History 4 Examination Prep – Terms (Brackets indicate the number of examples you should be ready to give)

1. absolute music (at least 4)

2. a cappella (2)

3. accompagnato (2)

4. allemande

5. answer (1)

6. antiphonal (1)

7. aria (3)

8. arioso (1)

9. Ars Nova (1)

10. ballade

11. ballad opera (1)

12. bas (1)

13. basso continuo (1)

14. binary form (1)

15. bourree

16. bridge (2)

17. Burgundian chanson (1)

18. cadenza (1)

19. call and response (1)

20. canon (1)

21. cantata (1)

22. cantus firmus (1)

23. castrato (1)

24. chaconne (1)

25. chamber music (1)

26. chamber sonata

27. chanson (2)

28. chorale (1)

29. chorale prelude (1)

30. chorus (2)

31. chromatic (1)

32. church sonata

33. clavichord

34. coda (2)

35. codetta (2)

36. collegium musicum

37. comic opera (3)

38. commedia dell’arte

39. concertino (1)

40. concerto (2)

41. concerto form (2)

42. concerto grosso (1)

43. continuous bass (1)

44. continuous imitation (1)

45. contrapuntal (2)

46. cornetto

47. counterpoint (2)

48. countermelody (2)

49. countersubject (1)

50. crumhorn

51. da capo aria (1)

52. development (3)

53. dialogue opera (1)

54. Dies irae (1)

55. divertimento

56. doctrine of the affections (1)

57. double exposition (2)

58. doubles (1)

59. dulcimer

60. duplum (1)

61. embellishment (1)

62. Empfindsamkeit

63. episode (1)

64. equal temperament

65. exoticism (1)

66. exposition (3)

67. figured bass

68. first-movement concerto form (2)

69. first-movement form (3)

70. French overture (1)

71. fugato (1)

72. fugue (1)

73. galliard

74. gavotte

75. gigue

76. Goliard song

77. Gregorian chant (1)

78. ground bass (1)

79. harpsichord (1)

80. haut (1)

81. heterophonic

82. homophonic (2)

83. imitation (2)

84. improvisation (1)

85. incidental music (1)

86. isorhythmic motet (1)

87. Italian overture

88. Janissary music (1)

89. jongleurs

90. libretto (3)

91. lute (1)

92. madrigal (2)

93. masque (1)

94. Mass (3)

95. melismatic (2)

96. Minnesingers

97. minuet and trio (1)

98. modal

99. modes

100. modulation (4)

101. monody

102. monophonic (1)

103. morality play (1)

104. motive (2)

105. nakers (1)

106. neumatic (1)

107. neumes

108. opera (1 by Beethoven)

109. opera buffa (3 by Mozart)

110. opera comique

111. opera seria (1 by Handel, 1 by Mozart)

112. oratorio (2 by Haydn, 4 by Handel)

113. orchestra (3)

114. Ordinary (1)

115. ordre

116. organ (1)

117. organum (1)

118. ostinato (2)

119. overture (2)

120. passacaglia (1)

121. passion (1)

122. pavane

123. plainchant / plainsong (1)

124. polychoral (1)

125. polyphonic (2)

126. polytextual (2)

127. portative organ

128. positive organ

129. prelude (1)

130. Proper (1)

131. psaltery

132. rebec

133. recapitulation (3)

134. recitative (3)

135. recorder (1)

136. regal

137. Requiem Mass (1)

138. responsorial singing (1)

139. ripieno (1)

140. ronde (1)

141. rondo (2)

142. rounded binary

143. sackbut

144. saltarello (1)

145. sarabande

146. scherzo

147. shawm (1)

148. sinfonia (1)

149. Singspiel (1)

150. slide trumpet

151. sonata (4 piano sonatas by Beethoven)

152. sonata cycle (3)

153. sonata da camera

154. sonata da chiesa

155. stile concitato

156. stile rappresentativo

157. string quartet (1)

158. subject (1)

159. suite (1)

160. syllabic

161. symphony (4 by Mozart, 3 by

Beethoven, 2 by Haydn)

162. syncopation (1)

163. ternary form (1)

164. terraced dynamics

165. theme and variations (1)

166. tragedie lyrique (2)

167. trio sonata

168. trobairitz

169. troubadours

170. trouveres

171. tutti (1)

172. unison (1)

173. viola da gamba (1)

174. virelai

175. word painting (1)