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This took place 1600 - 1640. |
What is Early Baroque?
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This took place 1640 - 1690. |
What is Middle Baroque?
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This took place 1690 - 1750. |
What is Late Baroque?
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This composer was born in Italy in 1567 |
Who is Claudio Monteverdi?
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This composer was born in UK in 1659 |
Who is Henry Purcell? |
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This composer was born in Italy in 1678 |
Who is Antonio Vivaldi? |
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These two composers was born in Germany in 1685 |
Who is JS Bach and George Handel?
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a form of musical accompaniment used in the Baroque period. It means "continuous bass"
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What is Basso continuo?
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a theory in the aesthetics of painting, music, and theatre, widely used in the Baroque era |
What are affections?
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a form of baroque music in which the musical material is passed between a small group of soloists (the concertino) and full orchestra |
What is Concerto grosso? |
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an Italian word literally meaning all or together |
What is tutti? |
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The first or final movement of a solo concerto, concerto grosso, or aria, which returns in whole or in part and in different keys throughout the movement |
What is ritornello form? |
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a short melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts. |
What is Fugue? |
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in a fugue, a recognizable melody, upon which part or all of a composition is based. |
What is Subject? |
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It contrasts with the subject/answer phrase shape |
What is countersubject? |
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not a part of the main theme groups of a composition, but is an ornamental or constructive section added to the main elements of the composition |
What is episode? |
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They are numbered in the order their bass tones would appear in a closed root position chord |
What is inversion?
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A musical line which is the reverse of a previously or simultaneously stated line is said |
What is retrograde? |
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the compositional device where a melody, theme or motif is presented in longer note-values than were previously used. |
What is augmentation?
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the compositional device where a melody, theme ormotif is presented in shorter note-values than were previously used. |
What is diminution? |
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a sustained tone, typically in the bass, during which at least one foreign, i.e., dissonant harmony is sounded in the other parts. |
What is pedal point? |
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a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists. |
What is opera?
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the text of an opera or other long vocal work. |
What is libretto?
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a long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio. |
What is aria?
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sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech with many words on the same note. |
What is recitative? |
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a large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company. |
What is chorus? |
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an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition. |
What is overture? |
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a male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain a soprano or alto voice |
What is Castrato? |
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musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of opera and oratorio |
What is recitative? |
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a baroque composition written in three parts, two upper parts and one bass, and usually performed with a keyboard continuo. |
What is trio sonata? |
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music that is intended to evoke images or convey the impression of events. |
What is program music? |
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a musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra, especially one conceived on a relatively large scale. |
What is concerto? |
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a set of instrumental compositions, originally in dance style, to be played in succession. |
What is suite? |
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a slow, stately ballroom dance for two in triple time, popular especially in the 18th century. |
What is minuet? |
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any number of German dances |
What is allemande? |
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a 16th-century court dance consisting of short advances and retreats |
What is courante? |
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a slow, stately Spanish dance in triple time. |
What is sarabande? |
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a medium-paced French dance, popular in the 18th century. |
What is gavotte? |
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a lively French dance |
What is bourree? |
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a lively piece of music in the style of a dance, typically of the Renaissance or baroque period, and usually in compound time. |
What is gigue? |
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a musical composition (or part of one) consisting of or resembling a harmonized version of a simple, stately hymn tune |
What is Chorale? |
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a medium-length narrative piece of music for voices with instrumental accompaniment, typically with solos, chorus, and orchestra. |
What iscantata? |
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a large-scale musical work for orchestra and voices, typically a narrative on a religious theme |
What is Oratorio? |
