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In 1997, the Vienna Philharmonic was "facing protests during a [US] tour" by the National Organization for Women and the International Alliance for Women in Music. Finally, "after being held up to increasing ridicule even in socially conservative Austria, members of the orchestra gathered [on 28 February 1997] in an extraordinary meeting on the eve of their departure and agreed to admit a woman, Anna Lelkes, as harpist." As of 2013, the orchestra has six female members; one of them, violinist Albena Danailova became one of the orchestra's concertmasters in 2008, the first woman to hold that position. In 2012, women still made up just 6% of the orchestra's membership. VPO president Clemens Hellsberg said the VPO now uses completely screened blind auditions.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: In what year did the Vienna Philharmonic face protests in the US?
A: 1997', '
Q: Who was the first woman admitted to the Vienna Philharmonic?
A: Anna Lelkes', '
Q: What instrument did Anna Lelkes play?
A: harp', '
Q: How many female members were part of the Vienna Philharmonic in 2013?
A: six', "
Q: Who was the Vienna Philharmonic's first female concertmaster?
A: Albena Danailova"]
In 2013, an article in Mother Jones stated that while "[m]any prestigious orchestras have significant female membership—women outnumber men in the New York Philharmonic's violin section—and several renowned ensembles, including the National Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, and the Minnesota Symphony, are led by women violinists", the double bass, brass, and percussion sections of major orchestras "...are still predominantly male." A 2014 BBC article stated that the "...introduction of 'blind' auditions, where a prospective instrumentalist performs behind a screen so that the judging panel can exercise no gender or racial prejudice, has seen the gender balance of traditionally male-dominated symphony orchestras gradually shift."

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Q: The National Symphony Orchestra is led by what gender of violinist?
A: female', '
Q: The double bass, brass and percussion sections are predominately what gender?
A: male', "
Q: What type of audition are expected to eliminator gender or racial prejudice?
A: 'blind' auditions", '
Q: In what section of the New York Philharmonic do women outnumber men?
A: violin']
Works of classical repertoire often exhibit complexity in their use of orchestration, counterpoint, harmony, musical development, rhythm, phrasing, texture, and form. Whereas most popular styles are usually written in song forms, classical music is noted for its development of highly sophisticated musical forms, like the concerto, symphony, sonata, and opera.

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['
Q: Works of classical repertoire exhibit what in their use of orchestration and harmony, and form?
A: complexity', '
Q: What is usually written in song forms?
A: popular styles', '
Q: The concerto, symphony, sonata and opera are examples of what type of musical forms?
A: sophisticated']
Longer works are often divided into self-contained pieces, called movements, often with contrasting characters or moods. For instance, symphonies written during the Classical period are usually divided into four movements: (1) an opening Allegro in sonata form, (2) a slow movement, (3) a minuet or scherzo, and (4) a final Allegro. These movements can then be further broken down into a hierarchy of smaller units: first sections, then periods, and finally phrases.

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Q: What are self-contained pieces in longer works called?
A: movements', '
Q: How many movements are symphonies written in the Classical period usually divided into?
A: four', '
Q: What, typically, is the speed of the second movement in a classical piece?
A: slow', '
Q: A movement broken up further is called what?
A: sections', '
Q: The final movement of a classical piece is usually called what?
A: Allegro']
The major time divisions of classical music up to 1900 are the early music period, which includes Medieval (500–1400) and Renaissance (1400–1600) eras, and the Common practice period, which includes the Baroque (1600–1750), Classical (1750–1830) and Romantic (1804–1910) eras. Since 1900, classical periods have been reckoned more by calendar century than by particular stylistic movements that have become fragmented and difficult to define. The 20th century calendar period (1901–2000) includes most of the early modern musical era (1890–1930), the entire high modern (mid 20th-century), and the first 25 years of the contemporary or postmodern musical era (1975–current). The 21st century has so far been characterized by a continuation of the contemporary/postmodern musical era.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What period was from 500-1400?
A: Medieval', '
Q: What years dictate the Baroque period?
A: 1600–1750', '
Q: How have periods been reckoned Since 1900?
A: by calendar century', '
Q: What era has the 21st century has been characterized by?
A: the contemporary/postmodern musical era', '
Q: The years 1804-1910 marked what era?
A: Romantic']
The dates are generalizations, since the periods and eras overlap and the categories are somewhat arbitrary, to the point that some authorities reverse terminologies and refer to a common practice "era" comprising baroque, classical, and romantic "periods". For example, the use of counterpoint and fugue, which is considered characteristic of the Baroque era (or period), was continued by Haydn, who is classified as typical of the Classical era. Beethoven, who is often described as a founder of the Romantic era, and Brahms, who is classified as Romantic, also used counterpoint and fugue, but other characteristics of their music define their era.

