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21 Cards in this Set
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Cantana |
Vocal genre for solo singers, chorus, and instrumentalists based on a lyric or dramatic poetic narrative. Generally consists of several movements. |
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Oratorio |
Large-scale dramatic genre originating in the Baroque, based on a text of religious or serious character, performed by solo voices, chorus, and orchestra; similar to opera but without scenery, costumes, or action. |
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Opera |
Music drama that is generally sung throughout, combining the resources of vocal and instrumental music with poetry and drama, acting and dancing, scenery and costumes. |
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Aria |
High point of solo of an opera. Lyric song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment, generally expressing intense emotion. |
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Recitative |
Solo vocal declamation that follows the inflections of the text, often resulting in a disjunct vocal style. |
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Libretto |
Text or script of an opera. |
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Librettist |
The author of libretto |
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Suite |
Multi-movement work made up of a series of contrasting dance movements. |
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Fugue |
Polyphonic form popular in the Baroque era, in which one or more themes are developed by imitative counter-point. |
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Chorale |
Congregational hymn |
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Concerto grosso |
Baroque concerto type based on the opposition between a small group of solo instruments and orchestra. |
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Concerto |
Instrumental genre in several movements for solo instrument and orchestra. |
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Passion |
Musical setting of the Crucifixion story. |
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Pizzicato |
Performance direction to pluck a string of a bowed instrument with the finger. |
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Tremolo |
Rapid repetition of a note. |
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Toccata |
Sounds improvised in a free and rhapsodic style. Intro to fugue. |
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Terraced dynamics |
sudden changes |
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Subject |
the main idea or theme of a fugue. |
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Castrato |
Male singer who was castrated during boyhood to preserve his soprano or alto vocal register. |
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Chorale prelude |
organ piece in which a traditional chorale melody is established. |
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Ritornello |
Refrain. Short, recurring instrumental passage found in both the aria and the Baroque concerto. |
