Baroque Era Music
10 vocabulary words from the Baroque Era
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- Concerto Grosso
- Baroque concerto type based on the opposition between a small group of solo instruments (the concertino) and orchestra (the ripieno).
- Harpsichord
- Early Baroque keyboard instrument in which the strings are plucked by quills instead of being struck with hammers like the piano.
- Oratorio
- Large-scale dramatic genre originating in the Baroque, based on a text of religious or serious character, performed by solo voices, chorus and orchestra; similar to opera but without scenery, costumes or action.
- Ornamentation
- Melodic decoration, either improvised or indicated through embellishments in the music.
- Opera
- Music drama that is generally sung throughout, combining the resources of vocal and instrumental music with poetry and drama, acting and pantomime, scenery and costumes.
- Chamber Music
- Ensemble music for up to about ten players, with one player to a part.
- Sonata
- Instrumental genre in several movements for soloist or small ensemble.
- Cantata
- Vocal genre for solo singers, chorus and instrumentalists based on a lyric or dramatic poetic narrative.
- Chorale
- Baroque congregational hymn of the German Lutheran church.
- Suite
- Multimovement work made up of a series of contrasting dance movements, generally all in the same key.