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28 Cards in this Set
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what city had four conservatories for music
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Naples
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who was the leading composer of opera in Italy in the 18th century
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Alessandro Scarlatti
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what was the dominant type of music in Italy in the 18th century?
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opera
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what city in Italy was a training ground for performers?
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Rome
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what city was the most glamorous city in Europe
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Venice
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who is known primarily for his concertos, composing around 500, aka the red priest
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Antonio Vivaldi
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Pio Ospedale della Pieta
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one of four hospitals in Venice, similar to conservatory in Naples, where Vivaldi had held his primary position
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Vivaldi's standard arrangement/instrumentation
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Violions I and II, violas, cello, and bass viols
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ritornello form
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alternate with episodes for the soloist; contain small melodic units manipulated by soloists, later statements may present only part of thetheme, first and last are in the tonic, second is dominant, and others in closely related keys, solo sections display virtuosity and may modulate to a new key, soloist may interrupt or play part of the closing ritornello
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The Four Seasons, by who and opus number what
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Vivaldi, Opus 8
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only major center of music in France
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Paris
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Concert Spirituel
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the most prestigious concert organization, a public concert series in Paris
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Where did Francois Couperin work
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organist to king at church of St. Gervais in Paris
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The Art of Playing the Harpsichord (L'art de toucher le clavecin)
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one of the most imprtant sources for performance practice of the French Baroque by Couperin
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first and foremost French composer of trio sonatas
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Francois Couperin
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his writings founded the theory of tonal music and his operas established him as Lully's most important successor
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
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Treatise on Harmony (Traite de l'harmonie)
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one of the most influential of all theoretical works by Rameau
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primal elements/chords of music (Rameau)
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triad and seventh chord
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fundamental bass (Rameau)
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roots in a succession of chords
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three chords that are the pillars of harmony (Rameau)
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tonic, dominant, subdominant
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strongest chord progression (Rameau)
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dominant-seventh to tonic
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modulation
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a change in key
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Hippolyte et Aricie
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Rameau's first opera
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Castor et Pollux
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generally considered Rameau's masterpiece
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Zoroastre
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most important of Rameau's later works
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War of the Buffoons
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battle between critics on the relative merits of French and Italian music
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Rameau's similarities with Lully
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realistic declamation and rhythmic notation; recitatives mixed with more tuneful airs, choruses, and instrumental works
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Rameau's differences with Lully
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Rameau, melodies are derived from harmony and used a richer harmonic palette, used more chromaticim
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