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Baroque dates |
1600-1750 |
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4 parts of Opera |
•Large scale drama that is sung •combines vocal and instrumental music •soloists, ensembles, chorus, orchestra, sometimes ballet •uses scenery and costumes |
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2 types of opera |
Opera seria: "serious" opera, attended by upper class, ancient Greek myths Opera buffa: comedic, contemporary setting, middle/lower class |
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Define castrato |
Castrated, higher vocal range, better breath capacity and strong lung power |
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Gender bending |
Women could play castrati roles vise versa Opera plot where men and women dress as opposite sex |
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2 MAIN parts of an opera |
Recitative: plot advanced(speech-like singing), repeats same note/pitch, small intervals (easy sing) Aria: pauses plot(dwells on emotion), repeats words, large intervals (hard sing) |
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Libretto |
Text/script of an opera, cantata and oratorio |
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Define chorales |
•Hymns for protestant congregation (simple melodies) •sung in unison (same pitch/note) •arranged into 4 part harmony, main melody in soprano led by professional choir (homophonic) |
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Lutheran cantata |
Developed out of the protestant chorale |
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Cantata |
•Medium-length song for voices w/ instruments accompaniment (solos, chorus, orchestra) •heavily influenced by opera's use of arias and recitatives •used for church if sacred •secular cantatas preformed for nobility |
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Oratorio |
•large-scale dramatic work, secular text, for solo voice, chorus, orchestra •based on scripture, old testament •heavily influenced arias + recitatives •NOT preformed in church •concert piece(not staged preformed) |
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Dance suite |
•group of short dances (diverse: lute, harpsichord, orchestra) •either binary (AB) or ternary (ABA) •contrasting moods/tempos but in same key • ornamentation |
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Concerto |
•instrumental, virtuous soloist w/ accompanying orchestra • 3 moments (fast slow fast) • first/last in ritornello (switches orchestra and soloist bursts) |
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Toccata |
Composition for a solo keyboard or plucked string instrument shows fast moving pieces to show off the performers touch |
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Fugue |
Contrapuntal compositional technique in which two or more voices build on a subject |
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Toccata + fugue |
Often went together |
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Parts of a fugue |
Exposition: statement of the theme in each voice Episodes: connecting passages that develops from previously used material and do not feature the subject Subject: main theme Answer: when the subject is imitated in another voice |
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Recitative + Arias |
Recitative advances plot while Aria pauses it. Both are used in opera's. Arias repeat the same words/phrases. In a recitative same notes/pitches are repeated. |
Make sure to include what makes them different from each other and what musical forms what they are commonly used in during the Baroque period |
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String quartet |
2 violins, a viola and a cello |
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