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Seconda prattica |
Term coined in the early 17th century to describe a new attitude toward text setting in which all musical means were subordinated to the effective delivery of the text being sung. The seconda prattica is closely associated (but not synonymous) with the emerging practice of monody. Literally, the “second practice,” so called because it appeared after the Prima prattica. |
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Florentine Camerata |
Group of artists and noblemen who met in Florence between roughly 1573 and 1587 to discuss, among other things, the possible means of recreating the music of Ancient Greece. |
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Monody |
Any work of the 17th century consisting of a solo voice supported by basso continuo. |
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Figured bass |
Notational convention of the basso continuo in the 17th and 18th centuries using numbers (“figures”) that indicate the desired intervals--and thus the harmonies--to be played above a given bassline. |
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Toccata |
Type of work for keyboard that is freely constructed based on no preexistent material, and typically features rapid passagework. |
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Sonata da chiesa |
Literally, “sonata of the church”; type of sonata featuring a slow first movement and at least one additional imitative movement, popular in the Baroque era. |
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Sonata da camera |
Literally, “sonata of the chamber”; type of sonata featuring a series of dance-related movements, popular to the Baroque era. |
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Trio sonata |
Type of sonata for two instruments of a high range (violins, flutes, oboes, etc.) and basso continuo, popular throughout the 18th century. |
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Solo concerto |
Type of concerto featuring a soloist and a larger ensemble, as opposed to a ripieno concerto. |
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Concerto grosso |
Type of Baroque concerto typically featuring soloists (the concertino) and a larger ensemble (the ripieno). The term also encompasses the ripieno concerto, a work for large ensemble with no soloists. |
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Ritornello |
Literally, a “brief return”; musical idea that returns at several points over the course of a work, usually after contrasting material of some kind. |
