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The baroque style flourished during the period from
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1600 to 1750
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The two giants of baroque composition were
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George Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach
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Many compositions were written for which specific instrument
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The violin family
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The alteration between loud and soft is called
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terraced dynamics
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The main keyboard instruments of the baroque period were
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the organ and harpsichord
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a polyphonic compostition based on one main theme was a
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fugue
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The text of the opera is
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the libretto
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the opera is usually written by the
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librettist
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The nerve center of an opera in performance is the
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orchestra pit- a sunken area directly in front of the stage
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The English composer of his day was
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Henry Purcell-the native english composer of international rank until the twentieth century
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