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25 Cards in this Set
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Da Capo Aria
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Aria Form with two sections. The first section is repeated after the second section's close, which carries the instruction da capo, creating an ABA form.
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Serenata
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A semidramatic piece for several singers and small orchestra, usually written for a special occasion.
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Antonio Stradivari
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Sonata da Camera
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Baroque sonata, usually a suite of stylized dances, scored for one or more treble instruments and continuo.
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Sonata da Chiesa
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Baroque instrumental work intended for performance in church; usually in four movements - slow-fast-slow-fast - and scored for one or more treble instruments and continuo.
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Concerto
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In the 17th century, enseble of instruments or of voices with one or more instruments, or a work for such an ensemble.
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Concerto Grosso
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Instrumental work that exploits the contrast in sonority between a small ensemble of solo instruments, usually the same forces that appeared in the trio sonanta, and a large ensemble.
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Concertino
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Tutti or Repieno
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In both the concerto and the concerto Grosso, designates the full orchestra. Also called ripieno. Instruction to an ensemble that all should play.
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Stadtpfeifer
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Professional town musicians who had the exclusive right to provide music within city limits.
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Collegium Musicum
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Ann association of amateurs, popular during the baroque period, who gathered to play and sing together for their own pleasure. Today, an ensemble of university students that performs early music.
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Abendmusiken
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Fugue
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Composition or section of a composition in imitative texture that is based on a single subject and begins with successive statements of the subject in voices.
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Chorale Prelude
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Relatively short setting for organ of a chorale melody, used as an introduction for congregational singing or as an interlude in a Lutheran church service.
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Ritornello Form
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Standard form for fast movements in concertos of the first half of the 18th century, featuring a ritornello for full orchestra that alternates with episodes characterized by virtuosic material played by one or more soloists.
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Orders
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Fundamental Bass
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Term coined by Jean- Philippe Rameau to indicate the succession of the roots or fundamental tones in a series of chords.
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Chorale Prelude
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Relatively short setting for organ of a chorale melody, used as an introduction for congregational singing or as an interlude in a Lutheran church service.
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Church Cantata
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Mass in B Minor
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Royal Academy of Music
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Simple Recitative
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Style of recitative scored for solo voice and basso continuo, used for setting dialogue or monologue in as speechlike a fashion as possible, without dramatization.
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Accompanied Recitative
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Recitative that uses orchestral accompaniment to dramatize the text.
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Prima Donna
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A soprano singing the leading female role in an opera.
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Coloratura
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Florid vocal ornamentation.
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