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['
Q: What composer continued the counterpoint and fugue?
A: Haydn', '
Q: Haydn is classified as typical of what era?
A: Classical', '
Q: Who is described as a founder of the Romantic era?
A: Beethoven', '
Q: Who is classified as Romantic, but also uses counterpoint and fugue?
A: Brahms', '
Q: Some authorities reverse terminologies to refer to the common practice period as a what?
A: era']
The prefix neo is used to describe a 20th-century or contemporary composition written in the style of an earlier era, such as Classical or Romantic. Stravinsky's Pulcinella, for example, is a neoclassical composition because it is stylistically similar to works of the Classical era.

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Q: A Contemporary composition written in the style of an earlier era is described with what prefix?
A: neo', '
Q: What century were Neoclassical compositions written in?
A: 20th-century', "
Q: Who wrote Pulcinella?
A: Stravinsky's", '
Q: What era is Pulcinella similar to?
A: Classical']
Burgh (2006), suggests that the roots of Western classical music ultimately lie in ancient Egyptian art music via cheironomy and the ancient Egyptian orchestra, which dates to 2695 BC. This was followed by early Christian liturgical music, which itself dates back to the Ancient Greeks[citation needed]. The development of individual tones and scales was made by ancient Greeks such as Aristoxenus and Pythagoras. Pythagoras created a tuning system and helped to codify musical notation. Ancient Greek instruments such as the aulos (a reed instrument) and the lyre (a stringed instrument similar to a small harp) eventually led to the modern-day instruments of a classical orchestra. The antecedent to the early period was the era of ancient music before the fall of the Roman Empire (476 AD). Very little music survives from this time, most of it from ancient Greece.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: When does the Egyptian orchestra date to?
A: 2695 BC', '
Q: Who suggested that Western classical music is rooted to ancient Egyptian art music?
A: Burgh', '
Q: What music followed ancient Egyptian art music?
A: early Christian liturgical music,', '
Q: Which ancient society developed individual tones and scales?
A: ancient Greeks', '
Q: Who helped codify musical notation?
A: Pythagoras']
The Medieval period includes music from after the fall of Rome to about 1400. Monophonic chant, also called plainsong or Gregorian chant, was the dominant form until about 1100. Polyphonic (multi-voiced) music developed from monophonic chant throughout the late Middle Ages and into the Renaissance, including the more complex voicings of motets.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: The Medieval period begins with the fall of what city?
A: Rome', '
Q: What can Plainsong or Gregorian chant also be called?
A: Monophonic chant', '
Q: What does Polyphonic mean? 
A: multi-voiced', '
Q: When did Monophonic chant stop being the dominant form?
A: 1100', '
Q: Polyphonic music included more complex voicing of what?
A: motets']
The Renaissance era was from 1400 to 1600. It was characterized by greater use of instrumentation, multiple interweaving melodic lines, and the use of the first bass instruments. Social dancing became more widespread, so musical forms appropriate to accompanying dance began to standardize.

