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Bach

1750 (the end of baroque period)


Monody: solo withinstrumental accompaniment; homophonic


Homophonic texture


Basso Continuo : Provides figured bass,the bass lines Harpsichord or the organ One or more was used

features of baroque era

dynamic and tempo


ornamentation: improvising

Baroque Orchestra

Characterized by timber(sound colour) and loudness (volume)


Basso continuo wereunspecified in scores Composed of bowed stringsin the middle, maybe harpsichord or organ, and maybe percussion

Multi-movement work

One title and several separate musical pieces,played in the same order9"Ydu

Large-scale instrumentalgenre

-concerto


Solo concerto:multi-movement for a single instrumental soloist and orchestra (with bassocontinuo)


Concerto gross: two ormore soloist and orchestra


-Dance Suite


Suite: a multi-movementcollection of dance

Small scale Instrumental Genre

aka Chamber music


-Solo sontata: Multi-movement genre fora solo instrumentalist and basso continuo


or Multi-movement genre fora solo keyboard (harpsichord)


-Trio sonatas Multi-movement genre forTwo instrumental soloists and basso continuo

Early Opera


-Created in the wealthycourts of Florence


-To recreate the ancientgreek drama


-Delamatory


-First public opera housein venice

Opera

-Large-scale music dramafor vocal soloist, chorus and orchestra


-Homophonic


-Large-scale cooperativeeffort

Libretto

-Poetry of an opera


-Secular texts invernacular language


-About myth, drama, andhistory of ancient Greece and rome

Overture

-Orchestra alone thatintroduces an opera


-Foreshadowing


Two Subgenre in Oprea


-Recitative: naturalspeech


Not lyrical and melodious


Nonmetrical


One or two instrument,basso continuo


Aria: larger ensemble


Metric


Lyrical


Repeatingfragment of text


Well-Tempered Clavier


preludes and fuges in all24 major and minor keys

Fugue

imitative polyphony with musical theme “subject”


Handel

German born


Italianopera style

Castrato

a male singer castrated before puberty in order toretain the pre-adolescnet high vocal range

Oratorio

-Unlike opera, large-scalemusic drama for vocal soloist, chorus and orchestra


-Multi-movement works thatcontain arias, recitatives, duets, trios, interlude,etc


-Seculargenre

Bach,Brandenburg Concerto No.5 (for flute, violin, harpsichord and orchestra)

Genre:concerto grosso


Allegro


Form:ritornello form


Vivaldi,Violin Concerto in G major, La stravaganza, op.4 no.12

Firstmovement: ritornello form§ Themeand variation form