a half step or a whole step apart.80
768873671Polytonalitythe use of two or more keys at one time.81
768873672bitonalityTwo different keys used at once82
768873673atonalitythe absence of tonality or key83
768873674Polyrhythmtwo or more contrasting rhythms at the same time.84
768873675OstinatoMotive or phrase that is repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a section.85
76887367620th centuryDebussy86
768873677Debussyfrench impressionist composer, wrote prelude to the afternoon of a faun.87
768873678pentatonicfive tone scale (five successive black keys)88
768873679Whole-tone scalemade up of six different notes a whole step away from the next.89
768873680Prelude to the afternoon of a faunwritten by debussy, bugs bunny piece.90
768873681NeoclassicismEmotional restraint, balance, and clarity uses earlier musical form styles.91
76887368220th centuryStravinsky92
768873683StravinskyRussian, wrote the rite of spring, moved to France, came to the US, returned to Russia.93
768873684Rite of SpringA riot started when it was first performed, example of primitivism, written by Stravinsky, Russian folklore,94
768873685Primitivismdeliberate evocation of primitive power through insistent rhythms.95
768873686SchoenbergItalian, wrote with atonality developed the twelve-tone system.96
76887368720th centuryschoenberg97
768873688Atonalityhiding the key98
76887368920th centuryBartok99
768873690BartokHungarian, recorded peasant folk songs, emigrated to the US. wrote Concerto for Orchestra.100
768873691Concerto for Orchestrawritten by Bartok for Boston Symphony Orchestra, a piece for an orchestra of virtuoso's. Game of Pairs is one of the movements.101
768873692CopelandAmerican composer, relied on American folklore, wrote Appalachian Spring,102
768873693Appalachian springSimple gifts, Theme and variation, american piece, written as part of a ballet.103
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