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Music Final Terms
Music and Text, Music and Drama, Instrumental Music
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Music
Undergraduate 1
04/30/2012

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Polytextuality
Definition
superimposition of different texts at the same time
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semantic
Definition
simply using the word, its definition
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phonetic
Definition
using how the word sounds to effect its meaning
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syntax
Definition
where the music is placed in a musical phrase
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Libretto/Librettist
Definition
The text of an Opera or other vocal work/ the author of the text of an opera
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DaPonte
Definition
Italian Librettist
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Boito
Definition
Librettist for Verdi's Operas, Otella and Falstaff
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The Marriage of Figaro
Definition
Opera by Mozart
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Otello
Definition
Opera by Verdi
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Number Opera
Definition
an opera with various elements (aria, recitation...etc)
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Music Drama
Definition
Opera that is structured by dramatic effectiveness rather than a convention of a series of arias
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Recitative
Definition
vocal passage a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech
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Aria
Definition
long accompanied song for a solo
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Pants Role
Definition
a.k.a. Breeches Role; actress appears in young male clothing and plays a young male role
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Program Music
Definition
Music intended to evoke images or convey the impression of events
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Absolute Music
Definition
Instrumental music composed purely as music, not intended to represent of illustrate something else
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Accrued Meaning
Definition
meaning of the music to the audience
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Symbolic Meaning
Definition
commonly used melodies and procedures symbolized something
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Narrative Contour
Definition
the story the music is trying to convey
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