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40 Cards in this Set
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highly decorated & ornamented, long, continuous setttled on 2 scales, major and minor
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Late Baroque
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soft, then loud - no crescendos/decrescendos
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terraced dynamics
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divine right of kings
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age of absolutism
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harmonic progressions were ordered logically and functionally - musical form was based on clear and regular formulas
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age of science
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a self-contained section of music - part of a larger work
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movement
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contest between a soloist and orchestra
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concerto
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contest between group of soloists and orchestra
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concerto grosso
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an improvisatory solo passage within a larger piece
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cadenza
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form of many concerto movements - means return of orchestral material in between faster and more brilliant soloist material
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ritornello form
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successive uninterrupted repetition of one clearly defined melodic unit that changes without losing touch with original theme
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baroque variation form- the ground bass
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polyphonic composition for a fixed number of instrumental lines or voices
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fugue
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three or four voices built on a principal theme
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fugue subject
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all voices present subject in an orderly way
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exposition
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subject enters at different intervals spaced out by passages of other music
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episodes
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collection of miscellaneous dances intended for listening rather than dancing
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dance suite
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special preparatory number to introduce dance suite
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french overture
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serious opera - principal type of italian baroque opera - anciet history plots
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opera seria
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the text of an opera
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libretto
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an opera on a religious subject presented in concert form
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Oratorio
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traditional congregational hymns
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chorales
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keyboard genre - organ composition incorporating a hymn
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organ chorale or chorale prelude
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simple, short tunes, repetition of themes and phrases (1750-1825)
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classical period
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1780-1790s intellectual movement, supported artrs and education
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age of reason or enlightenment
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at mid century - light art - feathery, charming, and empty
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rococo style
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product of rococo - genre of pieces designed to divert, amuse, entertain
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divertmento
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genre developed during the classical period - usually 4 movements - large, impressive concert piece for orchestra
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symphony
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large scale A B A form, usually with repititions (exposition, development, recapitulation)
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sonata form
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successive, uninterupted repitition of a clearly defined melodic unit, the theme, with various changes A A' A'' A'''
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classical variation form (theme & variations)
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called ternary form or minuet-trio-minuet form (A B A)
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minuet form (classical dance form)
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A B A C A D A somewhat similar to ritornello form
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rondo form
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compositions for one or two instruments only - not designed for concerts but for private performances, often by amatuers
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the sonata
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refined version of baroque concerto grosso - instrumental virtuosity still the central feature
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the classical concerto
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orchestra introduces exposition - followed by soloist exposition
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double-exposition form
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genre for 4 instruments - 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello - various # of movements - for private audiences -
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string quartet
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small genre designed to be played in a room - incorporates 2-9 players
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chamber music
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comic opera
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opera buffa
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part of opera buffa - musical numbers sung by two or more people - to depict the different sentiments of the participating characters simultaneously
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the ensemble
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bridge composer between classical and romantic periods - maximaized virtually all musical elements - higher/lower registers (1770-1827
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ludwig van beethoven
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technical innovation of beethoven - fast, rushing movement in triple meter - "joke" in italian - minuet trio form ( A B A)
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scherzo
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piece of moderate length for voices and instruments to be performed during Lutheran Church services
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church cantata
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