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Music History

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Decks in this class (21)

Chapter 1: Plainchant and Secular Monophony
Monophony 1,
Plainchant 2,
Neumatic 3
37  cards
Chapter 2: Polyphony to 1300
When was the peak of secular mono...,
When was the emergence of polypho...,
Polyphony 3
32  cards
Chapter 3: Music in the 14th Century
Characteristics of 14th century m...,
Characteristics of ars nova 2,
Famous people of ars nova new art 3
17  cards
Chapter 4: The Emergence of Renaissance Style
Famous composers of the renaissan...,
Importent developments and charac...,
Contenance angloise english manner 3
19  cards
Chapter 6
Parisian chanson 1,
Madrigal 2,
Mannerism 3
4  cards
Chapter 7
Florentine camerata 1,
Intermedi 2,
Homophonic 3
9  cards
Chapter 8
Concertato madrigal 1,
Ground bass 2,
Arietta 3
8  cards
Chapter 9
0  cards
Assessment 2 Terms
Mannerism 1,
Musica reservata 2,
Syntactic 3
75  cards
Chapter 13: Vocal Music in the Classical Era
Who were some of the leading oper...,
What is opera buffa 2,
Describe la serva padrona by giov...
11  cards
Chapter 15: Orchestral Music (1800-1850)
By what year had the symphony est...,
How did critics come to view symp...,
What does the title of beethoven ...
9  cards
Chapter 16: Piano Music, Chamber Music, Song
When did the phenomenon of solo p...,
Why were beethoven s piano sonata...,
What does cavatina mean in italia...
28  cards
Chapter 17: Dramatic and Choral Music
Describe bel canto 1,
What is a cabaletta 2,
Which composer helped establish b...
10  cards
Chapter 18: Orchestral Music (1850-1900)
What is a symphonic poem 1,
Who coined the term for symphonic...,
How did russian composers incorpo...
4  cards
Chapter 20: The Search for New Sounds (1890-1945)
What does impressionism represent 1,
How is musical impressionism form...,
How is musical impressionism harm...
13  cards
Assessment 3 Listening
Identify the title composer music...,
Identify the title composer music...,
Identify the title composer music...
20  cards
Assessment 3 Terms
Opera buffa 1,
What is intermezzo 2,
Why was opera buffa controversal 3
64  cards
Chapter 21: Beyond Tonality
What does atonality mean 1,
What is pantonal 2,
What is expressionism 3
11  cards
Chapter 22: The Tonal Tradition
What is neoclassicism 1,
What are some characteristics of ...,
When did neoclassicism reach its ...
4  cards
Assessment 4 Terms
Atonality 1,
Pantonality 2,
Expressionism 3
28  cards
Assessment 4 Listening
Name the name of the composer tit...,
Name the name of the composer tit...,
Name the name of the composer tit...
11  cards

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