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ABA form
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(B section is contrasted
with A which repeats after B.) |
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oratorio-“an extended musical setting of a sacred text made up of vocal text. oratorios are never staged.
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Opera-wear custom. acting out on stage. opera text could be anything
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Basso continue
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= low melodic
instrument (like cello) and keyboard (harpsichord). |
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Sonata
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--compositions designed
for a smaller group of instruments than an orchestra. Sonata da camera--chamber sonata based on dance rhythms. Sonata da chiesa--church sonata based with slow and fast movements. |
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Opera
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--with dramatic music, staging,
lighting, and costumes. Form involved recitatives and arias. |
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Cantatas
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very short, unstaged operas.
Church cantatas were based on liturgical themes and performed in church on Sundays. Chamber cantatas were secular and were performed in the salon or small music room |
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Oratorio
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opera-like work on
religious theme, but not staged. |
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Passion-
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Passion--similar to an oratorio,
based on the last days of Jesus’ life. |
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Choral
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Protestant hymn sung in
unison by the entire congregation, with a simple melody and regular rhythm. |
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Concerto
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contrasted the
soloist(s) with the larger orchestra (also called tutti or ripieno). Concerto grosso--orchestra with small group of soloists. Solo concerto--orchestra with single soloist. |
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Dance Suite
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series of short,
contrasting dance movements. |
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Recitative
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the straightforward,
conversational part. |
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Aria
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the lyrical, songlike part.
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Charles II
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returned from France and
became King--called the “Restoration.” |
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Solo sonata--
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for a single
instrument. |
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Trio sonata--
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for two instruments
and basso continuo (low melodic instrument plus harpsichord). |
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what is most italian violin makers in baroque era
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staad
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Opera
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large-scale stage productions featuring music,dance,costumes, and elaborate plots and settings.
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Cantata
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short, unstaged operas portraying a single scene
a. Church cantata: dramatization of a religious subject b. Camber Cantata: Short work on a secular subject |
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Oratorio
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Opera-like work on religious theme, but not staged. the Passion is similar to an oratorio, but describes the final days of jesus's life
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Chorale:
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Protestant hymn sung in unison by the entire congregation, with a simple melody and regular rhythm
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Concerto
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Instrumental work based on opposition of two parts-full orchestra and soloist, or full orchestra and a smaller subgroup within it
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Sonata
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chamber work for a small group
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Dance suite
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series of short, contrasting dance movements
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what is the famous violin make?
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Antonio Stradivari
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Louis xiv building?
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Versailles. grand and symmetrical
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Recitative
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straightforward conversational music
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Aias opera
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emotional song like preparative
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Conflict between Puritan and Comwell
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stop music in England at that time for a while then King Charles II brought it back
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Jean-Baptist Luly
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is composer for king Louis XIV
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The four season
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is the first instances tell story call program music
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Ren-Brand
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he the famous painting in Baroque
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Messaiah famous
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George Frideric Handel
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In Messiah
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Hallelujah chorus that people stand up
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sir Isacc Newton
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famous scientist
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Program music
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music tell a story
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ritornello
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a passage that appears in several place in the musical work, played the orchestra
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According to your textbook, the first great opera of Western music was
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Orfeo.
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According to your textbook, the most talented English composer of the late 17th century was
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Henry Purcell
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The Baroque composer who first brought Italian violin music to international prominence was
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Arcangelo Corelli
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According to your textbook, who was the most important composer of French Baroque opera, serving as music director to King Louis XIV?
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Jean-Baptiste Lully
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In addition to his musical training, for what profession did Antonio Vivaldi train?
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priest
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According to your textbook, upon what genre of composition was Handel's career built?
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opera
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In what European city did Handel find his greatest success, deciding to spend the remainder of his life there?
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London
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monarchy
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the system in which a country is ruled by a king or queen: the abolition of the monarchy
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Parliamentarianism
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have a president and a king, but the king not rule the country.
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representative democracy
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have a president that resident vote for
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com‧mu‧nis‧m
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a political system in which the government controls the production of all food and goods, and there is no privately owned property
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In terms of government, the Baroque era was a period of
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absolute monarchy
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Radical change in philosophical and scientific thinking took place during the Baroque, making it a period in which
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order and organization were valued above all else in society and in the arts.
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The word "baroque" was
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a term used to describe oddly colored or misshapen pearls
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What musical elements did Baroque composers most commonly use to create "contrast and illusion" in their compositions?
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dynamics and varied performing groups
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The Baroque emphasis on contrast can be heard most clearly in what genre of composition?
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concerto
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Which of the following statements most accurately describes the audience for music of the Baroque Era?
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It was a time of transition from small, aristocratic audiences to a wider concert-going public.
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What were the years encompassing the Baroque Era?
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1600 to 1750 This is typically the earliest period of our musical history that continues to be featured in present-day concert programs.
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Around the beginning of the 17th century, composers and music theorists debated the appropriate direction in which music should proceed. Those who believed that rules of composition could be broken in order to intensify expressive passages were said to be adherents to
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seconda pratica.
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Along with the invention of opera, what was another major development of the early Baroque?
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the rise of instrumental music
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What was the name of the monarch, reigning from 1643 to 1715, whose support of the arts allowed the music of French composers to flourish under his patronage?
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Louis XIV
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The greatest musical invention of the early Baroque was
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opera.
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Which of the following are considered to be among the most important musical developments of the Baroque?
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Composers began to use bar lines, and organize their music into regular metric groupings.
Modern tonality began to evolve out of the system of medieval modes used in earlier music. |
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The style of singing in opera that is designed to imitate as closely as possible the freedom and expressiveness of speech is called
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recitative.
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During the 17th century, the most common form(s) for operatic arias was/were
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ground bass form.
ABA form. |
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A chamber piece consisting of several contrasting movements, written either for a solo instrument with basso continuo accompaniment or for a small ensemble, was called a(n)
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sonata
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An instrumental piece of the Baroque in which a small group of instruments is contrasted with the whole orchestra is called a(n)
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concerto grosso.
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What was the main form of Italian opera flourishing throughout Europe during the late Baroque period?
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opera seria
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Which of the following is not true of a typical, standardized opera seria of the late Baroque?
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it always consisted of two acts
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The form commonly used in fast movements of the Baroque concerto exploits the contrast between the solo instrument(s) and the orchestra. Within each of these movements, the orchestral passage that constantly returns is called the
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ritornello.
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What genre of Baroque composition was essentially an opera without the staging, costumes, complicated machinery, and scenery?
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oratorio
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Live, often imitative dance, usually in 6/8 meter at a fast tempo
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gigue
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Made up of short, distinct phrases in a moderate-to-fast duple meter
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bourée
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Stately, slow tempo in triple meter with an accent often on the second beat
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sarabande
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Motion often in running scales in a moderate-to-fast triple meter
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courante
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Moderate duple meter with continuous motion
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allemande
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Elegant dance in a moderate triple meter
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minuet
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Bouncy duple meter at a moderate-to-fast tempo
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gavotte
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