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Music Terms: From Lied to Minimalism, Quizzes of History of Music

Definitions for various music terms, including lied, strophic form, through-composed form, tempo rubato, idee fixe, music drama, leitmotif, bel canto, impressionism, expressionism, polyrhythm, atonality, twelve-tone method, sprechstimme, klangfarbenmelodie, aleatoric, and prepared piano.

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TERM 1
Lied
DEFINITION 1
German for "song"; most commonly associated with the solo
art song of the nineteenth century, usually accompanied by
piano
TERM 2
strophic form
DEFINITION 2
song structure in which the same music is repeated with
every stanza (strophe) of the poem
TERM 3
modified strophic
form
DEFINITION 3
song structure that combines elements of strophic and
through-composed forms; a variation of strophic form in
which a section might have a new key, rhythm, or varied
melodic pattern
TERM 4
through-composed form
DEFINITION 4
song structure that is composed from beginning to end,
without repetitions of large sections
TERM 5
tempo rubato
DEFINITION 5
"borrowed time". Common in Romantic music, in which the
performer hesitates here or hurries forward there, imparting
flexibility to the written note values
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Lied

German for "song"; most commonly associated with the solo art song of the nineteenth century, usually accompanied by piano TERM 2

strophic form

DEFINITION 2 song structure in which the same music is repeated with every stanza (strophe) of the poem TERM 3

modified strophic

form

DEFINITION 3 song structure that combines elements of strophic and through-composed forms; a variation of strophic form in which a section might have a new key, rhythm, or varied melodic pattern TERM 4

through-composed form

DEFINITION 4 song structure that is composed from beginning to end, without repetitions of large sections TERM 5

tempo rubato

DEFINITION 5 "borrowed time". Common in Romantic music, in which the performer hesitates here or hurries forward there, imparting flexibility to the written note values

idee fixe

"fixed idea"; term coined by Berlioz for a recurring musical idea that links different movements of a work TERM 7

music drama

DEFINITION 7 wagners term for his opera TERM 8

leitmotif

DEFINITION 8 "leading motive" of basic recurring theme, representing a person, object, or idea, commonly used in wagner's operas. TERM 9

bel canto

DEFINITION 9 "beautiful singing": elegant Italian vocal style characterized by florid melodic lines delivered by voices of great agility, smoothness, and purity of tone TERM 10

impressionism

DEFINITION 10 a french movement developed by visual artists who favored vague, blurry images intended to capture an "impression" of the subject. Impressionism in music is characterized by exotic scales, unresolved dissonances, parallel chords, rich orchestral tone color, and free rhythm

klangfarbenmelodie

twentieth-century technique in which the notes of a melody are distributed among different instruments, giving a pointillistic texture. TERM 17

aleatoric

(aleatory)

DEFINITION 17 indetermine music in which certain elements of performance (such as pitch, rhythm, or form) are left to choice or chance TERM 18

prepared piano

DEFINITION 18 Piano whose sound is altered by the insertion of various materials (metal, rubber, leather, and paper) between the strings; invented by John Cage TERM 19

minimalism

DEFINITION 19 contemporary musical style featuring the repetition of short melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns with little variation