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    Musical

    Ensembles
    Choral Groups
    Chorus
    • Fairly large group of singers – usually singing
    in several voice parts
    – Can be group of men & women
    – or an all male or all female group
    Choir
    • Usually smaller than a chorus
    • Performs sacred (church) music
    Smaller vocal ensembles
    • Madrigal choir – sings a cappella (without
    accompaniment) secular (non-religious) music
    = part songs
    • Chamber choir – small (24 singers or less)
    choir that sings a cappella and accompanied
    music
    Instrumental Chamber Ensembles – 2 to 12
    players with one player on a part
    • Early Music Consort – mixed group of various
    instruments from the Middle Ages or
    Renaissance
    String Quartet
    • 1st violin
    • 2nd violin
    • Viola
    • Cello
    Duo Sonata
    • Soloist with piano accompaniment
    Piano Trio, Quartet, Quintet
    • String instruments and piano
    Woodwind Quintet
    • Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, & French horn
    (actually a brass instrument)
    Brass Quintet
    • 1st trumpet
    • 2nd trumpet
    • French horn
    • Trombone
    • Tuba
    Symphony Orchestra
    • Large core of String instruments
    • Various combinations of Woodwinds, Brass &
    Percussion instruments
    Concert Band
    • Large group of brass, woodwind & percussion
    instruments
    Marching Band
    Jazz Band
    Rock Band
    Conductor
    • Leader of large musical ensemble
    • Marks the beat with hands or baton
    • Interprets music for the group – indicates
    tempo, dynamics
    • Rehearses the group
    Concertmaster
    • 1st Chair 1st violinist
    • Comes on stage at beginning of concert and gets
    tuning pitch from oboe and plays it for strings to
    tune
    • Shakes conductor’s hand at end of concert
    Style and Function of Music in Society
    • Sacred Music – for religious or spiritual
    functions

    • Secular Music – for & about everyday people


    NOT religious
    Genre = category of music
    Symphony – usually
    refers to a 4-movement
    work for symphony
    orchestra

    Each movement has an


    internal form

    “Symphony” implies the


    medium, or performing
    group that will play the
    piece
    How musical works are Identified
    Title often gives genre – Symphony
    key – G minor
    opus number – No. 40
    (eg. the 40th symphony Mozart wrote)
    Catalogue number – K. 550
    (eg. the 550th Mozart work catalogued by a
    man named Koechel

    Sometimes the title will be more


    descriptive as in
    The Nutcracker – a ballet by Tchaikovsky
    The Trout - a song by Schubert
    The Moldau – a symphonic poem by
    Smetana
    Western art music = Classical Music
    • Music that is notated
    • Music from a cultivated and largely urban
    society
    • In this class this will include
    music from Europe composed
    between the years 400 to 1825
    Style = characteristic way artwork is
    presented
    • What makes one musical work sound similar
    or different from another
    – Treatment of the musical elements
    • Melody
    • Harmony
    • Texture
    • Rhythm
    • Form
    • Expression – tempo & dynamics
    • Timbre
    Musical Styles in History
    • The Middle Ages (400-1450)
    • The Renaissance (1450-1600)
    • Baroque Period (1600-1750)
    • Classical Period (1750-1825)
    • Romantic Period (1820-1900)
    • Post-Romantic and Impressionist Period (1890-1915)
    • 20th Century and beyond (1900-present)

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