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Program Music Vocabulary |
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Absolute Music - | Music that is not Progam music. Music that does not tell a story or set a particular mood. |
Dynamics - | The loudness or softness of a composition. |
Finale - | The last section of a composition |
Impressionism - | Term applied to composers such as Debussy, Delius, and Ravel who were composing in the same general time and place that the impressionist painters were active. |
Improvisation - | Term referring to the spontaneous performance of music without previous preparation or any written notes. |
Program Music - | Music that tells a story, paints a picture with music or sets a particular mood. |
Musical Climax - | The point of highest tension or excitement in a composition |
Suite - | A group of compositions with one common theme or story, designed to be performed as a set. Carnival of the Animals is a good example of this. |
Symphonic Poem - | A one-movement orchestral genre that develops a poetic idea, suggests a scene, or creates a mood. The symphonic poem is generally associated with the Romantic era. |
Timbre - | The characteristic sound of a voice or instrument. |
Theme - | A short reoccuring melody in a composition. Themes help to create form. |
Tone Poem - | another term for Symphonic Poem |