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['
Q: When was the Renaissance era?
A: from 1400 to 1600', '
Q: What era was from 1400 to 1600? 
A: Renaissance', '
Q: The use of the first ass instruments occurred in what era?
A: Renaissance', '
Q: What became widespread in the Renaissance era?
A: Social dancing', '
Q: Musical forms for dance began to standardize during what era?
A: Renaissance']
It is in this time that the notation of music on a staff and other elements of musical notation began to take shape. This invention made possible the separation of the composition of a piece of music from its transmission; without written music, transmission was oral, and subject to change every time it was transmitted. With a musical score, a work of music could be performed without the composer's presence. The invention of the movable-type printing press in the 15th century had far-reaching consequences on the preservation and transmission of music.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: The notation of music on a what began to take shape at this time?
A: staff', '
Q: How was music transmitted before the invention of musical notation?
A: oral', '
Q: What was oral music subject to every time is was transmitted?
A: change', "
Q: What can a musical scored be performed without?
A: the composer's presence", '
Q: When was the movable-type printing press invented?
A: the 15th century']
Typical stringed instruments of the early period include the harp, lute, vielle, and psaltery, while wind instruments included the flute family (including recorder), shawm (an early member of the oboe family), trumpet, and the bagpipes. Simple pipe organs existed, but were largely confined to churches, although there were portable varieties. Later in the period, early versions of keyboard instruments like the clavichord and harpsichord began to appear. Stringed instruments such as the viol had emerged by the 16th century, as had a wider variety of brass and reed instruments. Printing enabled the standardization of descriptions and specifications of instruments, as well as instruction in their use.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: The record is part of what wind family?
A: the flute family', '
Q: The sahwm was an early family member of what instrument?
A: the oboe', '
Q: Where were the first pipe organs confined to?
A: churches', '
Q: When had the viol emerged by?
A: the 16th century', '
Q: What enabled descriptions and specification of instruments?
A: Printing']
The common practice period is when many of the ideas that make up western classical music took shape, standardized, or were codified. It began with the Baroque era, running from roughly 1600 to the middle of the 18th century. The Classical era followed, ending roughly around 1820. The Romantic era ran through the 19th century, ending about 1910.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: When did many of the ideas that make up western classical music take shape?
A: The common practice period', '
Q: What began with the Baroque era?
A: The common practice period', '
Q: What era did the classical era follow?
A: Baroque era', '
Q: When did the classical era end?
A: around 1820', '
Q: When did the romantic era end?
A: about 1910']
Baroque music is characterized by the use of complex tonal counterpoint and the use of a basso continuo, a continuous bass line. Music became more complex in comparison with the songs of earlier periods. The beginnings of the sonata form took shape in the canzona, as did a more formalized notion of theme and variations. The tonalities of major and minor as means for managing dissonance and chromaticism in music took full shape.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: Basso continuo and complex tonal counterpoint characterize what type of music? 
A: Baroque', '
Q: What does basso continuo mean? 
A: a continuous bass line', '
Q: What did music become during the Baroque era  in comparison with earlier periods?
A: more complex', '
Q: What form began to take shape during the Baroque era? 
A: the sonata form', '
Q: Major and minor what are means for managing dissonance and chromaticism?
A: tonalities']
During the Baroque era, keyboard music played on the harpsichord and pipe organ became increasingly popular, and the violin family of stringed instruments took the form generally seen today. Opera as a staged musical drama began to differentiate itself from earlier musical and dramatic forms, and vocal forms like the cantata and oratorio became more common. Vocalists began adding embellishments to melodies. Instrumental ensembles began to distinguish and standardize by size, giving rise to the early orchestra for larger ensembles, with chamber music being written for smaller groups of instruments where parts are played by individual (instead of massed) instruments. The concerto as a vehicle for solo performance accompanied by an orchestra became widespread, although the relationship between soloist and orchestra was relatively simple.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: Keyboard music became popular during what era?
A: Baroque', '
Q: The violin family is what type of instrument?
A: stringed', '
Q: Opera began to differentiate itself from earlier forms as what?
A: staged musical drama', '
Q: What became more common during the Baroque era?
A: vocal forms', '
Q: What did vocalist add to melodies beginning in the Baroque era?
A: embellishments']
The theories surrounding equal temperament began to be put in wider practice, especially as it enabled a wider range of chromatic possibilities in hard-to-tune keyboard instruments. Although Bach did not use equal temperament, as a modern piano is generally tuned, changes in the temperaments from the meantone system, common at the time, to various temperaments that made modulation between all keys musically acceptable, made possible Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What theories began to be put in wider practice?
A: equal temperament', '
Q: What does equal temperament enabled in hard to tune keyboard instruments?
A: a wider range of chromatic possibilities', '
Q: What did Bach not use?
A: equal temperament', '
Q: A modern piano is generally what?
A: tuned', "
Q: What system of temperaments was common during Bach's time?
A: meantone"]
The Classical era, from about 1750 to 1820, established many of the norms of composition, presentation, and style, and was also when the piano became the predominant keyboard instrument. The basic forces required for an orchestra became somewhat standardized (although they would grow as the potential of a wider array of instruments was developed in the following centuries). Chamber music grew to include ensembles with as many as 8 to 10 performers for serenades. Opera continued to develop, with regional styles in Italy, France, and German-speaking lands. The opera buffa, a form of comic opera, rose in popularity. The symphony came into its own as a musical form, and the concerto was developed as a vehicle for displays of virtuoso playing skill. Orchestras no longer required a harpsichord (which had been part of the traditional continuo in the Baroque style), and were often led by the lead violinist (now called the concertmaster).

