music appreciation final

What is an organized series of pitches or notes played or sung together

melodies

A cord that sounds unstable or in need of resolution

dissonant

Fundamental home pitch in piece of music

tonic

Gradual increase in dynamic level

cruscendo

Softest dynamic

pianissomo

Moving from one key to another in the middle of a song

modulation

Lengthy ceremony in cathedral and churches

mass

Name of music that has single line melodies 

plainchant/chant

Plainchant is none metrical and uses medieval modes

True

Where was instrumental music most commonly heard during renaissance

courts

Monteverdi’s Orpheo is what kind of composition?

opera

Which instrument group or family form the core of the baroque orchestra 

strings

Were baroque melodies slow and graceful or complex and in sequences

complex and in sequences

What do we call a collection of miscellaneous dances grouped together

dance suite

The main instrument bach performed on was

organ

What was the largest and most versatile ensemble for classical composers to compose for

orchestra

Condition Beethoven suffered from

deafness

What genre is Beethoven most closely associated with

symphony

Where was the most common venue during romantic era

concert halls

Not a romantic era composer

Mozart

The 19th century german genre consisting of a musical setting of a short poem for voice and piano

Lied

Music for a small group of instruments

chamber music

What is Shoenburg’s system that treats all 12 notes equally

12 tone system or serialism

Who was the leading composer of ragtime on the early 1900’s

Scott Joplin

Shoenburg had two famous students/pupils that brought his music to America. Who were they?

Berg and Webern

Which style of music suddenly lost popularity after WWII?

Swing Music/Big band jazz

Who composed the Rite of Spring?

Stravinsky

The premiere of the The Rite of Spring is famous for

A riot

One key feature of jazz performance is

Improvision

Instrument not part of the rhythm section of early jazz bands

trumpet

Two important characteristics of bebop that stand out

more complex improvisation and fast tempos