Music Appreciation - Baroque Era

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3 important keyboard instruments?

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organ, harpsichord, and clavichord.

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the sonata de camera was inteded to be performed where?

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in the home

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the baroque organ had a harsh tone. true or false?

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false, the organ had a pure and transparent tone, contrasting colors, and could have one voice.

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the sonata de camera was based on ____ movements?

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dance

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how many players make up a trio sonata.

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four

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a likel combination of instruments in a trio sonata is?

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2 volins, a cellist, and a harpsichorist.

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Domencio Scarlatti

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wrote over 500 keyboard sonatas. his structure led to the development of sonata-allegro form.

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the instrumental form based on the contrast of two dissimilar masses of sound is?

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concerto

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the solo concerto is?

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instrumental, 3 movements, and solo with accompaniment

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what kind of music became just as important as vocal music in this era?

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instrumental

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who was the greatest and most prolific italian composer of concertos?

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Vivaldi

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who was known as the red priest and why?

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Vivaldi; because of his red hair.

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Antonio Vivaldi

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Taught music at girls orphanage in Venice
Girls performed at mass hidden behind screen
Best known for concerti grossi & solo concertos for violin
Wrote sacred & secular vocal & instrumental music

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The Four Seasons is?

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a well known set of concerto's by Vivaldi with a solo violin in the spring.

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Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos?

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Bach

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The suit contains a series of dance movements, each movement is a dance type derived from another country, and?

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contrast in tempo and character

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basso continuo

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two instrumentalists for the accompaniment, one played bass line on a cello or a bassoon, and another filled the harmonies on a chordal instrument (harpshichord, organ, or lute)

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figured bass

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numeral above or below a bass note, indicating the required chord.

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castrato

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artificial male pitch done by castrating a boy at a young age.

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The Four Seasons is?

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a well known set of concerto's by Vivaldi with a solo violin in the spring.

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Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos?

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Bach

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monody

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solo song with instrumental accompaniment

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doctrine of affections

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songs sung in one emotion of affection

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the baroque style of music was?

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has a driving and energetic rythm and a continuously expanding melody.

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masque

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english type of entertainment combining music, poetry, and dance

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opera

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drama that is sing

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the earliest operas took their plots from what?

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greek mythology

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Monteverdi

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an early master of opera

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overture

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the beginning of an opera, orchestral introduction

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singing in monotone, diologue like, speech like song

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recitative

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florentine camerata

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a group of artists, musicians, and writers whose goal was to ressurect the musical-dramatic art of Greece.

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monody

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solo song with instrumental accompaniment

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the baroque style of music was?

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has a driving and energetic rythm and a continuously expanding melody.

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masque

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english type of entertainment combining music, poetry, and dance

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recitative

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singing in dilogue, conversation

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aria

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love song, dramatic

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Purcell

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composer, Dido and Aneas

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Handel

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lived in London, was from Germany, but his operas were written in italian. Late opera master

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Barbara Strozzi

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sung secular cantadas. used an expressive chromaticism and dissonance. shifted from slow to dance music and used word painting. most famous work: Begli Occhi

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solo concerto

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instrumental, 3 movements. one performer with supporting instruments

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concerto grosso

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small group of instrumentalists playing along with a larger group.

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concertino

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small group of instrumentalists

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harsichord

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2 keyboards, strings plucked, cannot produce a wide variety of dynamics.

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Liberetto

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verses from the Bible

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Oratorio

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no costumes or scenery, have chorus's, religious, performed in the church.

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Trio Sonata

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four players, 2 violins, cello, and a harpsichord
Written as three parts, but performed by four players
Three melodic lines: basso continuo and two above

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sonata de camerata

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at home, based on dance movements

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ancestor of the symphony, fast-slow-fast

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italian overture

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3 main composers

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Bach, Telleman, and Louis

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suite

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dance movement, each dance movement derived from another country. contrasted in tempo and character

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Chorale Prelude

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workful organ, show off organist

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gigue

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lively texture, sextuple meter, not a slow dance

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unity of mood

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Expresses one mood per piece

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dynamics

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Volumes constant with abrupt changes

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texture

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Late Baroque mostly polyphonic
Extensive use of imitation

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Ritornello

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Frequently used in 1st & last movements of concerto grosso
Theme repeatedly presented in fragments
Contrast between solo sections and tutti

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Henry Purcell

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English composer (1659-1695)
Highly regarded, held several court positions
Buried beneath the organ in Westminster Abbey
Wrote sacred and secular music in many styles
Only one opera: Dido and Aeneas