Edvard Grieg was born in

Which culture developed a complex tradition of social part song, in which separate musical lines are combined into a harmonious whole?

Setting aside all distractions and letting the music be the foreground activity is called

The Romantic movement really comes into its own through music in the

Music that sounds despairing and sad usually has a __________ tempo.

A twelve-tone scale, including all the semitones of the octave, is called

The striking emotional effect created by the high point in a melodic line is called the

Which number represents the tonic chord?

The harpsichord is different from the piano because

Much of the music during the Classical era is in one of the four basic meters: 2/4, 3/4, __________, or 6/8.