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Give the dates for the Baroque period.
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1600-1750
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Give the divisions of the period and the dates for each.
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Early Baroque- 1600-1700
Late Baroque- 1700-1750 |
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What does the term Baroque mean?
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Used to describe tortuous forms of argument, and oddly colored or misshapened pearls
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What language was it in?
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Portugese
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Why was the Baroque period a time of international peace of economic expansion?
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The political instability and wars that had dominated Europe for so many years.
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How was Sir Issac Newon significant?
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He was the foremost scientist of the age, and discovered the principle of gravity. Developed Calculus.
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What is an absolute monarch?
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Complete rule over every aspect of their realms.
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The early Baroque period was a time of experimentation. As a result, what was considered the greatest invention of the age?
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Opera
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What were the two chief forms of vocal music during the early Baroque period?
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Opera and Cantata
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What is Versailles?
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Built by Louis XIV, in the mid 1600s, Symmetrical with more than 1000 rooms. Elegant.
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List the devices used in Baroque art forms?
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Contrast, Illusion
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What were the three most important forms of instrumental music in the Baroque period?
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concerto, sonata, and the dance suite.
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Instruments, such as the harpsichord, cello, and bass viol would play an extrememely important part of Baroque music. What is it?
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Basso Continuo
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What is a concerto?
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based on contrast, their texture is formed by the interplay between a small group and a large group.
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What is a sonata?
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chamber music of several contrasting movements written for a small number of instruments
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What is a cantata?
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very short unstaged operas written for instruments or one or two voices and portrays a single scene.
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What is the difference between chamber and church cantatas?
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church- based on liturgical themes and performed in church on Sundays.
chamber- secular, telling sories about love lost and found, nymphs, and shepherds. |
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The chorale was the most distinctive musical feature of what religious service?
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Protestant church
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What is an oratorio?
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based on sacred story, and is not staged. A narrator sings the story and other singers sing he words of people in the story.
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What is a Passion?
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a composition based on the gospel account of the last days of Jesus
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What is monody?
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a type of music written for solo voice and basso continuo that imitated the natural rhythms of impassioned speech.
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What is Claudio Monteverdi's significance?
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Lived in two musical periods, first great opera composer of the Baroque era
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What is recitative?
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designed to imitate as closely as possible the freedom and expressiveness of speech
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What city was considered the center for opera in Europe?
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Venice, Italy
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What is an aria?
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lyrical part of an opera, conveys emotion.
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Why did the arts suffer in England during the Baroque?
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Civil War (1642-1649)
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In spite of this time on English history, who was considered the most talented English composer of the late 17th century?
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Henry Purcell
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What is a concerto grosso?
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small group of soloists contrasting with the whole orchestra (large concerto)
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What is a solo concerto?
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a single solois is contrasted with the whole orchestra
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What is a sonata da camera?
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Movements based on dance rhythms
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What is a sonata da chiesa?
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church sonata
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What is the show off element in the performance of concertos to this day?
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Virtuoso
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Which composer became famous, for the first time, as an exclusively instrumental composer?
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Arcangelo Corelli
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What was one of the most important influences on French music as a result of Louis XIV?
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dance
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List the main French Baroque dances
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Allemande
Bourree Courante Gavotte Gigue Minuet Sarabande |
