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28 Cards in this Set
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Basso Continuo
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A set of chords continuously underlying the melody of a piece of Baroque music.
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Ground Bass
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An ostinato in the bass
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Bass Ostinato
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Combinataion of bass continuo and ground bass
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Opera
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Drama presented in music, with the characters singing instead of speaking
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Recitative
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A half-singing, half-reciting style of presenting words in opera, cantat, oratorio, etc., following speech accents and speech rhythms closely. Secco recitative is accompanied only by continuo
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Aria
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A vocal number for solo singer and orchestra, generally in opera, cantata, or oratorio
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Dance Suites
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A piece consisting of a series of dances
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Fugue
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1 subject, always starts with the subject.
Exposition = Variation of the subject. |
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Toccata
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Written for the keyboard
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Conzona
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1 subject, many varied forms, essentially same as fuge
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Walking Bass
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A bass line consisting of steady equal note values, usually eighths or quarters
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Ornamentation
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Same as coloratura and melisma...In vocal music, a passage of many notes sung to a single syllable
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Conerto
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Orchestra piece with one solo
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Concerto Grosso
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Orchestral piece with more than one soloist (usually 4-5)
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Movement
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Way of organizing a piece
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Ritornello
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The orchestral material at the beginning of a concerto grosso...which always returns later in the piece
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Ritornello Form
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Musical form based on recurrences of a ritornello.
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Cadenza
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An improvised passage for the soloist in a concerto, or sometimes in other works. Concerto cadenzas usually come near the ends of movements
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Binary Form
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A musical form having two different sections; AB form
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Trio Form
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ABA
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French Overature
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A Baroque type of overture to an opera, oratorio, or suite.
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Da Capo
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Literally, for the beginning; a direction to the performer to repeat music form the beginning of the piece up to a later point
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Opera Seria
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Serious Opera
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Secco Recitative
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A half-singing, half-reciting, style of presenting words in opera, cantata, oratoria, etc.
Is accompanied by a cantinuo |
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Accompanied Recitative
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A half-singing, half-reciting, style of presenting words in opera, cantata, oratoria, etc.
Is accompanied by an orchestra |
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Oratorio
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Opera, without a set, has a religious subject
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Cantata
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Piece to be sung
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Sonata
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Piece to be played
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