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