The complete idiot's guide to classical music (73 page)

bass clarinet

bassoons

brasses

clarinet

classifying

clavichords

combining

piano

piano trios

quartets

quintets

contrabassoons

dung

electronic

synthesizers

evoking emotions

flute

folk

banjo

guitar

koto

sitar

French horn

guitars

harmonicas

harpsichords

keyboards, history

lutes

mandolins

oboe

organs

percussion

pianos

giraffe piano

tone clusters

pitch

rhythm

Rhythmicon

saxophones

strings

cellos

double bass

symphony orchestra

bass drums

bassoon

bells

cellos

clarinet

cymbals

double bass

English horns

flute

French horn

gong

harp

kettledrum

marimba

oboes

piccolo

quadraladeral triangle

snare drum

trombone

trumpet

tuba

viola

violin

xylophone

synthesizers

theremin

timbre

trombones

tubas

viol de pochette

viola

woodwinds

interpretation of classical music

intervals

Italian minuet

Ives, Charles

compositions

J

Jarve, Neeme

K

Kandinsky, Wassily

kettledrums

key

key signatures

keyboards

celesta

clavichords

harmonium

harpsichord

history

harpsichord

pianos

giraffe piano

portative organ

virginals

keynotes

keys

affecting mood

Khatchaturian, Aram

Kissin, Evgeny

koto

Kreisler, Fritz

Kyrie

L

La Boheme

Landowska, Wanda

Largo

latecomers, concert hall etiquette

Lehmann, Lilli

Leiferkus, Sergei

leitmotifs

lento

Levine, James

libretto

librettos

Wagnerian opera

lieder

listening

background music

classical music

focused attention

orchestration

Liszt, Franz

compositions

literary influences

Litton, Andrew

Lohengrin
(Wagner)

Lortie, Louis

low-C extension

LPs

collecting

Lucia di Lammermoor

Lully, Jean-Baptiste

lutes

Luther, Martin

lyric

M

Madame Butterfly

maestros,
see
conductors

Mahler, Gustav

major scales

male vocalists

baritones

counter-tenors

tenors

mandolins

Mannheim School

marches

marimba

The Marriage of Figaro

Marriner, Sir Neville

martenot

marzurka

Mass

masters of opera

Masur, Kurt

McMillan, Kevin

measures

bars

Mehta, Zubin

Melchoir, Lauritz

melisma

melody

complexity

phrases

themes

variations

Mendelssohn

Fanny

Felix

Merritt, Chris

meter

mezzo-sopranos

Midori

Millo, Aprile

Milnes, Sherrill

minimalism

composers

Adams, John

Glass, Philip

Reich, Steve

minor scales

minuets

mixed chorus

mode

moderato

modulation

Monn, Georg Mathias

moods

evoking with keys

Morhange, Charles Henri Valentin
see
Alkan Morris, James

motets

motifs

see also
phrases

motion pictures

movements

minuet

rondo

rondos

movies

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

music

appreciation

classical,
see
classical music

eras, structural guidelines

instrumental, see instrumental music; vocal music

musical forms

sonatas

Baroque

development

exposition

recapitulation

variations

Muti, Riccardo

N

Neary, Martin

Nilsson, Birgit

nonets

Norman, Jessye

North, Alex

notes, CD liners

Nuove musiche (new musics)

O

oboe

octave

octets

Offenbach, Jacques

Ohlsson, Garrick

Ondes Martenot

opera

Aida

bel canto

Bellini, Vincenzo

Bizet, Georges

Carmen

Donizetti, Gaetano

dramatic

characters

Das Rheingold

Die Walkure

Die Meistersinger