Top Music Appreciation Flashcards

Music Appreciation Classical Period

Cards: 37| Attempts: 5| Last updated: Sep 16, 2015

Where Was The Classical Period Most Important...

Austria

Who Was The Most Enlightened Of Hapsburg Mona...

Joseph II

This Was An Important Intellectual Movement O...

The Enlightenment. The Emphasis Of This Movem...

T/F? During The Enlightenment People Applied ...

True. Religion Was No Longer An Overriding Fo...

Music Appreciation Midterm

Cards: 30| Attempts: 4| Last updated: Sep 18, 2015

What 2 institutions vied For Politi...

The Church And The Court

What Began In The Monasteries Of Western Euro...

Musical Notation, With Note-heads Placed On L...

The Music Heard At All Medieval Churches Was ...

Pope Gregory The Great

Gregorian Chant

All Of The Above (is Sung A Cappella, Ha...

Music Appreciation--Classical Period

Cards: 17| Attempts: 3| Last updated: Sep 22, 2015

What Time Period Is Considered To Be The Clas...

1750 To 1830

In Order To Move Away From The Polyphony Of T...

Melodies With Subordinate Harmonies Called Ho...

What Did Joseph Hadyn Create During This Peri...

The Symphony

What Was The Replacement Of The Concerto Gros...

Solo Concerto

Music Appreciation--Bob Dylan's Folk Revival Of The 1960s

Cards: 7| Attempts: 2| Last updated: Sep 22, 2015

Who Were The Folklorists?

People Who Tried To Document The Musical Hist...

Anthology Of American Folk Music

Compiled By Harry Smith Gave Exposure To Diff...

What Was Different About Bob Dylan's Folk Mus...

In 1965, At The Newport Folk Festival, He Wen...

What Type Of Folk Song Took Sides On A Curren...

Topical Songs

Music Appreciation Final Review

Cards: 52| Attempts: 2| Last updated: Sep 17, 2015

Exoticism

Musical Style In Which Rhythms, Melodies,...

Lied

German For “song”; Most Commonly Associ...

Song Cycle

Group Of Songs, Usually Lieder, That Are Un...

Shubertiad

Written By Schubert

Music Appreciation Chapter 1

Cards: 26| Attempts: 1| Last updated: Sep 16, 2015

Sound

Begins With The Vibration Of An Object; The V...

Duration

The Length Of Time A Musical Sound Lasts

Pitch

Relative Highness Or Lowness That We Hear In ...

Frequency

Speed Of Vibrations, Which Is Measured In Cyc...

Music Appreciation Chapter 5

Cards: 13| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 16, 2015

Melody

Series Of Single Notes That Add Up To A Recog...

Step

Interval Between Two Adjacent Tones In The "d...

Leap

Any Interval Larger Than A Step ("do To Me")

Melody's Range

Distance Between Its Lowest And Highest Tones

Music Appreciation Exam 1

Cards: 30| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 22, 2015

Pitch

Relative Highness/lowness

Tone

Sound That Has A Definite Pitch

Interval

"Distance" In Pitch Between Any 2 Notes

Dynamics

Loudness/Soffness

Music Appreciation

Cards: 55| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 18, 2015

Vibrations That Are Transmitted, Usually Thro...

Sound

Ordered Flow Of Music Through Time; The Patte...

Rhythm

Organizations Of Beats Into Regular Groups.

Meter

Creation Of Music At The Same Time It Is Perf...

Improvisation

Music Appreciation Chapter 6

Cards: 10| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 16, 2015

Harmony

Refers To The Way Chords Are Constructed And ...

Chord

Combination Fo Three Or More Tones At Once

Consonace

Stable Tone Combination; Points Of Arrival, R...

Dissonance

Unstable Tone Combination; Demands An Onward ...

Chapter 2,4, 6 Music Appreciation

Cards: 35| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 18, 2015

Beat.

An Even Pulse That Divides The Passing Of Tim...

Meter.

The Gathering Of Beats Into Regular Groups Or...

Meter Signature

(Time Signature) Two Numbers, One On Top Of T...

Downbeat

The First Beat Of Each Measure, Indicated By ...

Music Appreciation Test 2

Cards: 70| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 30, 2015

DESPREZ

Josquin, The Most Famous Composer Of The Mid-...

WEELKES

One Of Several Important Composers At The Cou...

HANDEL

This Cosmopolitan Composer Was Born In German...

VIVALDI

This Catholic Priest Was The Greatest Baroque...

Music Appreciation

Cards: 21| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 18, 2015

Who Was A Widely Loved Nationalist Opera Comp...

Giuseppe Verdi

What Is NOT A Well-known Verdi Opera ?

Carmen

Richard Wagner's First Operatic Success Was A...

Rienzi

In Addition To Composing Music, Who Was An Im...

Wagner

Music Appreciation Test 1

Cards: 53| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 16, 2015

Pitch

Highness Or Lowness Of A Sound Because Of It'...

Dynamics

Level Of Sound - Volume

Tone Color

Timbre - Examples Are Full Or Soft - Refers T...

Rhythm

Organization Of Music And Time - Long And Sho...

Music Appreciation Final

Cards: 35| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 17, 2015

Rhythm

The Surface Activity Of Music, Based Upon Dur...

Beat

The Underlying Pulse Of Music

Tempo

Refers To The Rate Of Speed Of Beats

Metronome

A Mechanical Device Used To Give Precise Spee...

Music Appreciation Ch.5

Cards: 21| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 22, 2015

Romantic Period

1820-1900

Works Tend To Have Greater Ranges In _____,...

Tone Color, Dynamics, And Pitch.

Music Is Liked To ___________.

Other Arts.

Composers Write Unique Music That Reflects Th...

Personalities.

Last Music Appreciation Test!!!

Cards: 26| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 18, 2015

What Was The General Idea Of Music In The 20t...

"break The Rules"

What Was Used A Lot In The Music Of The 20th ...

Folk Music And Incorporation Of Folk Tales

What Were Some Examples Of "instruments" That...

Things Like Telephones And Car Horns

What Was Unique About The Harmony Of The 20th...

No More Distinction Between Consonant And Dis...