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Baroque
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1600-1750
pearl of irregular shape age of absolutism music was very malismatic, dynamic variety, affectionate, motion over balance, sudden changes in tempo, instrumentation, texture, and key, dramatic |
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Absolutism
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absolute power
baroque era |
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Da Capo Aria
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A
B (with new key, tempo, and everything) A (adding ornaments) |
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Basso Continuo
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one bass line accompaniment
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Libretto
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text of the opera
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Aria
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song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment
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Recitative
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vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech
one person with accompaniment |
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ground bass
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repeated musical idea in the bass
baroque |
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Castrato
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male soprano
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Cantata
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sacred choral music
baroque time period multimovement- prelude, recitative, aria, duets, ensembles written by bach |
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Oratorio
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based on old testament stories
characters similar to opera no staging or costumes parts and sections instead of acts and scenes melismatic fugue baroque time period |
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Concerto
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solo with larger group interchange
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Sonata
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solo with or without an accompaniment
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Ritornello Form
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recurring idea, refrain
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Soli
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when a small group plays (concerto)
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tutti
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when the large group plays
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Movements of 3 part piece
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Fast
Slow Fast |
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Movements of 4 part piece
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Fast
Slow Dance Fast |
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How many movements does a concerto have?
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3
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Trio Sonota
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three melodic lines: 2 solo instruments and a cello
baroque |
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Suite
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sets of dance inspired movements
baroque played in private homes all movements in binary and each section is repeated first movement is not dance inspired |
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movements of a suite
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allemande- duple time
courante- triple meter sarabande- slower 6/8 time gigue- fast duple time |
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Classical Period
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1750-1820
age of enlightenment no more serfdom special status for nobility in criminal law discouraged elaborate religious ceremonies time of revolution (7 years war, french and american revolutions, napoleonic wars) political and economic power switched to the middle class liberty, equality, fraternity form |
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Rococo Style
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light colors, curved lines, graceful ornaments
classical period |
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Neoclassical style
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recaptured the noble simplicity and calm grandeur
emphasized firm lines, clear structure, and moralistic subject matter classical period |
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Style Galant
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light, graceful music
classical era |
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Theme and Variations
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one theme that varies throughout the piece
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Double-Exposition Sonata
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first exposition is played only by the orchestra
concerto |
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Cadenza
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improve section in a concerto for the soloist to show off while the orchestra stops playing
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What instruments make up a string quartet?
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2 violins
viola cello |
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what was the intellectual movement during the 18th century?
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enlightenment
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What are the new forms in the classical era?
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sonata form
theme and variations rondo |
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What were the new genres in the classical era?
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string quartet
symphony |
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"father of the string quartet"
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Haydn
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"father of the symphony"
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Haydn
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Sonata Form
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Exposition
Development Recapitulation Coda |
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Exposition
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sets up a strong conflict between the tonic key and they new key and between the 1st and 2nd theme
repeats bridge gets in to the 2nd theme in a new key presents the themes |
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Development
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modulation to a new key
most dramatic section broken in to motives |
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Recapitulation
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first theme in the tonic key at the beginning
presents all the previous themes but in the tonic key |
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Coda
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repeats themes or develops them farther
ends in the tonic key |
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Minuet and Trio
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ABA Form
A- Minuet B- Trio Triple meter/moderate tempo third movement of classical symphonies Binary form very repetitive |
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Patronage System
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Classical Period
Composers wrote for patrons and had servant status Haydn worked for a patron (Esterhaza) |
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Rondo Form
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ABACABA
ABACADAEA **The A section always returns |
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Mozart's 3 famous opera's
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1. Dou Giovani
2. Marriage of Figuro 3. The Magic Flute |
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What did Mozart do for opera?
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fused together comic and tragic conditions
psychologically complex characters |
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Classical Concerto forms
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1- double exposition sonata form
cadenza at the end of the 1st and 3rd movement |
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Dido and Aeneus
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Purcell
Opera Used ground bass baroque time period |
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L'Orfeo
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Monteverdi
Opera very chromatic Aria Baroque |
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Messiah
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Handel
Baroque Da Capa Aria |
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Cantata 140
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Bach
Baroque |
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Brandenburg Concerto
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Bach
Baroque |
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Four Seasons
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Vivaldi
Baroque La Primavera Violin concerto |
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Corelli
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Trio sonata
Baroque Concerto Grosso |
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Reqium Mass
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Mozart
Classical Funeral Music Unifinished |
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Piano Concerto No. 23
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Mozart
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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
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Mozart
string orchestra classical |
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Symphony No. 40
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Mozart
Classical |
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Mozart
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Classical Period
Child Prodigy fused comic and tragic opera most versatile of all composers |
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Hadyn
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worked for Esterhaza
Classical period father of the symphony and string quartet |
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Creation
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Haydn
Classical Oratorio |
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Symphony No. 94
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Haydn
Surprise symphony Classical period |
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Beethoven
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classical period
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piano sonata no. 8
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beethoven
classical |
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string quartet
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beethoven
rondo classical period |
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Vivaldi
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baroque
"red priest" girls orphanage 450 concerti grossi and solo concertos |
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Bach
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baroque
composed in every baroque form except opera death ends the baroque period wrote the most cantatas in baroque period |
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Handel
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baroque
master of italian opera and english oratorio |
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Monteverdi
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baroque
wrote madrigals in recitative |
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Purcell
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baroque
greatest of english composers |
