Music History I Written Exam Three

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Stile Concitato

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"agitated style", demenstrating anger through notes.

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L'Orfeo

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First Significant Monteverdi Opera

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Picardy Third

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Major third at the end of a work in minor

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Concerto Grosso- Concertino

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Small group of soloists

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Concerto Grosso- Tutti (Ripieno)

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Full ensemble

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Vivaldi's Catalogue System

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Created by Ryom Vereichnis; Vereichnis der Werke

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Bach's Catalogue System

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BWV: Bach Werke Vereichnis

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Florentine Camerata

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Group of Artist and noblemen

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Recitatif simple

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Shifts meter between duple and triple; often with stagnant bass

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Recitatif Measure

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More lyrical with more motion in accompaniment often interrupts recitatif simple

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Secco Recitative

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"Dry"; Soloist and Basso continuo

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Accompanied Reitative

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Soloist and Full Orchestra

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Libretto

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Text in vocal music such as operas

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Monody

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Any work of the 17th century consisting of a solo voice supported by basso continuo

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Montaverdi

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Bridge composer from Renaissance to the Baroque

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Harpsichord, organ, lute, viol, or bassoon

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Possible instrumentation of basso continuo

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basso continuo

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A continuous bass that provides the harmonic framework for the solo voice about it

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Ground bass/basso ostinato

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Short bass pattern that provides the structural basis for the voice or voices about it

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Chorale prelude

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Any chorale based on war; emerged mid-17 century; chorale theme is basis of work

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Doctrine of Affections

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Musical means to express "affections"; not composers' affection; no more than one affection at a time

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Origins of term Baroque

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Musique Baroque (Boldness, rapidity); Derivative (Portuguese "Barroco"- Oddly shaped pearl)

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terraced dynamics

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shifts from soft to loud without gradual crescendos and decrescendos

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5-8

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# of movements in Bach’s sacred cantatas

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Chorale

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final movement of Bach Cantatas

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Concerto

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genres Bach composed in
cadenza

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Da Capo Aria

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Aria that contains three sections: opening A, contrasting B, and returning A.

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Ritornello

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"Brief return" musical idea that returns at several points over the course of a work.

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Testo, Historicus

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Narrator in oratorios

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hamburg

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Principal center of German opera

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Teatro di San Cassiano

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First public opera house in Europe

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Middle-class Protestant English

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Audience for Handel’s English oratorios

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Oratorio volgare

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Written in Italian; 30-60 minutes long and separated by the sermon into two sections

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Oratorio Latino

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Written in Latin; Only one section

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Tragedie en musique/tragedie lyrique

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Conservative and short arias; sung and danced choral numbers; no castrati; extreme ornamentation avoided; "Total Theater"; Five line string Orchestra

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Masques

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Theatrical genre of 17th-century English featuring a mixture of declaimed poetry, songs, scenery, dance, and instrumental music

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Castrati

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Castrated male singer whose voice has never broken and who therefore sings in the soprano or alto range. Castrati were common in opere serie of the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Trio Sonata Texture and Instrumentation

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Two Treble and one bass; Two violin, two flutes, two oboes, or any combination of two + the basso continuo

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Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, and Gigue

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Four dance movements standard to the Baroque suites