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Florentine Camerata
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a group of humanists, musicians, poets and intellectuals in late Renaissance Florence who gathered under the patronage of Count Giovanni de' Bardi to discuss and guide trends in the arts, especially music and drama; based on Classical (ancient Greek) musical drama
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Count Giovanni de' Bardi
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acted as patronage of Florentine Camerata
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monody
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solo voice and kithara; preferred Greek music device over polyphonic and instrumental music; Peri's "Dafne" and "L'Euridice"
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beginning of opera
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Jacopo Peri's "Dafne" and "L'Euridice," marked the catalyst of Baroque music
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figured bass
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aka "thorough bass"; became more widespread during Baroque era; represents importance of harmony
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tritone
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began to be used during Baroque era to create more dissonance
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transition of use of harmony
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modality (Renaissance) ---> tonality (Baroque);
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Venice
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one of the most important musical centers; had both secular and sacred patronage available
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Giovanni Gabrieli
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one of the important transitional figures in the emergence of the new style; instrumentation (labeling instruments specifically for specific tasks) and the use of dynamics
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religious demand in music of text
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make text *clearer*; homophony; less polyphony, more limited range of imitation
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Claudio Monteverdi
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felt that there was a secular means to this "modern" approach to harmony and text; "L'Orfeo"; seconda pratica; idiomatic writing, virtuoso flourishes, and the use of new techniques
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L'Orfeo
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(1607) late Renaissance/early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi; first "true" opera (away from 'intermedio'); based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and tells the story of his descent to Hades and his fruitless attempt to bring his dead bride Eurydice back to the living world
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seconda pratica
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aka Stilo moderno (opposite prima pratica/stilo antico); coined by Monteverdi to distance his music from the likes of Palestrina; describes early music of the Baroque period which encouraged more freedom from the rigorous limitations of dissonances and counterpoint characteristic of the prima prattica
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Heinrich Schütz
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German composer and organist; wrote "Die Dafne," first German opera; generally regarded as most important German composer before Bach and one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Monteverdi
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Age of Absolutism
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mid-Baroque (apprx. 1654–1707); personified by King Louis XIV; rise of the centralized court; rising church and state patronage created the demand for organized public music; chamber music; *keyboards*
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