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19 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Ground
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pattern of bass notes repeated as a foundation for harmony, "Thy Hand/When I am laid in earth"
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Da Capo Aria
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an aria in ABA form, where B section can change texture, key, and/or text, w/o ritornello, The Trumpet Shall Sound
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Arioso
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half recit, half aria which makes opera more dramatic in 18th century, Hippolyte and Aricie
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Castrata
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a male singer with a very high voice due to an "exciting" operation, Giulio Caesare
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Ritornello
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an instrumental interlude between solos in a concerto, Brandenburg no. 5, explain vordersatz, fortspinnung, and epilog, can't change key
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trio sonata
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early 18th century (late 17th century) piece with only three parts but because of basso continuo, could have many instruments playing. played in Sacred or secular settings between 4-8 (usually 4- 6) movements. Corelli op. 3, no. 2
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Binary Form
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the simplest musical form, AB, but each can repeat. Sometimes IVVI, corelli
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Concerto
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soloist with accompaniment, often written in ritornello form (explain)
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Vordersatz
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first part of ritornello, opening gesture that usually ends in cadence
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Fortspinnung
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second part of ritornello, a series of repetitive gestures
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Epilog
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third part of ritornello, cadence,
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Episode
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the solo sections of concertos which can change key
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rit0, r0 (0 is superscript)
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the notation for ritornello in music
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ripieno/tutti
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the whole orchestra, accompaniment
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concertino
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the soloist of group of soloists
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fugue
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a piece with a fugual subject that is imitated in all voices. Free material (sometimes a sequence) is used in between the fugual subject, Bach Prelude and Fugue in A
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Cantata
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a multimovement work for soloist(s), orchestra, and basso continuo and sometimes a chorus which contains recititifs and arias and is based on a secular or sacred text, sacred cantata became important in lutheran church, Cantata no. 140, Wachet Auf
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chorale cantata
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a multimovement work for soloist(s), orchestra, and basso continuo, that was based on an a preexisting chorale or biblical text, Wachet Auf
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Haupt gottesdienst
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the early afternoon service of the Luteran church in which a cantata was performed before and after a sermon, the sermon had the same theme as the cantata, Wachet Auf
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