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Baroque Era (1600-1750)
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A time of turbulent change in a society that saw religious wars (Protestant vs. Catholics) as well as exploration and colonization of the New World.
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Baroque
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Exaggerated, abnormal, bizarre.
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Monody
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Solo song with instrumental accompaniment.
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Camerata
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Group of Florentine writers, artist, musicians. Name derived from the Italian word salon.
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Figured bass
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A numeral above or below the base note indicating the chords required. It allowed performers to improvise the chords. aka Basso Continuo, often allowed to instrumentalist for the accompaniment.
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Major- Minor Tonality
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A harmonic system based on the use of major and minor scales. Widely practice from the 17th century to the late 19th century.
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Equal temperament
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A tuning system based on the division of the octave into 12 equal half steps. This system is used today. Allowed instruments to play in any key.
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Doctrine of the Affection
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baroque doctrine of the union of text and music.
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Opera
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most important genre of the Baroque era, a large scale music drama that combines poetry, acting, scenery, and costumes with singing and instrumental music.
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Components of Opera
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overture (an introductory movement), solo arias (lyrical songs) and recitatives (speech like declamations of text).
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Librettist // Libretto
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writes the text of the opera // the text or script of the opera.
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Claudio Monteverdi
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early Baroque master.. wrote operas based on mythological and roman history.
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Henry Purcell
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wrote Dido and Aeneas based on The Aeneid.
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Barbara Strozzi
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a noted singer and composer .. her expressive solo arias foreshadowed the three part DA CAPO STRUCTURE which became standard by the late Baroque.
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secco//accompagnato
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secco(dry.. accompanied by continuo instruments and moves with great freedom).
accompagnato( accompanied by the orchestra and moves more freely.) |
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sinfonias
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interludes.
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Masque
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A type of entertainment that combines vocal and instrumental music with poetry and dance, became popular among the aristocrats.
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Cantatas
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Means to sing, serves the thriving Lutheran Church.. written mostly by Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Oratorio
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A large-scale dramatic genre with a sacred text performed by solo voices, chorus and orchestra it is not staged or costume.
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Wachet auf
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(sleepers, awake) written by Bach based on a well known protestant chorale tune.
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George Frederic Handel
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well known for Italian operas and his english-texted oratorios(including Messiah)
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Suite
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The Baroque suite is a group of dances usually in the same key.. standard dances are the allemande, courante, sarabande and gigue.
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Jean Joseph Mouret
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ensemble suites were probably meant for outdoor festivals at the French Royal Court.
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allemande//courante//sarabande//gigue
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allemande(GERMAN// in quadruple meter at a moderate temple.) courante(FRENCH// triple meter at moderate tempo). sarabande(SPANISH// a stately dance in triple meter). gigue(ENGLISH// in a lively 6/8 or 6/4)
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solo concerto//concerto grosso
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two most common types of concertos .. solo is with one instrument set against the orchestra... grosso is a small group of soloist & orchestra.
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Antonio Vivaldi
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violinist who composed The Four Seasons, a well known set of violin concertos representing program music.
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organ//harpsichord// clavichord
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main keyboard instruments of the Baroque era.
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