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theatre

live performances that use actors or performers to tell a story

greeks

gave birth to playwriting and costumes

dionysius

god that has a theatre festival dedicated to them

2 main comedy forms

1. comedy

2. tragedy

romans

introduced the “circus” and stunt doubles

slaves

were used as stunt doubles for violent acts in circus plays

liturgical plays

plays that reenact biblical events ; popularized by early french people (franks)

mystery plays

tells stories of saints’ lives

processional plays

introduced “street theatre” and was performed on moving stage wagons

late medieval period (theatre)

introduced liturgical, mystery, and processional

renaissance period (theatre)

introduced court theatre and commedia dell’arte

commedia dell’arte

mocks nobility
development on processional theatre
secular and not religious
very satire

court theatre

flatters nobility / royalty
introduced “intermezzi”
birth of patronage
very boring

naturalism

was not well received
development of new styles of theatrical expressions
depicted things more realistically

modern day theatre forms

musical threatre
physical theatre & dance drama
verbatim theatre
improvisional threatre

musical theatre

uses song as a storytelling aid ; characters break into song

physical theatre & dance drama

uses dance as storytelling aid

verbatim threatre

pieces made up entirely of quoted sources

improvisional theatre

making stuff up based on predetermined structure

dance

arranged and symbolic use of movement to express basically anything

10 types of dance

1. ballet

2. ballroom

3. contemporary

4. hip-hop

5. jazz

6. tap dance

7. folk dance

8. irish dance

9. modern dance

10. swing dance

music

uses sound to express basically anything

prehistoric music

drum based

ancient greece and rome

root of classical art

medieval period (music)

catholic church gets involved
gregorian chants
“neume” gets added to music notation
folk music was labelled as blasphemous

guida d’arezzo

time signatures and solfege

renaissance period (music)

used in printing press for music
produced a lot of musical minds: joaquin des prez ; giovanni pierlugi da palestrina ; guillaume dufay

known classical period artists

• ludwig van beethoven

• pyotr ilych tchaikovsky

• wolfgang amadeus mozart

• johannes brahams

rhythm

the arrangement / pattern of duration notes and rests

pitch

highness or lowness of a sound ; can be classified into low, middle, and high ; measured in hertz

timbre

tone color / quality of sound ; instrumentalization of a piece

dynamics

softness or loudness of a sound

tempo

beat of music ; measured through bpm

form

structure or arrangement ; sequence of sections of music

melody

arrangement or sequence of single notes from left to right

harmony

arrangements of pitches that sound simultaneously together

texture

refers to thickness ; layers of music

• monophonic

• polyphonic

• homophonic

monophonic

single melodic line without accompaniment

polyphonic

two or more independent melodic lines singing at the same time

homophonic

single melodic line with accompaniment

elements of music

1. rhythm

2. pitch

3. timbre

4. dynamics

5. tempo

6. form

7. melody

8. harmony

9. texture

time signature

indicates how many beats are in each measure of a piece

clefs

symbol on the left of the staff that indicates pitch of the notes

notes

indicates pitch & duration of a sound

whole note

1 clap in 4 counts

half note

1 clap in 2 counts

quarter note

1 clap in 1 count

eighth note

2 clap in 1 count

sixteenth note

4 claps in 1 count

the greek mythology muses

• goddess of literature

• goddess of science

• goddess of the arts