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Earliest Opera plots based on... |
Greek Mythology |
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Recitative |
Speech style of music |
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Castrati |
Male singers who have been castrated; Highly paid |
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Ritornelli |
Refrain |
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Repeating bass line |
Bassi Ostinato (Ground Bass) |
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Cantata |
Piece meant to be sung |
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Barbara Strozzi |
Known for her cantatas. 100 works |
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Oratorios |
Sacred pieces of music, often with narrator |
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Toccata |
Playing fast on keyboard, improv style |
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Passion |
Musical setting for the last days of Christ |
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Affections |
Emotions through music |
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Baroque |
Excessive ornamentations, embellishments in music |
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Sinfonia |
Abstract ensemble piece |
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Fantasy |
Fugal pieces in continuous imitative counterpoint |
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Calvinists/Pescetarian |
Followers of John Calvin |
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Palestrina |
Saved polyphony by making it intelligible |
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Council of Trent |
Committee to implement reformation |
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Contra Factum |
New melody to old music |
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Libretto |
Text in an Opera |
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Arioso |
Singing style midway between arias and recitatives |
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First Opera House |
Opened in Venice and named Teatro San Cassiano |
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Chori Specialti |
Divided Choir |
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Sacred Concerto |
Sacred vocal work with instruments |
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Virginalist |
Harpsichord |
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Madrigal |
Poetic form in a musical setting |
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Equal Temperament |
Allows you to play in all twelve keys |
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Realization |
Performing music with incomplete notation with figured bass |