Music and World Cultures Listening for Exam 4
This flashcard covers "Poème Électronique" by Edgard Varèse, an avant-garde electronic composition from Belgium. It blends bells with electronic and pre-recorded sounds, showcasing pioneering work in electronic music.
Bells and then electronic sounds
Edgard Varese, poeme electronique
electronic poem
electronic composition
electronic sounds, pre-recorded sounds
Belgium, Europe
Key Terms
Bells and then electronic sounds
Edgard Varese, poeme electronique
electronic poem
elec...
Sacred choral music, man and woman
Guillaume Dufay, Nuper rosarum flores
Recently garlands of roses
soft symphony, light garden music
Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 94 (“Surprise”), movement 2
symphony
flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets, timpani, violin, viola, cello, bass...
intense orchestral music opening
Richard Wagner, Prelude to Act 1, from Parsifal
opera overture
flutes, oboes, English horn, clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoons, contrabassoon...
clanging cymbals and biphonic singing
Melody for Mahakala
dbyang
voices, drum, cymbals, rag-dung
Tibet, Asia
eh oba lube
Chango
toque
voices, iya, itotele, okonkolo, atchere
Cuba, North America
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Bells and then electronic sounds | Edgard Varese, poeme electronique electronic poem electronic composition electronic sounds, pre-recorded sounds Belgium, Europe |
Sacred choral music, man and woman | Guillaume Dufay, Nuper rosarum flores Recently garlands of roses motet voices Florence, Europe |
soft symphony, light garden music | Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 94 (“Surprise”), movement 2 |
intense orchestral music opening | Richard Wagner, Prelude to Act 1, from Parsifal |
clanging cymbals and biphonic singing | Melody for Mahakala |
eh oba lube | Chango |
collective moaning with bells | Excerpt from Ethiopian Christmas ritual |
solo male singer, very loud and abrasive | Yome Fesseha kone "There is Joy Today" qum zema (angregari) voice (Liqa Berhanu) Ethiopia, Africa |
solo male singer, soft | Yome fesseha kone "There is Joy Today" qum zema (angregari) voice (Father Tsehai) Ethiopian diaspora, North America |
can you try it, singing with class | Yome fesseha kone "There is Joy Today" qum zema (angregari) voices (Father Tsehai and Harvard class) Ethiopian diaspora, north America |
women cheering and singing with drums | Kasamay Waradat "He Descended from Heaven" Sunday School song voices, kebaro Ethiopian diaspora, North America |