Details Title: Baroque/ Classic Description: Terms and Notes Total Flash Cards: 55 Created: 11/10/2008 09:13:15		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Music Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term the doctrine of affections Definition -union of text and music -one mood or affection per movement/piece -love -hate -sorrow -joy -wonder -desire Term What major change occurred in the Baroque era? Definition Added major and minor scales -tonal Term the baroque era dates Definition 1590-1735 Term basso continuo Definition continuous bass 2-performers Term vocal music of baroque characterized by- Definition monody (no such thing as homophony)   solo voice with intrumental accompaniment Term Important composers of the Baroque Definition Florentine Camerata Vincenzo Galilei Giulio Caccini Jacopo Peri Term Opera Components   Definition -Recitative -Aria -Ensemble -Chorus -Overture/sinfonia Term recitative (Stile rappresentativo)   -secco   -accompagnato Definition   secco- only basso continuo accompanies voice accompagnato-accompanied by orchestra Term Aria Definition solo song of highly emotional character   does not advance the plot Term Ensemble numbers Definition Duet, Trio Quartet Term Chorus Definition Comment on the Drama Term Overture/Sinfonia Definition instrumental work Term Early opera in Italy (Composer) -famous work Definition Claudio Monteverdi  (1567-1643)   The Coronation of Poppea Term Opera in England   leading composer   famous work Definition Henry Purcell (1659-95)   Dido and Aeneas (1689) Term Cantata Definition Large scale sacred work for one or more solo vocalists with instrumental accompaniment and chorus Term The Lutheran Chorale Definition sacred monophonic hymn tune espoused by reformers like Martin Luther Term Later chorale settings... Definition 4 part harmony with soprano voice given the choral tune   (cantionale) Term Unifying thread of Protestant cantatas Definition -woven into the movements   i don't even know Term Johann Sebastian Bach Definition 1685-1750   -wrote 500-600 cantatas -usually 5-8 movements -many movements based on chorale tune -several choral numbers aaB Term Oratorio Definition Large-scale vocal work perfromed by solo voices, chorus and orchestra -not staged -same components as opera otherwise Term oratorio composers   Definition George Frideric Handel   Messiah (1742)   Term Instrumental Music in Baroque Definition Becomes just as important as vocal music Term no pianos Definition just know that Term Chamber Genres Definition The Baroque sonata Term Types of Baroque Sonatas Definition -sonata de camera (chamber)  (uses dances)   -sonata de chiesa (church)     Term solo sonata Definition solo and Basso Continuo Term Trio Sonata Definition 2 solos and Basso Continuo Term How many movements in a Sonata?     Definition 4 slow fast slow fast Term important sonata composers Definition Archengelo Corelli (1653-1713) Term The Baroque Concerto Definition 2 masses of sound opposed to each other   usually instrumental Term Types of Baroque Concertos Definition 1.  Solo Concerto Large group (orchestra, ripieno, tutti) and soloist   2.  Concerto Grosso Large group (orchestra, ripieno, tutti) and small group (concertino) Term stylistic characteristics of concertos Definition 3 movements fast, slow, fast   I and III are most important  both use ritornello form Term ritornello form Definition ritornello (ripieno) episode (solo/concertino) ritornello episdoe ritornello   cadenza befor end Term Definition Term Antonio Vivaldi Definition 1678-1741 The four seasons -4 solo violin concertos -each accompanied by poem (program music) -music depcts specific lines in poem   no cresecendos/ decrescendos terraced dynamics   Term The Suite Definition A group of dances for any combination of instruments or type of ensemble usually unified by a single key aria, and each dance in binary or ternary form Term Core Dance Types Definition Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue Term Allemande Definition German dance in duple simple meter at a moderato tempo Term Courante Definition French dance in triple simple meter at a moderato tempo Term Sarabande Definition Spanish dance in triple simple meter at an adagio tempo Term Gigue Definition (Jig) an English dance in duple compound meter at an allegro tempo Term Additional Suite Movements Definition -overture (optional) -other dances (usually added between the sarabande and gigue) a. minuet b. gavotte c.  bourree d.  passepied e. hornpipe* Term Musical style of Dances Definition -Usually binary or ternary structure with each part repeated -on the repeat the melody is to be embellished -often times part I of the structure will modulate from the home key to a contrasting key (dominant or relative minor) then back to tonic in part II Term The Classic Era Definition 1735-1805   music for music's sake Term Classic qualities   Definition balance, order, form, symmetry, simplicity, objectivity Term Divertimento Definition -diversion- chamber ensemble for light entertainment   -Mozart Term   The String Quartet   Prominant Composer Definition Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)   Term The Classical Orchestra Definition Strings -violin 1-4 players -violin 2-4 players -viola-2 players -Violoncello and Double bass- 4 players total Woodwinds flutes -2 oboe-2 Brass Horn-2 Trumpet-2 Percussion Timpani Term Ludwig Van Beethoven Definition Ended the classical era   -made musicianship a respectable art form     Term cyclicism Definition repeating every movement Term components of classical opera Definition overture recitative (half spoken half sung-starts drama) aria ensembles Term Types of opera Definition Opera seria- serious opera, sung all the way   Opera Buffa/Opera Comique/ Ballad Opera- comic opera can have spoken word   singspiel- forerunner of the musical Term Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Definition died at 35- assited by Lorenzo da Ponte   operas- La nozze de Figaro (1786) Don Giovanni (don Juan) (1787) Cosi fan Tutte (1790) Term {image:http://www.childstarlets.com/lobby/bios/portraits/dakota_fanning21.jpg|center} Definition {image:http://a.abcnews.com/images/Technology/nm_hair_080226_mn.jpg|center} Term ostinato Definition a short musical pattern that is repeated persistently throughout a performance or composition