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Masterpieces of Western Music

Humanities W1123 · Prof. Michael Thaddeus

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)


GLOSSARY

PROGRAM MUSIC: instrumental music depicting a written story

ORCHESTRATION: the choice of which instruments play which musical lines in a piece

ARPEGGIO: a chord made into a melodic line by playing each of its notes in turn

CRESCENDO: a gradual increase in volume

DIMINUENDO: a gradual decrease in volume

GLISSANDO: sliding from one note to another