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Baroque Period & Fugue
Test 2
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Music
Undergraduate 1
10/01/2011

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Rhythm
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patterns heard at the beginning of a piece are often repeated throughout
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Music in Society

Definition
composed to order for specific event
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Primary areas of employements for musicians?
Definition

aristocratic courts, the church, and opera house

aristocratic courts were considered servants

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Mood and Emotional Expression
Definition
a section or entire movement will express one basic mood throughout "unity of mood"
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Rhythmic Pulse
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regular, consistent, and strong, typically featuring a constantly moving bass line
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Unity of rhythm
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provides compelling drive and energy that are characteristic of baroque music
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dynamics
Definition
terraced dynamics change suddenly rather than gradually and are a major feature of baroque music
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instruments of baroque orchestras
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typically 10-40 players, vary from piece to piece
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predominate instruments?
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stringed instruments, along with basso continuo

also woodwind brass, and percussion instruments

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Melody
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often complex and are not easy to remember on one hearing

recur as a whole or in part throughout a movement or aria

 

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what type of impression does melody give
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continuous expansion

vocal melodies use wide leaps and contain striking chromatic intervals

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Harmony
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based on major and minor scales but many contain passages of striking chromaticism
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Texture
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predominantly polyphonic with an emphasis on the lowest and highest melodic lines

bass line provides a harmonic foundation for the music

imitation is very common

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