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100 Cards in this Set
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Who is the composer of The Firebird?
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Stravinsky
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Who is the composer of C-Jam Blues?
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Duke Ellington
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Who is the composer of The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra?
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Britten
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Who is the composer of Prelude in E Minor for Piano?
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Chopin
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Who is the composer of Farandole?
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Bizet
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Who is the composer of Dance of the Reed Pipes?
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Tchaikovsky
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Who is the composer of Bourree?
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JS Bach
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Who is the composer of Alleluia Vidimus Stellam?
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Anonymous
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Who is the composer of O Successors?
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Hildegard of Bingen
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Who is the composer of Since I am Forgotten by you?
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Machaut
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Who is the composer of Agnus Dei?
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Machaut
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Who is the composer of Ave Maria?
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Josquin
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Who is the composer of Kyrie?
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Palestrina
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Who is the composer of Flow My Tears?
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Dowland
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Who is the composer of Brandenburg Concerto?
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JS Bach
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Who is the composer of La Primavera?
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Vivaldi
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Who is the composer of Organ Fugue?
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JS Bach
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Who is the composer of You Are Dead?
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Monteverdi
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Who is the composer of Every Valley Shall Be Exalted?
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Handel
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Who is the composer of Hallelujah Chorus?
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Handel
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What is a trait from The Firebird?
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crescendo
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What is a trait from C-Jam Blues?
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improvisation
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What is a trait from The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra?
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variations
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What is a trait from Prelude in E minor?
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espressivo
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What is a trait from Farandole?
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homophonic
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What is a trait from Dance of the Reed Pipes?
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stacatto melody
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What is a trait from Bourree?
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lute playing
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What is a trait from Alleluia Vidimus?
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monophonic
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What is a trait from O Successors?
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melismatic
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What is a trait from Since I am Forgotten by you?
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rondeau
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What is a trait from Agnus Dei?
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polyphonic
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What is a trait from Ave Maria?
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imitation
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What is a trait from Kyrie?
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imitation
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What is a trait from Flow My Tears?
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lute
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What is a trait from Brandenburg Concerto?
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harpischord
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What is a trait from La Primavera?
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ritornello
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What is a trait from Organ Fugue?
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downward sequences
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What is a trait from You Are Dead?
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homophonic
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What is a trait from Every Valley Shall be Exalted?
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string ritornello
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What is a trait from Hallelujah Chorus?
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monophonic, polyphonic, and homophonic
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Who is known as the "red priest"?
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Vivaldi
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What is the main keyboard of the baroque period?
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organ and harpischord
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What is movement?
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A piece that sounds fairly complete and independent but is part of a larger composition.
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What are the three typical movements in baroque music?
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Fast (energetic), Slow (Calm), Fast (humorous).
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What is Concerto Grosso?
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A small group of soloists are pitted against a larger group of players called the tutti (all).
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What is Ritornello Form?
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A short, recurring instrumental passage, particularly in a tutti section.
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What is a Sonata?
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A composition in several movements for one to eight instruments.
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What movements does the sonata consist of?
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fast, fast, slow, fast
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What is Fugue?
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A polyphonic composition based on one main theme, called a subject.
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What is Countersubject?
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When the subject in one voice is constantly accompanied in another voice (sometimes appears below the subject or above it).
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What is Episode?
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Connective passage between entrances of the subject.
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What is Stretto?
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Situation in which the subject and answer overlap one another, or when two subjects enter in close succession.
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What is Pedal Point?
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A single tone, usually in the bass, is held while the other voices produce a series of changing harmonies against it.
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What does inversion mean?
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It can be turned upside down
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What does retrograde mean?
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go backwards
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What does Augmentation mean?
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The original time values are lengthened
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What does Diminution mean?
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The original time values are shortened
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What is opera?
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Drama that is sung to orchestral accompaniment.
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what is aria?
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The main attraction for many opera fans. It’s a song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment.
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What is recitative?
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A vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech.
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What is ensemble?
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Besides arias, the soloists in an opera will sing compositions for two or more singers.
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What is overture?
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how operas begin
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What is Gregorian Chant?
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The official music of the Roman Catholic church, which consists of melody set to sacred Latin texts and sung without accompaniment (The chant is monophonic in texture).
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What is drone?
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sustaining bass note as an accompaniment.
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Where are troubadors from?
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southern France
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Where are trouveres from?
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northern France
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What are Jongleurs?
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wondering minstrels performing music and acrobatics in castles, taverns, and town squares.
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What is Estampie (13th Century)?
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One of the earliest surviving instrumental dance music of the medieval period.
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What is Organum?
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Medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic line.
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Who are Two successive choirmasters of Notre Dame?
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Leonin and Perotin
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What is Ars Nova?
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in Latin- By the early 14th century, a new system of music notation had evolved, and a composer could specify almost any rhythmic pattern.
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What is Rondeau?
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One of the main poetic and musical forms in 14th and 15th century France
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What is mass?
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A polyphonic choral composition made up of five sections
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What is the order of mass?
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Kyrie – Gloria – Credo – Sanctus – Agnus Dei (KGCSA)
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What is word painting?
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Musical representation of specific poetic images.
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What is motet?
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A polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass (shorter in length than the mass).
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What is pavane or passamezzo?
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stately dance in duple meter (renaissance entertainment music)
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what is galliard?
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lively dance in triple meter (renaissance entertainment music)
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What is figured bass?
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When the left hand is playing basso continuo, right hand improvises chords following the indications of numbers (figures) above the bass part.
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What is a movement?
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A piece that sounds fairly complete and independent but is part of a larger compositions.
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What is concerto grosso?
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A small group of soloists are pitted against a larger group of players called the tutti (all).
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What is ritornello form?
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A short, recurring instrumental passage, particularly in a tutti section.
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What is fugue?
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A polyphonic composition based on one main theme, called a subject.
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What are terrace dynamics?
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Alternation between loud and soft (sudden)
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What is the subject?
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main theme
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What is the countersubject?
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When the subject in one voice is constantly accompanied in another voice (sometimes appears below the subject or above it).
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What is an episode?
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Connective passage between entrances of the subject.
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What is a pedal point?
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A single tone, usually in the bass, is held while the other voices produce a series of changing harmonies against it.
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What is inversion?
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Fugal subject gets inverted
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What is retrograde?
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Go backward
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What is augmentation?
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Gets lengthened
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What is diminution?
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gets shortened
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What is a dry recitative?
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accompanied by a keyboard or continuo instruments
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What is accompanied recitative?
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orchestral accompaniment
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What is libretto?
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Text of the opera written by the librettist, or dramatist and set to music by the composer.
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What is Camerata?
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A small group of nobles, poets, and composers who began to meet regularly in Florence around 1575 and it included the composer Vincenzo Galilei, father of the astronomer Galileo.
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What is Castrato?
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A male singer who had been castrated before puberty.
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What is Da Capo Aria (A B A)?
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The form of a typical late baroque aria in A B A. When the singer goes back to the A section again, he/she is expected to embellish the returning melody with ornaments.
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What is trio sonata?
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A Baroque chamber sonata type written in three voices: two separate melody lines and the basso continuo part requiring four players to perform.
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What is Oratorio?
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Like an opera, an oratorio is a large-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra; it is usually set to a narrative text. The difference between the opera and oratorio is that it has no acting, scenery, or costumes.
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