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20 Cards in this Set
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Recitative
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Musical Dialogue. Used in plot action. Little musical substance so text could be well understood.
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Aria
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An accompanied solo song. Very melodic. For virtuosic solo singer. Full Orchestral Accompaniment
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Equal Temperament
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A system of tuning, in which the intervals are adjusted to divide the octave into twelve equal parts.
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Terraced Dynamics
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Sudden dynamic change
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Continuo (basso continuo)
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Two parts: Bass line (Cello, Bass, or bassoon) Chords (Key board instrument- Harpsichord, organ or lute)
Creates a bass line and harmonic support |
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Figured Bass
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Shorthand system for notating chords
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Oratorio
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Musically like an opera with a religious subject. Presented in concert form (no set). Secular.
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Chorus
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1. A sizable group of singers that sings choral music.
2. A section of an opera, oratorio, or cantata sung by a chorus. |
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Chorale
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A stately hymn tune used in the German Lutheran Church.
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Cantata
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Part of the Lutheran church service.
Based on a chorale. Non secular No set |
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opera
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Musical Drama set
Secular Invented in Florence, Italy 1600 |
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ensembles
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An instrumental or vocal performing group
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Libretto
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The text of an opera or oratorio
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Ostinato
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A short, persistently repeated melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic pattern
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Suite
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A collection of instrumental dances.
Pieces that belong together. |
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Fugue
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A composition in which the main theme is presented in imitation in several parts.
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Subject
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The main theme of a fugue
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Countersubject
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The secondary theme in a fugue
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Tocatto
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A showy work usually for a keyboard intrument
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Sequence
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The immediate repeating of a phrase or figure at a different pitch level from the original
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