understanding music

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Decks in this class (12)

ch. 1: music of small-scale societies
Mabo 1,
Where do the baaka people live 2,
When how is mabo sung 3
31  cards
ch. 2: ancient & medieval religious music
Civilizations 1,
Chant chanting 2,
How does it work invoking the spi...
39  cards
ch. 3 ancient and medieval secular music
How does it work three variations...,
Qin 2,
Zither 3
42  cards
ch. 4 music from the european age of discovery
Renaissance 1,
Perspective 2,
Parallel motion 3
38  cards
ch. 5 music from the age of global commerce
Why were there so many european c...,
Baroque 2,
Opera 3
62  cards
ch. 6 music from the age of enlightenment and revolution
The enlightenment 1,
How did the enlightenment develop...,
What artistic styles were favored 3
29  cards
ch. 7 music from the early 19th century (1815-1850)
The industrial revolution 1,
Romanticism 2,
Who composed una voce poco fa 3
25  cards
ch. 8 music from the late 19th century
Ethnic nationalism 1,
Civic nationalism 2,
Phonograph 3
14  cards
ch. 9 music history in the age of recordings
Modernism 1,
Impressionism 2,
Who wrote and performed backwater...
31  cards
ch. 10 music from the interwar period (1918-1939)
When and where did jazz originate 1,
Who composed struttin with some b...,
Who performed struttin with some ...
42  cards
ch. 12 age of disenchantment & protest (1950-1975)
Rhythm and blues 1,
Backbeat 2,
How does it work you make me feel...
22  cards
ch. 13 music and community (1975-1994)
Hip hop culture 1,
4 pillars of hip hop culture 2,
Origins of hip hop 3
6  cards

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