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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 |
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features of baroque era |
dynamic and tempo ornamentation: improvising |
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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 |
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Multi-movement work |
One title and several separate musical pieces,played in the same order9"Ydu |
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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 |
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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 |
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Early Opera |
-Created in the wealthycourts of Florence -To recreate the ancientgreek drama -Delamatory -First public opera housein venice |
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Opera |
-Large-scale music dramafor vocal soloist, chorus and orchestra -Homophonic -Large-scale cooperativeeffort |
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Libretto |
-Poetry of an opera -Secular texts invernacular language -About myth, drama, andhistory of ancient Greece and rome |
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Overture |
-Orchestra alone thatintroduces an opera -Foreshadowing |
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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 |
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Well-Tempered Clavier |
preludes and fuges in all24 major and minor keys |
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Fugue |
imitative polyphony with musical theme “subject” |
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Handel |
German born Italianopera style |
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Castrato |
a male singer castrated before puberty in order toretain the pre-adolescnet high vocal range |
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Oratorio |
-Unlike opera, large-scalemusic drama for vocal soloist, chorus and orchestra -Multi-movement works thatcontain arias, recitatives, duets, trios, interlude,etc -Seculargenre |
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Bach,Brandenburg Concerto No.5 (for flute, violin, harpsichord and orchestra) |
Genre:concerto grosso Allegro Form:ritornello form |
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Vivaldi,Violin Concerto in G major, La stravaganza, op.4 no.12 |
Firstmovement: ritornello form§ Themeand variation form |