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What is sacred and secular music?
Two kinds of music, one having to do with the church and one having to do with entertainment.
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What is Baroque?
Henry Purcell
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Who is Ludwig von Beethoven?
Was Deaf
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What is word painting?
Madrigals used this musical technique, where the music reflect the action happening in the lyrics. For example, if the lyrics were, "Jack and Jill went down the hill." The notes would go down in pitch.
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Who is Magneto?
Between Magneto and Wolverine, this person would win in a fight.
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What is polyphony and monophony
One means multiple voices or musical lines and the other means one voice or musical line.
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What is Romantic?
Pytor Tchiakovsky
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Who is Johann Pachabel?
Wrote Canon in D (used in graduation and wedding ceremonies now)
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What is opera?
This kind of music was separated into two categories, one more serious in tone and one more comedic.
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What is Jurassic Park?
This Steven Spielberg classic begins with the delivery of a large cargo crate and a man yelling "Shoot Her! Shoot Her!"
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What is programmatic music?
A type of music made popular in the Romantic era, where the music told a story and did not conform to a set structure.
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What is Baroque?
Claudio Monteverdi
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Who is Hector Berlioz
Wrote Symphonie Fantastiqu, a symphony for a woman who he saw on stage once and fell in love with immediately
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What is the concerto?
This kind of music started off with two categories, solo and grosso in the Baroque period, but in the Classical period the solo category became the more prominent style.
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Who is John Williams?
This composer wrote the soundtracks to E.T., Indiana Jones, and Star Wars
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What are Medieval Motets?
This kind of music was complex because it was the first time 3 or 4 musical lines occurred at the same time and because all 4 lines could be in different languages.
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What is Classical
Franz Joseph Haydn
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Who is Richard Wagner?
Wrote very extravagant operas, comparable to today's movies, one of which was The Ring Cycle, 18 hours long
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What is the symphony?
In the Classical period, this kind of music had four movement, but in the Romantic period composers broke away from that form.
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What is a virtuoso?
This musician is extremely talented. Listz and Pagninni are examples
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What is Renaissance?
Thomas Morley
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Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
Defined the concerto form by writing over 400 violin concertos
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What is a canon?
This musical technique is where musicians enter after another musician is already signing or playing the same material. it is also known as a round.
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