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44 Cards in this Set
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Who was the most important composer of baroque era?
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Bach
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barroco
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abnormal shaped pearl
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What were the 2 biggest branches of baroque?
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age of reason
age of discovery |
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monody
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1 singer with accompaniment
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florentine camerata
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used monody
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basso continuo
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takes 2 ppl to play it
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figured bass
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#'s above bass note used as musical shorthand
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major-minor tonalities
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huge change and no more modes were used
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equal temperment
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tuning adjustment everything sounds the same
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terraced dynamics
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added another instrument just to increase volume
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virtuosos
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GREAT. professionals basically
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castrato
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soprano male singers were castrated
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doctrine of affection
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baroque wedding of music and poetry. the moods of the piece
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exoticism
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interest in far away lands
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opera
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sung drama
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baroque opera
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came from madrigals and used mythology
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recitative
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sections that move the plot along
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what are the 2 types of recitative
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secco -dry
accompanato- with accompaniment |
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aria
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big show stopping song that can be performed alone
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da capo
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(ternary section)
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ensembles
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duo,quartets, trios etc.
-had specific jobs |
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libretto
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script/ words that they sing which is written by the librettis
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orchestra
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played the overture and sinfonia
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Italy
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Montered (1st in any country to do opera)
and developed the arioso style |
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France
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Tragedie Lyrique
Lully (elaborate) |
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England
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Masque
Henry Persil |
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Bach
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organ virtuoso
orphaned at 10 19 kids blind RELIGIOUS |
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cantata
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multi movement for chorus instrumental
"to sing" |
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chorale
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congregation hymn
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Handel
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German
moved to Italy |
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oratorio
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cut expensive stuff and was sacred
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Suite
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series of varied dance movements and are in the same key
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different suites with country
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french-courante
spanish- sarabande english- gigue |
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chamber
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orchestral solo
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riternello
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rondeau
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concerto
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instrumental work based on 2 dissimilar bodies of sound
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2 types of concertos
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solo- solo instrument w/ accompaniment
concerto grosso- cencertino and ripieno |
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Vivaldi
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"Red Priest" also known as "Father of the Concerto"
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harpsichord
clavichord |
strings are plucked
more delicate sound |
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prelude
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shorter homophonic free and performed by virtuosos
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fugue
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contrapunctual, each voice added to theme, imitiation
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3 parts of a fugue
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1. exposition- subject and answer
2. episodes just building 3. recapitchulation- bring back the exposition |
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Who is the master of the fugue?
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Bach
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John Gay
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Italian comic opera
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