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first public opera houses opened in _____
Venice
Baroque
abnormal, exaggerated, in bad tast, Portuguese for misshapen pearl; basso continuo notation specified only melody and bass, realization
affections
emotional states of the soul; spirits or humors harbored emotion, music could balance these
seconda pratica
used by Monteverdi, msic served the text
theorbo
aka chitarrone, large lute with extra bass strings
first pastoral drama staged
Favola d'Orfeo (The Orpheus Legend)
best known marigal
L'Amfiparnaso (The slopes of Parnassus) by Vecchi
intermedio
musical interludes used before, after, and between acts of plays; usually 6 for each play
Giralamo Mei
believed all text was sung; Greek music consisted of a single melody
The Florentine Camerata
a group of scholars who met in Florence to discuss literature, science, and the arts
Count Bardi
the host of the Florentine Camerata
monody
accompanied vocal melodies
Le nuove musice
Caccini's collection of songs in monody and solo madrigals; introduction describes ornaments and their use
Dafne
poetry by Runuccini and music by Jacopo Peri
longer than any previously staged musical play
Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo (Representation of the Soul and Body)
L'Euridice
Peri, Runuccini, directed by Cavalieri
recitative style
basso continuo sustains a chords and play bass line while singer moves between pitches that are consonant and dissonant against it
aria
for singing strophic poetry; ritornello, or instrumental refrains, separate the strophes; lyrical monologue for a solo singer
Monteverdi's first opera
L'Orfeo
strophic variation
melody and duration of harmonies are varied to reflect text
realization
actual playing of figured bass, improvised performance
concertato
to reach agreement; combining voices with instruments
concerted madrigal
one or more voices with continuo
sacred concerto
sacred vocal work with instruments
concerto grosso
contrast between solo group and the complete group
what kind of intonation did singers and violinists use? keyboards? fretted instruments?
just intonation, mean-tone temperament, equal temperatment
who developed a theory of harmony that replaced modal theory?
Rameau
cadenza
elaborate passages decorating important cadences
opera
a drama with continuous or near-continuoussinging; staged, with costume, scenery, and action
pastoral drama
play in verse, interspersed with music and songs; stories of idyllic love in rural settings
best-known madrigal
L'Amfiparnaso (The Slopes of Parnassus) by Vecchi
intermedio
musical interludes before, after, and between acts of plays; usually 6 for each play
stile concitato
excited style, uses repeated notes to convey agitation
considered Monteverdi's masterpiece because of expressiveness
L'Incornazione di Poppea
she was the highest paid musician employed by the grand duke of Tuscany
Francesca Caccini
center of opera development in the 1620s
Rome
most prolific librettist later known as Pope Clement IX
Guilio Rospigliosi
Sant' Alessio
most famous Roman opera by Stefano Landi
two-part instrumental sinfonias introduced to operas in Rome
first part is a slow chordal section, second part is a lively imitative canzona
castrato
men castrated before puberty; sang treble parts in church because women not allowed to sing; in Rome women not permittted on stage
Teatro San Cassiano
first public opera house in Venice
librettos
the text for an opera
impresario
like a modern producer
prima donna
lead soprano in opera
Anna Renzi
a prima donna
secular works in concertato style
solo voice or small vocal ensemble with basso continuo
concerted madrigals
for voice with instrumental accompaniment
basso ostinato
persistent or obstinate bass, triple o compound meter, 2, 4, or 6 measures long; often features descending tetrachord
chacona
dance song with origins in Latin America, pattern of chords used as refrain
cantata
"a piece to be sung" secular composition on a lyrical or dramatic text, usually for solo voice with continuo, containing several sections of recitative and aria
Venetian singer and composer that published more cantatas than any other composer of the time
Barbara Strozzi
France's air de cour
court air; homophonic, strophic song, syllabic text setting
stile antico
old style
Gradus ad Parnassu (Steps to Parnassus)
treatise by Fux
sacred concerto
church incorporates opera to convey message
chori spezzati
divided choirs
obligato
these parts must be played
small sacred concerto
solo singer(s) with organ and one or two violins
published first book of church music to use basso continuo
Lodovico Viadana
composed solo motets using monody
Alessandro Grandi
Musical Compositions (music in convents)
written by Lecrezia Vizzana
oratorio
religious dramatic music incorporating narrative, dialogue, and commentary
where did oratorio develop in the 17th century?
