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15 Cards in this Set
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Opera Seria
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Tragic Italian opera
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Ballad Opera
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English comic opera, spoken dialogue with alternating songs
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Opera Buffa
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Italian comic opera; sung throughout
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Opera Comique
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French comic opera; some spoken dialogue
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Aria
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Lyric song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment; usually expresses intense emotion
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Recitative
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Solo vocal declamation that follows the inflections of the text, often resulting in a disjunct vocal style
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Chamber Music
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ensemble music for up to about ten players, with one player to a part
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Mass
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central service of the Roman Catholic Church
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Requiem
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mass for the dead
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Oratorio
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Large-scale religious drama; opera without costumes and action
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Concerto
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Instrumental genre in several movements for solo instrument (or instrumental group) and orchestra
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Sonata
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Instrumental genre in several movements for soloist or small ensemble
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Fugue
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Polyphonic form; one or more themes are develpoed by imitative counterpoint
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Patronage System
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Social events at court created a steady demand for new works that composers had to supply. This gave musicians economic security & provided a social framework
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Singspiel
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German comic opera; spoken dialogue.
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