Music written for a small instrumental ensemble with one player to a part.
Chamber Music
1 of 11
A 20th century style where brief musical ideas merge and change to create a rather blurred and vague outline.
Impressionist
2 of 11
A combination of jazz improvisation and the amplified instruments and character of rock.
Jazz Funk
3 of 11
A large scale, sacred work sung in Latin for solo singers, chorus and orchestra. The five main sections are Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei.
Mass
4 of 11
0th century style of composition using pre-recorded live sounds, for example, a creaking door. These sounds are then edited by simple editing techniques such as cutting and re-assembling, playing backwards, slowing down and speeding up.
Musique Concrète
5 of 11
An oratorio is a large scale work without acting or stage design. It is usually based on a story from the Bible set to music for solo singers, chorus and orchestra. Oratorios often include recitatives, arias and choruses.
Oratorio
6 of 11
Unaccompanied melody set to the Latin words of the Roman Catholic liturgy. Modal with no regular metre.
Plainchant
7 of 11
A type of vocal writing where the music follows the rhythm of speech. A recitative is often followed by an aria.
Recitative
8 of 11
A work for solo piano, or solo instrument and piano, often in three or four movements. Here is in example of a violin sonata, that is, violin and piano.
Sonata
9 of 11
style of Afro-American popular music including elements of blues and gospel and conveying strong emotions.
Soul
10 of 11
Two violins, a viola and a cello.
String Quartets
11 of 11
Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Impressionist
Back
A 20th century style where brief musical ideas merge and change to create a rather blurred and vague outline.
Comments
No comments have yet been made