Music- Baroque

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Baroque
Characteristics
1. The unity of mood expresses one basic mood, what begins joyfully will remain joyfull throughout.
2.Rhythmic patterns heard at the beginning of a piece are repeated throughout it. Its continuity provides a cpmpelling drive and energy-the forward motion is rarely interrupted
3. Beat is emphasized far more in baroque music than in most renaissance music

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1. unity of mood

2. rhythmic

3. beat

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Baroque
Paralleling continuity of rhythm and melody in baroque music is continuity of ____ level: the volume tends to stay constant for a stretch of time. When it does shif, the shift is usually sudden, like physically stepping from one level to another. Gradual changes are NOT prominent features of baroque music.

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dynamics

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Baroque
Predominantly polyphonic in texture: two or more lines compete for the listener's attention. usually, the soprano and bass lines are the most important. imitation between the various lines, or "voices" of the texture is very common

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texture

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Baroque accompaniment made up of a bass part usually played by two instruments: a keyboard plus a low melodic instrument

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Basso continuo also figured bass

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Baroque
Creation of music at the same time as it is performed

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improvisation

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Baroque
ornamentation

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defination pending... lol

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Varitation form in which a musical idea in the bass is repeated over and over while the melodies above it constantly change; common in baroque music.

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Ground bass (basso ostinato)
Ex: purcell, dido and aeneas, dido's lament cd1tr73

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Baroque
A master of Italian opera and English oratorio, born one moth before J.S. Bach, in Halle, Germany. He bacame England's most important composer and a favorite of Queen Anne. Composed a number of brilliant operas for outstanding sopranos and castrati. He has a triple career as impresario, composer and performer. he was stubborn, wealthy, generous, and cultivated. a master composer whose dramatic sense has rarely been equaled.

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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

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His masterpieces mark the high point of baroque music. long line of musicians and passed on his musical heritabe to four of his sons. Bron in Eisnach, Gemany. deeply religeous, Lutheran, not recognized outside of Germany, not hardly the greatest composer, was recognized as the most eminent organist, harpsichordist, and improviser.

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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Baroque
Instumental forms
Single movement
1. Polyphonic composition based on one main theme, or subject.
2. Compositional form usually used in the baroque concerto grosso, in which the tutti plays a ritornell, or refrain, alternating with one or more soloists playing new material.

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1. Fugue
EX N/A won't need to know it
2. Ritornello form
EX Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No.5 CD1 TR63

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Baroque
Instrumental forms
Multimovement
1. Extended composition for instrumental soloists and orchestra, usually in three movements: 1)fast 2)slow 3)fast.
2. Composition for several instrumental soloists and small orchestra; common in late baroque music.
3. In baroque music, an instrumental composition in several movements for one to eight players. In music after the baroque period, an instrumental composition usually in several movements for one or two players.

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1. concerto
2. concerto grosso Ex: Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D Major CD1tr63
3. Sonata

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Baroque
Instrumental forms
Multimovement
1. In baroque music, a set of dance-inspired movements all written in the same key but differing in tempo, meter, and character.
2.allemande, courante, gavotte, sarabande, gigue

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1. suite
2. types of suites

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Baroque
Vocal Forms
Single movement
1. Song for solo voice w/ orchestral accompaniment, usually expressing an emotional state through its outpouring of melody; found in operas, oratorios, and cantatas.
2.Vocal line in an opera, oratorio, or cantata that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech, often serving to lead into an aria.
3. a) a group of singers performing together, generally w/ more than one to a part b) in jazz, a statement of the basic harmonic pattern or melody.

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1. Aria EX: puccini, La Boheme, CD 3TR52
2.Recitative EX Mozart, don giovanni
3.Chorus

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Baroque
Vocal Forms
Multimovement
1. Drama that is sung to orchestral accompaniment, usually a large-scale composition involving vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra, costumes, and scenery.
2. Larte-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra, usually set to a narrative text, but without acting, scenery or costumes; often based on biblical stories.
3. composition in several movements, usually written for chorus, one or more vocal soloists, and instrumental ensemble. The church cantata for the Lutheran service in Germany during the baroque period often includes chorales.

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1. opera
2. Oratorio
3. Cantata EX Bach, cantata no 140, cd2tr12,15

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One of the most important composers of the early baroque era, Italian born. He bridged the 16th and 17th centuries. He was the first composer of operatic masterpieces. 3 of 12 operas were preserved

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Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

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Called the greatest English composers, was born in London. "The" composer of his day, died at age 36. Mastered all the musical forms of late-seventeeth century England.

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Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

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Italian, priest for one year, known as the red priest, best known for his 450 or so concerti grossi and solo concertos.

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Antonio Vivalde (1678-1741)

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The most prominent Italian violinist and composer of strin music around 1700, he wrote only instrumental music 60 sonatas and 12 concertos, all for strings

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Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)

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"Little" Fugue in G Minor

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Bach
cd1tr68-70 pg109

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Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D Major, I

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Bach
cd1tr63-67pg105

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Orfeo, 'Tu se morta'

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Monteverdi
cd1tr71 only pg119

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Dido and Aeneas, "Dido's Lament"

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Purcell
cd1tr72-end pg 121

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"La Primavera", concerto for villin and string orchestra, Op.8, No. 1,1

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vivaldi
cd2tr1-5 (first movement, only)pg126

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Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude in C Minor

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Bach- not on these cd's

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Orchestral Suite No3 in D Major, S. 1068, II, Air

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Bach (second movement, only in basic set, not brief

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Orchestroa Suite No. 3 in D Major, S. 1068, IV, Bouree

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Bach CD2TR10 pg133

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Orchestral Sutie no3 n D major, S. 1068, V, Gigue

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Bach
not on this set

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Cantina no. 140 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, I

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Bach
not on this set

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1. Cantina no. 140 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, IV

2. Cantina no. 140 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, VII

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Bach
1. CD2 tr12-14 pg 139

2. cd2tr15only pg 140

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Messiah, "Ev'ry Valley"

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Handel
cd2tr16onlypg144

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Messiah, "Hallelujah"

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Handel
cd2tr17-22 pg146