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what is the date of the Baroque period |
1600-1750 |
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Why would baroque be known as mishapen pearle |
over ornamentaation |
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Great contrast (between movenemtns, dynamics, tempo) -spirit of theatricallity
this describes what musical period |
baroque |
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What reformation was going on in the Baroque period? |
catholic |
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Rembrant, rubans, El Grecko where all artists during what period |
Baroque |
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Which musical period is characterized by huge cathedrals being built around Europe and large scale production performances |
Baroque |
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what type of style was popular in Baroque that was different from before |
homophonic |
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What type of sheet music was popular at the time |
figured base with accompanyment. Had numbers above or below the line |
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What musical period was figured base common? |
Baroque |
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What does "continuo" mean? |
the people who are performing the figured base along with a basoon or celloist |
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What is the "Doctrine of Affections" |
A Baroque idea. for a section of a piece or all of a piece you stay with 1 emotion |
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What were the dynamics like in the Baroque period? |
Star step like. not flowing. vivid contrast |
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What is Concherto Grosso |
small group vs large group features small group (concertino) and large group (ripino) |
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Who did Bach work for? |
Wealthy people |
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Who was predecessor to YoYo Ma |
Pablo Casals |
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What is a prelude and fugue |
fantasian freewilliing form with structured fugue |
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What is a collection of movements called? |
Suite |
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What did suites allow composers to do? |
Make longer pieces of music |
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What does a lot of cadences show about the tonality of a piece? |
the more cadences, the more locked into a tonality the piece is |
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What texture of music did Bach make? |
Polyphonic |
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After Bach died what texture of music died along with him |
Polyphonic because no one could do it better |
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Who wrote Messiah? |
oratorio by Handel |
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What kind of overture has slow tempo, dotted rythms, followed by faster tempos |
French Overture |
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Who was unpredictibly polyphonic |
Handel |
