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What are the Dates of the Baroque Period?
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1600-1750
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Music that is made up on the spot, usually according to stylistic guidlines.
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Improvisation
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An accompanied solo song, usually of some length and complexity, in an opera, oratorio, or cantata
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Aria
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A vocal composition in several movements for solo voices, instruments, and usually a chorus; it is usually based on a religious text.
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Cantata
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A stately hymn tune used in the German Lutheran Church
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Chorale
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Music in which one section of a performing group contrasts with another section or a soloist
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Concerted Style
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A multi-movement work contrasting a small instrumental group with a large group
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Concerto Grosso
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The Secondary theme of a Fugue
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Countersubject
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The section in sonata form devoted to the development of themes
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Development
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The Baroque practice of attempting to project states of feeling and ideas in music
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Doctrine of Affections
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An instrumental or vocal performing group
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Ensemble
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Sections of a fugue in which the subject is not present
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Episode
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A system of tuning, in which the intervals are adjusted to divide the octave into twelve equal parts
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Equal Temperament
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The opening section of a fugue in sonata form
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Exposition
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A composition in which the main theme is presented in imitation in several parts
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Fugue
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The text of an opera or oratorio
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Libretto
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An instrumental or vocal performing group
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Ensemble
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As used today, scale patterns containing seven pitches other than major or minor
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Modes
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Changing the tonal center as the music progresses, usually without a break
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Modulation
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Sections of a fugue in which the subject is not present
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Episode
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A drama set to music in which the lines of text are sung with orchestral accompaniment
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Opera
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A system of tuning, in which the intervals are adjusted to divide the octave into twelve equal parts
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Equal Temperament
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A short, persistently repeated melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic pattern
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Ostinatio
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The opening section of a fugue in sonata form
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Exposition
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A composition in which the main theme is presented in imitation in several parts
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Fugue
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The text of an opera or oratorio
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Libretto
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As used today, scale patterns containing seven pitches other than major or minor
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Modes
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Changing the tonal center as the music progresses, usually without a break
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Modulation
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A drama set to music in which the lines of text are sung with orchestral accompaniment
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Opera
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A short, persistently repeated melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic pattern
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Ostinatio
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A repeated set of variations based on melodic ostinato in the lowest-pitched part
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Passacaglia
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An oratorio based on the suffering of jesus on good friday, according to one of the four gospels
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Passion
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A piece to be played as a introduction
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Prelude
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INstrumental music associated by the composer with an extramusical idea or object
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Program Music
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A style of singing that covers its text expressively, usually in an economical and direct way
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Recitative
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The orchestral form in which themes at the beginning of a concerto grosso return later in the movement
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Ritornello Form
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The immediate repeating of a phrase or figure at a different pitch level from the original
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Sequence
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A baroque multimovement work for solo instrument
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Sonata
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The main theme of a fugue
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Subject
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A collection of parts of a larger work such as a ballet or opera
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Suite
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A showy work, usually for a keyboard instrument
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Toccata
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The specific pitch around which a piece of music is centered
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Tonal Center
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A very technically skilled performer
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Virtuoso
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A part in an instrumental composition, especially a fugue
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Voice
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