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theatre
live performances that use actors or performers to tell a story
greeks
gave birth to playwriting and costumes
dionysius
god that has a theatre festival dedicated to them
2 main comedy forms
comedy
tragedy
romans
introduced the “circus” and stunt doubles
slaves
were used as stunt doubles for violent acts in circus plays
liturgical plays
plays that reenact biblical events ; popularized by early french people (franks)
mystery plays
tells stories of saints’ lives
processional plays
introduced “street theatre” and was performed on moving stage wagons
late medieval period (theatre)
introduced liturgical, mystery, and processional
renaissance period (theatre)
introduced court theatre and commedia dell’arte
commedia dell’arte
mocks nobility
development on processional theatre
secular and not religious
very satire
court theatre
flatters nobility / royalty
introduced “intermezzi”
birth of patronage
very boring
naturalism
was not well received
development of new styles of theatrical expressions
depicted things more realistically
modern day theatre forms
musical threatre
physical theatre & dance drama
verbatim theatre
improvisional threatre
musical theatre
uses song as a storytelling aid ; characters break into song
physical theatre & dance drama
uses dance as storytelling aid
verbatim threatre
pieces made up entirely of quoted sources
improvisional theatre
making stuff up based on predetermined structure
dance
arranged and symbolic use of movement to express basically anything
10 types of dance
ballet
ballroom
contemporary
hip-hop
jazz
tap dance
folk dance
irish dance
modern dance
swing dance
music
uses sound to express basically anything
prehistoric music
drum based
ancient greece and rome
root of classical art
medieval period (music)
catholic church gets involved
gregorian chants
“neume” gets added to music notation
folk music was labelled as blasphemous
guida d’arezzo
time signatures and solfege
renaissance period (music)
used in printing press for music
produced a lot of musical minds: joaquin des prez ; giovanni pierlugi da palestrina ; guillaume dufay
known classical period artists
ludwig van beethoven
pyotr ilych tchaikovsky
wolfgang amadeus mozart
johannes brahams
rhythm
the arrangement / pattern of duration notes and rests
pitch
highness or lowness of a sound ; can be classified into low, middle, and high ; measured in hertz
timbre
tone color / quality of sound ; instrumentalization of a piece
dynamics
softness or loudness of a sound
tempo
beat of music ; measured through bpm
form
structure or arrangement ; sequence of sections of music
melody
arrangement or sequence of single notes from left to right
harmony
arrangements of pitches that sound simultaneously together
texture
refers to thickness ; layers of music
monophonic
polyphonic
homophonic
monophonic
single melodic line without accompaniment
polyphonic
two or more independent melodic lines singing at the same time
homophonic
single melodic line with accompaniment
elements of music
rhythm
pitch
timbre
dynamics
tempo
form
melody
harmony
texture
time signature
indicates how many beats are in each measure of a piece
clefs
symbol on the left of the staff that indicates pitch of the notes
notes
indicates pitch & duration of a sound
whole note
1 clap in 4 counts
half note
1 clap in 2 counts
quarter note
1 clap in 1 count
eighth note
2 clap in 1 count
sixteenth note
4 claps in 1 count
the greek mythology muses
goddess of literature
goddess of science
goddess of the arts