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16 Cards in this Set
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Where were important cultural centers for music and art? |
Venice, and Florence in Italy |
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What does baroque mean? |
Large irregular shaped pearls |
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Claudio monteverdi |
-The last great madrigalist and the first great opera composer -sometimes called the father of opera -first opera: orfeo Vin 1607 -last opera: the coronation of poppea |
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Henry Purcell (1659-1695) |
-English composer -organist at Westminster abbey in London -composed the first important english opera Dido and Aeneas which was first preformed at a girl's school -Dido's lament from Dido and Aeneas is based a ground base (recurring bass line? |
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Other Popular composers during early baroque period |
-Girolamo Frescobaldi, organist at st.peters basilica in Rome -Arcangelo Corelli, violinist and composer of trio and solo sonatas
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Late baroque (1700-1750) |
-called the age of absolutism and the age of science -most important composers of late baroque were: Antonio vivaldi, J.S Bach, and G.F handel -composers worked for three main institutions: the church, the court or the opera house |
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Antonio stradivarious |
Important maker of violins |
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Features of Baroque music |
-predominantly polyphonic texture -melodies often long and complicated - rythm regular and driving -core of the baroque orchestra was the string family - soloists improvised melodic extras called ornamentation -baroque sounds were created by the use of harpsichord, recorder and festive baroque orchestra |
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Concerto, concerto grosso |
The most important baroque orchestral form, usually in three movements |
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Variation form |
Successive, uninterrupted repetition of a clearly defined melody with changes that retain the original melody somehow |
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Stylized dances |
For orchestra or keyboard, were meant for listening not dancing |
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Antonio vivaldi |
-Venetian composer -priest, called the red priest because if red hair -teacher at venetian orphanage for girls -most famous compositions: the four seasons, set of four violin concertos |
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Johann sebastian Bach (1685-1750) |
-german organist and composer -worked mainly for the church -stayed all his life in Germany -was married twice and had 20 children -went blind -composer of the Brandenburg concertos |
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Vocal music |
-opera invented in 1600 by a group of intellectuals in Florence called the camerata -opera was the principal genre of secular vocal music -plots for baroque opera were from ancient history - |
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George frideric handel (1685-1759) |
-born in Germany, studied in Italy, lived most of his life in England -composer of Italian operas and oratorios -started writing oratorios when the English public tired of Italian opera -composer of the messiah, an oratorio played in Dublin first -also became blind |
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Oratorio |
A religious or sacred opera usually with characters |
