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concerted madrigal
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early-17th-century type of MADRIGAL for one or more voices accompanied by BASSO CONTINUO and in some cases by other instruments
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basso ostinato/ground bass
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"persistent bass" A pattern in the bass that repeats while the melody above it changes
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chacona (ciaccona)
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A vicarious dance-song imported from Latin America into Spain and then into Italy, popular during 17th cent.
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cantata
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(italian "to be sung") in the 17th and 18th cents. a vocal chamber work with CONTINUO, usually for solo voice, consisting of several sections or movements that include RECITATIVES and ARIAS and setting a lyrical or quasi-dramatic text.
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air de cour
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(French "court air") Type of song for voice and accompaniment, prominent in France from about 1580 throught he 17th cent.
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basso continuo
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(Italian "Continuous bass") system of notation and performance practice, uised int he Baroque period, in which an instrumental BASS line is written out and one or more plaers of keyboard, LUTE, or similar instruments fill in the harmony with apporpriate chords or improvised melodic lines. (THE BASS LINE ITSELF)
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sacred concertos
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a composition on a sacred text for one or more singers and instrumental accompaniment.
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stile antico
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(italian "old style") style used in music written after 1600, in imitation of the old contrapuntal style of Palestrina, used especially for church music.
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stile moderno
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(italian "modern style") 17th century style that used BASSO CONTINUO and applied the rules of counterpoint freely.
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small sacred concerto
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17th cent. GENRE of sacred vocal music featruing one or mor esoloists accompanied by organ CONTINUO (or modest instrument ensemble)
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oratorio
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GENRE of dramatic music that originated in the 17th century, combining narrative, dialogue, and commentary through arias, recitatives, ensembles, choruses, and instrumental music, unstaged opera. Usually on religious or biblical text.
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musical figure
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in BAROQUE music, a melodic pattern or contrapuntal effect conventionally employed to convey the meaning of text.
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historia
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In Lutheran music of the sixteenth to eighteenth cent., a musical setting based on a biblical narratrive
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Passion
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a musical setting of one of the biblical accounts of Jesus' crucifixion, the most common type of HISTORIA
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subject
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THEME used especially for the main melody in a reciercare, fugue, or other imitative work.
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fugue
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composition or section of a composition in IMITATIVE TEXTURE that is based on a single subject and begins with successive statements of the stubject in voices.
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chorale prelude
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relatively short setting for organof a CHORALE MELODY, used as an intro for congregational singing or as an interlude in a Lutheran church service.
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partite
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Baroque term for a set of variations on a melody or bass line.
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cantus firmus variations
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Instrumental GENRE of the late 1500's and early 1600's, comprising a set of cariations in which a melody repeats with little change but is surrounded by different contrapuntal material in each variation.
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Chaconne
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BAROQUE GENRE derived from the chacona, consisting of variations over BASSO CONTINUO
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cantus-firmus variations
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instrumental GENRE of the late 1500s and early 1600s comprising a set of variations in which the melody repeats with little change but is surrounded by different contrapuntal material in each variation.
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passacaglia
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Baroque GENRE of variations over a repeated bass line or harmonic progression in triple meter.
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suite
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a set of pieces that are linked together into a single work. Usually referred to a set of stylized dance pieces.
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