6 Terms
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Second Viennese School
Music; General music
Name given to composer Arnold Schoenberg and his pupils Alban Berg and Anton Webern; represents the first efforts in twelve-tone composition.
Singspiel
Music; General music
Comic German drama with spoken dialogue; the immediate predecessor of Romantic German opera.
Sprechstimme
Music; General music
A vocal style in which the melody is spoken at approximate pitches rather than sung on exact pitches; developed by Arnold Schoenberg.
Sturm und Drang
Music; General music
Storm and stress; late eighteenth century movement in Germany toward more emotional expression in the arts.
Te deum
Music; General music
Song of praise to God; a text from the Roman Catholic rite, often set polyphonically.
tragédie lyrique
Music; General music
French serious opera of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with spectacular dance scenes and brilliant choruses on tales of courtly love or heroic adventures; associated with J.B. Lully.
