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Minstrel Show:first form of musical and theatrical entertainment to be regarded by European audiences as American in character. Minstrel Shows featured:mainly white performers who artificially blackened their skin and enacted parodies of African American music, dance, dress, and dialect. Today blackface minstrelsy is:quite reasonably regarded with embarrassment or anger. Evolution of blackface minstrelsy suggests:that this seminal form of American pop culture emerged from rough-and-tumb...

MUHI 100 Final Exam Questions with Complete Solution Graded A+ A melody that repeats with each stanza of a poem is called Strophic The early Classical symphony was characterized by quickly ascending themes with a strong rhythmic drive. These are known as: Rocket themes Early notation employed small ascending and descending signs written above the words to suggest the melodic contours of chants. These signs were called: Neumes What is considered to be America's unique contribution to w...

passive listening - ️️when music is background noise and not the focus of our attention active listening - ️️when we focus just on listening to music, and not doing another activity simultaneously, increases understanding Music - ️️has to do with sound and silence, has to be organized by humans, an art made by people Classical music - ️️also referred to as "western music", includes diverse range of style 6 Fundamental elements of Music (SHRMFT) - ️️sound, harmon...

What are some labels that earlier musicals had? - ️️A musical comedy, a romantic musical play, a burlesque, a farcial comedy with songs and dances, and an operetta. Has there always been music in the theater? - ️️There has been music in theater for as long as it has existed. What types of musical dramas dominated the American stage in the 1880s? - ️️European operettas, comic operas, and opera bouffes. How did Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S Pinafore affect the public's idea o...

Tempo - ️️Speed Pulse - ️️The beat Rhythmic Deviations - ️️changes to the pulse or tempo Meter - ️️Simple, Compound, Asymmetric Ostinato - ️️a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition Melody - ️️Notes in succession Harmony - ️️Chord, accompaniment Interval - ️️The distance between two notes Half-step - ️️Smallest distance between two notes Octave - ️️8 line stanza Consonance - ️️agreement or compatibility...

Old-time music (derived from Europe)a category that comprises string band music (fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, and autoharp) European Balladsa story is usually presented in narrative fashion Polyrhythmic (derived from African style)textures produced by many rhythms going on at the same time Syncopation-seen more in African style -"off-beat" pattern, in which the sounds produced by musicians are played very precisely part from or against the underlying steady pulse of the music -r...

What instruments are in a string quartet? - ️️viola, two violins, and a cello. What are string quartets also known as? - ️️chamber ensembles, smaller groups. What is a narrow definition for classical music? - ️️music that was written between What is a broad definition for classical music? - ️️music that stands the test of time, aka transcendence. any music intended for a concert. What is a narrow definition for popular music? - ️️genre we call pop!! What is a ...

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Who proclaimed: "If it is art it is not for everybody; if it is for everybody it is not art"? - ️️Schoenberg Stravinsky's Octet helped usher in a new creative period, commonly called: - ️️Neoclassicism Which of the following "classical" forms does Stravinsky include in the Octet: - ️️Sonata Form and Theme and Variations Which of the following describes Stravinsky's Octet? - ️️Three Movements Used modernist mannerisms Used eighteenth century mannerisms In t...

a texture featuring a single unaccompanied line - ️️monophonic when 2 or more melodic lines are combined - ️️polyphonic the term, a cappella, refers to choral music performed - ️️without any accompaniment A setting of plainchant with 2 to 4 notes per syllable is called what - ️️Neumatic the term timbre refers to - ️️the color of the tone The degree of loudness or softness at which music is played is called - ️️Dynamics A texture in which a single voice t...