Rome
leading composer of Latin oratorios
Giacomo Carissimi
composed first German opera
Heinrich Schutz
Cantiones Sacrae (Sacred Songs)
used madrigal like word painting
Kleine geistliche Konzerte
Schutz
cadentiae duriusculae
harsh cadential notes
saltus durius
harsh leap
historia
musical setting based on a biblical narrative, prominent Lutheran genre
passions
settings of the story of Jesus' crucifixion, most common type of historia
cantillation
primary form of Jewish musical worship, oral, imrpovisitory style
first book of Jewish liturgical polyphonic music
Hashirim asher lish 'lomo (The Songs of Solomon) by Salamone Rossi
categorization of instrumental music by performing forces
solo works, chamber works, large ensemble works
categorizatoin of instrumental music by venue or social function
church, chamber, theater
types of improvisatory pieces through 1650
toccatas, fantasias, preludes
fugal or imitative pieces through 1650
ricercares, fantasias, fancys, capriccios, fugues
pieces w/ contrasting sections often in imitative counterpoint
canzona or sonata
settings of existing melodies
organ verse or chorale prelude
variation of melody through 1650
variations, partitas
variation of bass line through 1650
partitas, chaconnes, passacaglias
suites
stylized dance movements paired together
most important composer of toccata
Giralamo Frescobaldi
where did Frescobaldi work
Rome to Florence to Rome
Fiori musicali
Musical Flowers, collection of 3 organ masses, by Frescobaldi
organist at imperil court in Vienna, Frescobaldi's most famous student
Johann Jacob Froberger
ricercare
"to search" serious composition for organ or harpsichord, using one subject or theme in continuously developed imitation
fugue
"flight" term in Germany for serious piece that treated one theme in continuous imitation
fantasia
imitative work on a larger scale than ricercare, for keyboard
fancys
English fantasias composed for consorts of violin
canzona
imitative piece in contrasting sections for keyboard or ensemble
sonata
piece for one or two melody instruments with continuo, idiomatic for instrumental capabilities
variations
known as partite, or divisions
court ballet
musical-dramatic work with several acts, staged with costumes and scenery
Music of the Royal Chapel
singers, organists
Music of the Chamber
string, harpsicord, and flute players or indoor entertainment
Music of the Great Stable
wind, brass, and timpani for military and outdoor music
Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi
Twenty Four Violins of the King; first large ensemble of the violin family
Petits Violons
Small Violin Ensemble; for Louis' personal use
comedies-ballets
blended ballet and opera; Lully and Moliere
Tragedie en musique to tragedie lyrique
French version of the opera, tragedy in music
Lully's playwright/librettist
Jean-Philippe Quinault
French overture
"opening" first section is slow and stately, second is faster
divertissments
unrelated material at the center or end of every act, ballet and choruses
recitatif simple
simple recitative, followd contours of spoken French
recitatif mesure
measured recitative; more deliberate motion
air
song with continuo accompaniments, rythmic text and regular phrasing
note inegales
eight notes with a lilt similar to dotted rhythms
overdotting
performing a dotted note longer than its notated value and shortening the following note
agrements
brief ornamentations
petit motet
small motet; sacred concerto for few voices with continuo
grand motet
large motet: multisection works
introduced oratorio to France
Charpentier
leading composer of lute music
Denis Gaultier
table of agrements from harpichord treatise of 1689 by ____
D'Anglebert's
stlye lute (lute style) or style brise (broken style)
lute players' habit of breaking up melodies picked up by harpsichord composers
binary form
two roughly equal sections, each repeated
preludes
unmeasured, improvisitory style
allemande
french for "german" moderately fast, 4/4 meter, continuous movement in style luthe with frequent agrements
courante
"running or flowing" based on dignified dance step; triple or compound meter
sarabande
originally a fast Mexican dance; stylized French version is slow; triple meter, emphasis on second beat
gigue
fast temp, compound meter, continuous triplets
rondeau
refrain form with contrasting period paried in couplets
gavotte
duple-ter dance starting with a half measure upbeat
minuet
triple meter couples dance