Questions and answers:
['
Q: When was the Classical era?
A: 1750 to 1820', '
Q: What instrument became the predominant keyboard during the classical era?
A: the piano', '
Q: What became more standardized during the classical era?
A: The basic forces required for an orchestra', '
Q: How many muscians, at most, could make up a chamber ensemble during the classical period?
A: 10', '
Q: What is an opera buffa?
A: a form of comic opera']
Wind instruments became more refined in the Classical era. While double reeded instruments like the oboe and bassoon became somewhat standardized in the Baroque, the clarinet family of single reeds was not widely used until Mozart expanded its role in orchestral, chamber, and concerto settings.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What type of instrument became more refined during the classical era?
A: Wind', '
Q: What is the single reed family called?
A: the clarinet family', '
Q: What type of instrument was somewhat standardized int eh Baroque era?
A: double reeded', '
Q: Who expanded the single reeds role?
A: Mozart']
The music of the Romantic era, from roughly the first decade of the 19th century to the early 20th century, was characterized by increased attention to an extended melodic line, as well as expressive and emotional elements, paralleling romanticism in other art forms. Musical forms began to break from the Classical era forms (even as those were being codified), with free-form pieces like nocturnes, fantasias, and preludes being written where accepted ideas about the exposition and development of themes were ignored or minimized. The music became more chromatic, dissonant, and tonally colorful, with tensions (with respect to accepted norms of the older forms) about key signatures increasing. The art song (or Lied) came to maturity in this era, as did the epic scales of grand opera, ultimately transcended by Richard Wagner's Ring cycle.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: Increased attention to extended melodic lines characterized what era?
A: Romantic', '
Q: When did the Romantic era end?
A: the early 20th century', '
Q: Free-form pieces like nocturnes and preludes were a break from what era?
A: Classical', '
Q: Tensions about what increased during the Romantic era?
A: key signatures', '
Q: What is a name for an art song?
A: Lied']
In the 19th century, musical institutions emerged from the control of wealthy patrons, as composers and musicians could construct lives independent of the nobility. Increasing interest in music by the growing middle classes throughout western Europe spurred the creation of organizations for the teaching, performance, and preservation of music. The piano, which achieved its modern construction in this era (in part due to industrial advances in metallurgy) became widely popular with the middle class, whose demands for the instrument spurred a large number of piano builders. Many symphony orchestras date their founding to this era. Some musicians and composers were the stars of the day; some, like Franz Liszt and Niccolò Paganini, fulfilled both roles.

