orchestra
group of muscians that perform a variety of instruments
wind ensemble
consists of woodwinds, brass and percussion
chamber music
ensemble instrumental music for up to 10 performers with typically one performer to a part
woodwinds
made of wind and sounded by means of air with openeing at bottom and mouthpiece; piccolo,flute,oboe,english horn, clarinet,E-flat clarinet,brass clarinet, bassoon,contrabassoon
brass
valved metal wind instrument"; trombone, french horn, trumpet, and tuba
strings
largest fam; violin(smallest) an viola make high pitch; cello amd double bass(base)-biggest- make low rich pitch.
key
levers producing tones
dynamics
loudness/softness of a compostition; p-piano (softness); f-forte (loudness)
aria
song/stune; sung by single voice as a lyric song in A-B-A form
canata
poem set to music to be performed by voices and instruments
sacred music
compostitions with religous themes meant to be performed for church services
solo concerto
single soloist accompanied by an orchestra; most frequent type
opera buffa
italian comic opera
theme
aka-subject; musical basis of composition; has recognizable melody or rythmic patterm
arioso
melodious, graceful, short composition in style of aria but les symmetrical in its contruction
opera
drama set to music-orig. 17th centuray italy; contains music, drama, dance, costumes, scenery, etc
concerto grosso
BAROQUE style; small group of solo instruments play in opposition to a larger ensemble
rondo form
first section recurs after 2nd section; A-B-A
baroque era
1600-1750; directly following renaissance and precedding classical era; style: ornamentation, use of basso and conintuo, and application of doctrin of affection; gabriel, monteverdi, vivldi, bach, handel, scarletti
classical era
late 18th-19th cent; haydn,mozart, and early beethoven; peridoic structure and expanded and developed length
rhythm
subdivision of a space of time into a defined,repeated pattern
recitative
narrative story describing action,thought or emotion; more of a speaking composition.
oratorio
similar to operas, without costumes; dramatice composition with relgious subject orig. in 17th century
secular music
any composition without religious themes and not intended for religous services
cyclic form
forms of music made up of individual complete movements place in contrast to one another
opera seria
italian opera of the 18th and 19th centuries that was either heroic or tragic.