Midterm 1
Music 185 with Harreld at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
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By: Lauren Martin
Created: 2011-10-31
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Baroque time period
1600-1750-rebellion against renaissance
Noted Baroque composers
Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell, Gabrielli
Baroque sound
polyphonic: many voices sounding Poincilism- deeper then it sounds, so much thought put in every single note maybe multiple notes played at one time that sound like one. Different lines playing on tip of eachother, about controlled chaos
Classical Time Period
1750-1825: rococo - cooling off period
Classical Composers
Mozart, Beethoven, Haydin,
Classical SOund
homophonic- one voice sounding objectively charged
Bheethoven
classical composer who expanded the repertoire of chamber music: string quartets and symphonies
Romantic Time
1810-1900 musical compositions became larger in forms ensembles and length
Romantic Composers
schumann, wagner, tchokoski, Brans, scrubert, byrch, grieg, rachmandoff
Romantic Sound
emotionally internally charged
Impressionism Time Period
1890-1925
Impressionism composers
Debussy, Ravel, Resphighi, Griphes
Impressionism sound
no steady rhythmic pulse, no clear harmonic/ melodic structure
20th century music sound
lots of experimentation, highly controlled music and free music
20th century composers
gershwin, ives, prokoficv, stravinsky, bernstein
Woodwinds
flutes, clarinets, oboes, english horn, bassoons, saxophones (sometimes)
Percussion
oldest instrument family, provides color and dramatics to prchestral works, timpani, snaredrum, bassdrum, cymbals, triangles, bells, piano, harp
Brass
trumpets, french horns, trombones, euphonium, tuba
conductor
job-to indicate the beat of the music-use a baton, used to be the principle violinisht
Jean-babtiste Lully
1st notable conductor - used cane to keep time and put it through his foot and died
Felix Mendelssohn
first conductor to use baton
Suites
popular dance froms that usually included: 1 allemande ( slow) 2. Courante ( moderate, 3. Sarabande(slow), 4. Gigue ( fast) parts - multic ssegmented work based on a collection of movements of dance-like nature or origin. bach wrote many suites
Bach
wrote many suites, was a master of fugal writing
Baroque Fugue
Texture is thick ( music sounds heavy when many lines occur at once-polyphony initial theme transforms within the fugue
Concerto Form
concerto: means compete or from the latin to drive or to contend, main idea- contrast,
Classical concerto
introduces an introduction to the piece ( themes are stated, cadenza- unaccompanied solo , mozart could improvise orchestra introduces theme first. features a soloist
who could improvise?
Mozart
Romantic Concerto
Change in orchestration-addition of brass and percussion ( cymbal) lush sound, soloist enters almost immediately
Brass ensemble music
Giovanni gabrieli-16th sentury antiphonal (played opposite sides) Brass quintet-2 cornets, 3 sackbuts,
sackbut
modern day trombone
Modernday brass quintet
2 trumpets, horn trombone tuba
Harmoniemusik
18th century-central europe, pairs of oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and horns, court musicians, Haydn Mozart Beethoven
Wind quintet
late 18th century, flute, oboe, clarinet, basson, horn, still written today
French Chamber musik/french conservatory
paris conservatory est 1795, free schoool of music for performers and composers, Reynaldo hann, Darius, milhaud, eugene buzza were students
Paul Dukas
-Fanfare from "la peri", enrolled in paris conservatory but dropped out, taught composition but many of his pieces were destroye
La Peri
written by paul dukas, single act dance poesn
Fanfare
written by paul dukas, frequently performes, three trumpets, four horns, three trobones, tuba
Reynaldo Hann
La Bal de Beatrice d'este, born in venezuela, enrolled at paris conservatory at 11, took french nationality in 1909, jewish ancestry causewd his music to be banned during ww11
Beatrice d'este
song written by reynaldo hann, , 2 harps, piano, percussion, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, trumpet, 7 movements meant to represent either a character of the late 15th century court of milan or one of the many ranaissance dance forms
Darius Milhaud
played violin at paris conservatory under dukas, 1920's harlem, usa-experienced and began incorporating jazz in his music, wrote 6 little symphonies
six little symphonies
writtine by darius milhaud, unconventional instrumentation, 3 short movements- under 7 min. use of french fold melodies
melody
a single line of notes heard in succession as a coherent unit, has shape, moving up or down in ways that capture and hold our attention over a span of time, like a story: has a beginning, middle and end
Note:
smallest unit of music, the building black out of which larger structures are created, commercial jingles
Rhythm
the ordering of music through time, not all music has a melody, but all music has rhythm. can be steady, or unpredictable
meter
an underlying pattern of beats that maintains itself consistently throughout a work, waltz-tripplemeter, march-duple meter
measure
a grouping of beats, determined by the meter waltz-3 beats per measure, march-2 beats per measure
Harmony
sound created by multiple notes played or sung simulatneosly, enriches the melody by creating a fuller sound than can be produced by a single voice, helps determines the character/mood of a pice- verticle
chord
three or more notes played at the same time
Texture
based on teh number and general relationship of musical lines or voices,
monophonic
a single melody with no accompainment
homophonic
a melody played with accompaniment
polyphonic:
many independent lines of equal importance
Timbre
the character of a sound ( color) can have many different instruments play the same note, but each has their own timbre,
Conical
bore diameter increases throughout the length of the instrument, cornety, horn euphonium, tuba, bassoon, oboe, saxophone, darker warmer sound
cylindrical instruments:
bore diameter stays the same, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, flute, brighter mroe penetrating sound
bore
interior chamber of the instrument where air and sound waves travel, helps to determine timbre of the sound
About this deck
By: Lauren Martin
Created: 2011-10-31
Size: 56 flashcards
Views: 95
Created: 2011-10-31
Size: 56 flashcards
Views: 95
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