Music History - Grade 12

Definitions

Expressionism

Distorts reality to express emotions like anxiety and spiritual turmoil (Schoenberg, Pierrot Lunaire)

Polytonality

Having two keys at once (Strovinsky, Petrushka)

Impressionism

Objects and facts, stopping a moment in time (Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn)

Nationalism

Music that portrays the folk music of your country (Copland, Billy the Kid)

Through Composed

No repeated music (Schubert, Elf King)

Fixed Idea

A motif/theme that keeps returning (Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique)

Klangfarbenmelodie

Every note is played by a different instrument (Webern, Opus 21)

Sprechstimme

Speak singing (Schoenberg, Pierrot Lunaire)

Serialism

Uses an atonal approach and puts a 12 tone row together (Webern, Opus 21)

Atonality

No tonal center (Schoenberg, Pierrot Lunaire)

Program Music

Music based off of a story (Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique)

Aria

A part of an opera that does not advance the plot (Berg, Wozzeck)

Recitative

A part of an opera that does advance the plot (Berg, Wozzeck)