The word hoard is a place on the blog where I will place terms that arise in our class discussions that are worthy of adding to your vocabulary.
Concerto: cadenza, improvisation, rubato, vibrato, tutti, con sordino (mute), motive, tone color/ timbre, Sonata Allegro, Exposition/Development/Recapitulation
Impressionism
Minimalism
Abstract Expressionism
bourgeois
Fauvism
Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Patronage
Theater of the Absurd
4’33” by John Cage
Ready Made
Found Art
Conceptual Art
Jo Ha Kyu
libretto/librettist
dramma giocoso
Aria
Recitative
Basso Continuo
Ensemble
prompter’s box
score desk
opera seria
opera comique/buffo
commedia dell’arte
lead sheet
Kecak
Gamelan
Sonata
Piano Quintet
rubato tempo
articulation
dynamics
harmony
consonance
dissonance
The Real Book
Lead Sheet
Absolute Music
Chorus