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Romantic20th century Classical Baroque Potpourri

Peter Tchaikovsky is known for writing music, such as Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, using what

type of musical form?

Ballet

Richard Wagner is known for writing music, such as The Ring

Cycle, using what type of musical form?

OPERA

This term is when the orchestra would play a specific melody that would be played many more times

during the opera

Leitmotiv

Who wanted their operas to seem more realistic so that all actors appeared to be having actual

conversations while they were singing?

Wagner

This term is intended to evoke extra-musical ideas, images in

the mind of the listener by musically representing a scene,

image or mood

Art Song or Program Music

Pianist and composer noted for his influence in the development of jazz. Used distinct American

sound of jazz in most of his works.

Duke Ellington

Russian-American composer known for versatility. He broke

from tradition with his 3rd ballet for the Ballet Russes, The Rite of

Spring.

Igor Stravinsky

Which musical was the first to use ballet as an integral element?

Oklahoma

Aaron Copland wrote music that he felt would do what?

Appeal to the average citizen

How many movements are in a classical symphony?

Four

Which movement features the minuet?

Third

This Austrian composer is known for developing a model for

writing symphonies.

Haydn

Austrian composer known for his operas such as The Marriage of

Figaro

Mozart

Beethoven added this instrument to the symphony

Trombones

Handel developed this musical form. An example of this form is The

Messiah

Oratorio

Bach is known for using this musical form which is a type of counterpoint in which theme is stated first, then

repeated and varied.

Fugue

This composer is most famous for his Cantatas and keyboard music.

Bach

This is a musical work that consisted of several pieces of

music that were related to each other by their texts.

Cantata

This tells a religious story and is not performed as part of the church

service.

Oratorio

This Renaissance composer was asked by the Roman Catholic Church

to rewrite the chant books to make them more accessible to the public.

Palestrina

French composer who tried to create music that represented visual images

and emotions, giving descriptive names such as La Mer (The Sea) and The Snow is Falling instead of using musical forms and numbers as titles for his operas, solo vocal, orchestral,

and piano pieces.

Claude DeBussy

To invent or create music

compose

A style of music created in the early 20th century by African Americans

Jazz

The compositional art of combining two or more simultaneous melodic lines; term means “point against

point” or “note against note”

Counterpoint