Questions and answers:
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Q: Who controlled musical institutions before the 19th century?
A: wealthy patrons', '
Q: Composers and musicians began to construct lives independent of what in the 19th century?
A: the nobility', "
Q: What class increased it's interest in music during the 19th century?
A: middle classes", '
Q: What instrument became widely popular in the middle class in the 19th century?
A: The piano', '
Q: The 19th century marks the foundation of many what?
A: symphony orchestras']
The family of instruments used, especially in orchestras, grew. A wider array of percussion instruments began to appear. Brass instruments took on larger roles, as the introduction of rotary valves made it possible for them to play a wider range of notes. The size of the orchestra (typically around 40 in the Classical era) grew to be over 100. Gustav Mahler's 1906 Symphony No. 8, for example, has been performed with over 150 instrumentalists and choirs of over 400.

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Q: To what number did the size of the orchestra grow to?
A: 100', "
Q: What size of choirs have performed Gustav Mahler's 1906 Symphony No. 8?
A: over 400", "
Q: What size orchestras have performed Gustav Mahler's 1906 Symphony No. 8?
A: over 150", '
Q: What allowed Brass instruments to play a wider range of notes?
A: rotary valves', '
Q: What array of instrument grew wider?
A: percussion']
European cultural ideas and institutions began to follow colonial expansion into other parts of the world. There was also a rise, especially toward the end of the era, of nationalism in music (echoing, in some cases, political sentiments of the time), as composers such as Edvard Grieg, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Antonín Dvořák echoed traditional music of their homelands in their compositions.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What did European cultural ideas follow?
A: colonial expansion', '
Q: What type of music rose toward the end of the era?
A: nationalism', '
Q: What did nationalism in music sometime echo?
A: political sentiments of the time', '
Q: Edvard Grieg and Antonin Dvorak used what kind of music in their compositions?
A: traditional music of their homelands']
Encompassing a wide variety of post-Romantic styles composed through the year 2000, 20th century classical music includes late romantic, modern, high-modern, and postmodern styles of composition. Modernism (1890–1930) marked an era when many composers rejected certain values of the common practice period, such as traditional tonality, melody, instrumentation, and structure. The high-modern era saw the emergence of neo-classical and serial music. A few authorities have claimed high-modernism as the beginning of postmodern music from about 1930. Others have more or less equated postmodern music with the "contemporary music" composed from the late 20th century through to the early 21st century.

Questions and answers:
['
Q: What style does 20th century classical music encompass?
A: post-Romantic', '
Q: When did modernism take place?
A: 1890–1930', '
Q: Composers rejected the traditions of the common practice period during what era?
A: Modernism', '
Q: Neo-classical music emerged during what era?
A: high-modern era', '
Q: Postmodern music is also know as what?
A: contemporary music']
Almost all of the composers who are described in music textbooks on classical music and whose works are widely performed as part of the standard concert repertoire are male composers, even though there has been a large number of women composers throughout the classical music period. Musicologist Marcia Citron has asked "[w]hy is music composed by women so marginal to the standard 'classical' repertoire?" Citron "examines the practices and attitudes that have led to the exclusion of women composers from the received 'canon' of performed musical works." She argues that in the 1800s, women composers typically wrote art songs for performance in small recitals rather than symphonies intended for performance with an orchestra in a large hall, with the latter works being seen as the most important genre for composers; since women composers did not write many symphonies, they were deemed to be not notable as composers. In the "...Concise Oxford History of Music, Clara Shumann  [sic] is one of the only  [sic] female composers mentioned." Abbey Philips states that "[d]uring the 20th century the women who were composing/playing gained far less attention than their male counterparts."

Questions and answers:
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Q: What gender are most composers described in music textbooks?
A: male', "
Q: Who asked why is music composed by women so marginal to the standard 'classical' repertoire?
A: Musicologist Marcia Citron", '
Q: Why were women composers deemed not notable?
A: did not write many symphonies', '
Q: Who is one of the only female composers mentioned?
A: Clara Shumann', '
Q: What type of music did women composers typically write?
A: art songs']