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38 Cards in this Set
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Baroque Period (Years) |
1600-1750 |
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Classical Period (Years) |
1750-1820 |
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Classical Period (Characteristics) |
-Musical equivalent of new-classical period -Role of composer in society shifted from someone being owned to freelance -Private music instruction became much more prevelant -Music was to be entertaining rather than sacred -Rhythmic flexibility -Rarely any polyphonic texture -Simpler more tuneful melodies -Dynamic changes introduced |
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Baroque Period (Characteristics) |
-Highly Ornate -Exaggerated -Bizzare -Rise of the instrumental genre -Voices almost always with instruments (no a cappella) -Experimentation with new keys -less rhythmic freedom |
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Doctrine of affections |
Catalog of what music does to emotions |
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Baroque orchestra |
-Made of 30-40 Musicians centered around a harpsichord -harpsichord player was conducter and usually composer too |
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Figured Bass |
Shorthand music that was interpreted and mostly improvised by the harpsichord player |
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Continuo |
The cellist and harpsichord player at the center of a Baroque orchestra |
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Ritornello form |
Consists of a ritornello section, followed by a solo section, followed by another ritornello section, then another solo and so on. |
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Antonio Vivaldi |
Baroque Period -Italian -Priest -Had an orphanage for girls -Taught the girls to play violin by writing 2 concertos a month for them -Known as red priest for his red hair |
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Solo Concerto |
-Utilized ritornello form -Formed with 3 movements I fast (tonic) II slow (other keys) III fast (tonic) |
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La Stravaganza Op 4 No. 12 |
Movement 1 -ritornello form Movement 2 -variations -ground bass |
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Ground Bass |
A bass line that repeats throughout the song |
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Johann Sebastian Bach |
-Wrote Brandenburg concerto -Wrote Well Tempered Clavier -Wrote Cantata #4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden" -Baroque Period -German -Church and court musician -Wrote a notebook for Anna Magdelena (his copier) |
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Concerto Grosso |
-Follows pattern of solo concerto (3 movements fast-slow-fast) -Ritornello form |
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 |
Written by Bach in the baroque period |
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Fugue |
Starts as monophonic with voices being added Structure 1.) Subject (melody the fugue is based on) 2.) Exposition (all voices present subject) 3.) Episode (disconnected from the subject) 4.) Entry/statement (subject returns) |
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Well tempered Clavier |
-Book by Bach -Written in the baroque period -contains preludes and fugues in every possible key (Clavier is an early piano) |
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Suite (Typical Configuration) |
-Prelude --only a movement, not a dance -Allemande (german) -Conrante (French) -Sarabande (Spanish) -Optional Paired dances --Minuets, Bourrees, Gavottes -Gigue (English) |
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Castrato Singers |
-Males whose voices weren't allowed to mature -Were sought after like "rockstars" |
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Claudio Monteverdi |
Wrote Coronation of Poppea Baroque period |
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Henry Purcell |
Wrote Dido & Aeneas (considered greatest english opera ever written) Baroque period |
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George Frederic Handel |
Wrote Julius Cesar Wrote Water Music Baroque period |
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Oratorio |
A sacred multi-movement opera (minus the acting/costumes/scenery) that told old testament stories Were produced instead of opera during 2 month lent for composers to make money |
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Church Cantata |
-Sacred -Similar to Oratorio |
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Classical Period Movement Structure |
-Instrumental compositions are in 3-4 movement works 1st fast 2nd Slow 3rd dance related(optional) 4th fast/very fast |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Wrote Symphony #40 Wrote Piano Concerto #23 Wrote Don Giovanni Classical period -Was a child prodigy -Successful with every genre of the period -Was socially inept |
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Franz Joseph Haydn |
Wrote Surprise Symphony #94 Wrote The Clock #101 Wrote Symphony # 99 Classical Period |
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Surprise Symphony #94 |
Franz Joseph Haydn Classical |
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The Clock #101 |
Franz Joseph Haydn Classical |
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Symphony # 99 |
Franz Joseph Haydn Classical |
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Piano Concerto #23 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Classical |
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Symphony #40 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Classical |
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Rondo Form |
(Where the Rondo theme is A) A B A C A D A |
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Classical Concerto |
Organ & Soloist Three movements 1.)fast, double expo 2.)slow, ABA, Theme & Variation, sonato, or rondo form 3.)fast, often rondo or sonata form |
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Opera Buffa |
Comic opera (As Opposed to Opera Seria) Classical |
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Opera Seria |
Serious opera (As Opposed to Opera Buffo) Baroque |
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Don Giovanni |
Opera by Mozart Classical Not well liked by emperor Joseph |
