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29 Cards in this Set
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Baroque Music
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transition from many melodies to one melody with accompaniment = polyphony to homophony |
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Baroque Music Composers
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1. Vivaldi 2. Bach 3. Purcell 4. Handel 5. Pachelbel |
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Primavera |
composer: Vivaldi genre: concerto period: Baroque form: ritornello - birds, murmuring stream, storm - terraced dynamics - rare example of "program" in Baroque Era |
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Concerto |
instrumental genre in several movements for a solo instrument and orchestra |
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Ritornello |
short recurring instrumental passage found in both the aria & Baroque concerto |
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Terraced Dynamics |
volume levels shift abruptly from soft to loud without gradual crescendos & decrescendos |
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Fugue in G Minor |
composer: Bach genre: fugue period: Baroque - good example of polyphony |
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Fugue |
polyphonic form in which one or more themes are developed by imitative counterpoint |
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Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas |
composer: Purcell genre: opera period: Baroque aria = "when I am laid in earth" ground bass = repeated phrase that descends along the chromatic scale - sign of grief |
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Opera |
large scale musical drama that is sung & combines vocal/instrumental music with poetry & drama, acting & costumes consists of: 1. Recitative 2. Aria 3. Ensemble 4. Libretto |
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Recitative |
musical declamation or speech in an opera in which the plot & action are advanced |
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Aria |
"air" or "tune" that releases the tension accumulated in the course of the action through the melody |
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Hallelujah |
Messiah composer: Handel genre: oratorio period: Baroque polyphonic & homophonic parts in which voices & text overlap & then come together to create element of unity |
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Oratorio |
large scale drama for orchestra & voices - not costumed or staged - sacred text / religious theme |
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Polyphony |
many melodies |
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Homophony |
one melody with accompaniment |
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Canon in D |
composer: Pachelbel |
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Symphony No. 100 - Military |
composer: Haydn genre: symphony period: Classical form: A-B-A - three parts with varied return |
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Symphony |
large work for orchestra |
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A-B-A |
three part structure |
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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star |
composer: Mozart form: theme & variations |
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Theme & Variations |
theme is stated & altered in successive statements |
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Moonlight Sonata |
composer: Beethoven genre: sonata period: Classical form: A-B-A |
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Sonata |
instrumental work for one or two instruments & consists of three to four contrasting movements - piano alone or piano & cello or violin |
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A Little Night Music |
composer: Mozart genre: chamber period: Classical form: sonata allegro |
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Chamber |
work for a small group of instruments |
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Sonata Allegro |
opening movement of the multi movement cycle consists of: 1. Exposition - states theme 2. Development - develops theme 3. Recapitulation - restates theme with some change & is resolved |
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Cantata No. 140 - Wachet Auf or "Sleepers, Awake" |
composer: Bach genre: cantata period: Baroque form: ritornello |
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Cantata |
music for the Protestant worship service |
