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Baroque

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combinations of instruments in continuo
1) bassoon/cello 2) harpsichord/organ
libretto
opera, oratorio, cantata
chorus
opera, oratorio, cantata
recitative
opera, oratorio, cantata
biblical
oratorio
drama
opera, oratorio, cantata
polyphonic
two or more instruments that play together
basso continuo
baroque piece for solo instrumentalist and continuo
french overature
baroque oratorio in 2 sections: 1) slow and stately 2) fast
BWV
cataloguing system for Bach's music
pedal point
repeated note through changing chords
orchestra
opera, oratorio, cantata
mythology
opera
slogan for flat keys
fat boys eat all day get chubby
What was the main instrument of Baroque?
harpsichord
Three Sections of Handel's Messiah
christmas, easter, redemption
ornamentation
short improvised flourishes added to written music by instrumentalits
Antiphonal
style of composition used by gabrieli at st. marks' church in venice
figured bass
music otation readby the basso continuo
Slogan for sharp keys
good dogs always eat big fat cats
women
oratorio + cantata
four main components of opera
aria, recitative, overature, libretto
cantata
piece for solo vocalists, chorus and orchestra based on a chorale that includes many movements
secular
opera + cantata
lutheran
cantata
sets
opera
catrati
sang female roles in baroque opera
What is dissonance?
Nots that clash, active, want to resolve to consonance
french overature
oratorio
Three elements of a fugue exposition
subject, counter subject, prelude
Concertino
SOLOISTS in concerto grosso
Dates of Baroque Era
1600-1750
prelude
short piece that introduces a fugue and clearly estabishes the key
Minor
sad, dark, third degree of scale lowered
Major
happy, bright
many movements
cantata
soloists
opera, oratorio, cantata
aria
opera, oratorio, cantata
ORDER OF SHARP KEYS!!
G D A E B Fsharp Csharp
castrati
opera
trio sonata
two soloists accompanied by continuo
ORDER OF FLAT KEYS!!!
F Bflat Eflat Aflat Dflat Gflat Cflat
Costumes
only opera
what is an opera?
Drama set to music w/ sets + costumes
Ripieno
ACCOMPANIMENT in concerto grosso
sonata
piece for solo instrument and orchestra
chorale/hymn
cantata
Terraced dynamics
going from loud to soft in a stepwise fashion
Who do we now think of as the main Baroque composer?
J.S. Bach
two musical genres that are like opera without costumes and sets
oratorio, cantata
How many people play in a baroque trio sonata?
four
What is equal temperment and why was it created?
slighly detuning each interval so that a keyboard could play in each key
second melody that ornaments a primary melody
obbligato
ground bass
repeated bass line that provides structure for a piece

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