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Humanities Test 3
Music Terms, Music Timeline, Baroque-Rococo-Enlightenment-Neoclastic-Romanticism Artists, philosophers and musicians
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
07/25/2010

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Term

Rhythm

 

Definition

The time element of music

 

Term
Tempo
Definition

The speed of the beat or pulse

 

Term
melody
Definition
a series of tones sounded in succession and organized with rhythm
Term
monophony
Definition
a single melody
Term
polyphony
Definition
several melodies sounding simultaneously: also called motet
Term
harmony
Definition
combination of tones sounded simultaneously within a specific pattern
Term
pitch
Definition
relative high or low tones
Term

timbre

 

AKA

Definition

the quality of sound produced by various instrument

 

AKA tone color

Term
wind instruments
Definition
produce sound by vibrations of air
Term
woodwinds
Definition
flute, piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon
Term
wind:  brasses
Definition
trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba
Term
string instruments
Definition
produces sound by vibration of strings
Term
types of stringed instruments
Definition
violin, viola, cello, bass, harp
Term
types of percussion instruments
Definition
snare drum, timpani, triangle, cymbol
Term
piano
Definition
an instrument in which strings produce sound by being struck by hammers
Term
harpsichord
Definition
strings produce sound by being plucked
Term
fugue
Definition
a piece feathuring variations on a single theme (imitative counter point)
Term
concerto
Definition
a piece featuring solo instrument with orchestral support
Term
sonata
Definition
composition in three or four movements dor one or a small group of instruments
Term
symphony
Definition
composition in three or four movements for an orchestra
Term
opera
Definition
sung secular drama
Term
oratorio
Definition
sung religous opera not staged
Term
chorale
Definition
chorus or hymn
Term
recitative
Definition
sung speech with a minimum of melody often opera or oratorio
Term
aria
Definition
italian word for song
Term
counter point
Definition
combination of two or more melodies (polyphony, motet)
Term
Pope Gregory
Definition

590-604

 

Gregorian Chant

Term
Guido of Arezzo
Definition

991-1003

 

Midieval

 

Solminization, invented staff and notescale

Term
Hildegard of Bigen
Definition

1098-1179

 

Midieval

 

Wrote music (woman)

Term
Jusquin de Prez
Definition

1440-1521

 

 

European polyphony

 

Italian chordal harmony

Term
Martin Luther
Definition

1483-1546

 

Baroque

 

simple hymns, harmony

Term
Palestrina
Definition

1525-1594

 

sacred, ppolyphonic

Term
Thomas Morely
Definition

1557-1602

 

popular music

Term
Claudio Monteverdi
Definition

Father of Opera

 

1567-1643

Term
Johann Bach
Definition

1685-1750

 

secular and sacred

 

baroque concert

Term
antonio vilvaldi
Definition

1678-1741

 

instrumental

Term
George Handel
Definition

1685-1759

 

Baroque

 

Opera, Oratorio

Term
Wolfgang Mozart
Definition

1756-1791

 

Opera, Classical

Term
Ludwig vanBethoven
Definition

1770-1827

 

Classical, Romantic

Term
Hector Berlioz
Definition

1803-1869

 

Romantic composer

Term
Guiseppe Verdi
Definition

1813-1901

 

Italian Opera

Term
Richard Wagner
Definition

1813-1883

 

Gesamtkuwtwerk

Term
Gesamtkuwstwerk
Definition
synthesis of poerty, music, myth, drama and pictorial design
Term
Claude Debussy
Definition

1862-1918

 

explored new harmonic relationships

Term
Arnoal Schoenberg
Definition

1874-1951

 

Modernism

 

expressionism

Term
Igor Stravinsky
Definition

1882-1971

 

Modernism

 

Classical Music

Term
Louis Armstrong
Definition

1900-1971

 

Modernism

 

Jazz solo genious

 

trumpet

Term
Valazquez
Definition

court painter-realism

 

1599-1660

 

The Triupmh of the Bacchus

 

 

Term
Carvaggio
Definition

1573-1610

 

The Calling of Saint Matthew

 

dramatic lighting

Term
Rubens
Definition

1577-1640

 

Rape of the daughters of Leucippus

 

Garden of Love

Term
Gentileschi
Definition

1593-1652

 

Judith slaying Holofernes

Term
Vermeer
Definition

1632-1675

 

The Milkmaid

Term
Rembrandt
Definition

1606-1669

 

Sortie of Captain Banning

 

Self Portraits

Term
Bernini
Definition

1598-1680

 

Extasy of Teresa

Term
Levau & Mansart
Definition
Palace of Versailes
Term
Wren
Definition

1632-1723

 

The Wren Building

Term

Bernini

 

(architecture)

Definition
canopy at St Peter's
Term
Watteau
Definition

1684-1721

 

Pilgrimage to the Island of Cythera

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Term
Boucher
Definition

1703-1770

 

The toilet of venus

Term
Fragonard
Definition

1732-1806

 

The Progress of Love

Term
Clodion
Definition

Intoxication of wine

 

(Sculpture)

Term
Neumann
Definition

Pilgrimage Church

 

Bishop's Palace

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