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Music 210
Exam 2 Terms
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Undergraduate 2
02/14/2010

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Dufay (composer)
Definition
chant, Latin, introduced paraphrase technique

EARLY renaissance
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Josquin (composer)
Definition
Polyphonic, point of imitation technique

High renaissance composer
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Council of Trent
Definition
Counter-reformation

words are the most important thing
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Palestrina
Definition
return to homophonic style

Late Renaissance composer
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Madrigal
Definition
Started in Italy, major composer is Monteverdi, uses text painting, short in text, repetitive, no set form
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The Baroque era
Definition
highly centered around venice, italy

introduction of major & minor modes
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The Renaissance period
Definition
introduction to reasoning/inquiry, more humanistic in terms of art
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Gabrielli (composer)
Definition
introduces organ, extravagance vs control, no text painting, sequence: exact repetition (starts on new note/position)
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Basso ostinato (ground bass)
Definition
repeated pattern (significant) that lasts through
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Basso continuo
Definition
continuous set of chords underlying the melody
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opera
Definition
drama that is sung throughout. began in venice
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libretto
Definition
text/words of the opera
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Monteverdi
Definition
major composer of opera
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castrato
Definition
men who were castrated before puberty to keep their voices high (highly sought after)
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Recitative
Definition
half-singing, half-reciting style of presenting words following speech accents and speech rhythms closely
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Aria
Definition
solo showcase for a singer
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Figured Bass
Definition
shorthand notation for accompanyment
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movement
Definition
self-contained section of a whole work
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Vivaldi
Definition
wrote concertos, ie The Four Seasons
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Concerto
Definition
a large compossition for orchestra and solo instrument
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Concerto grosso
Definition
the main Baroque type of concerto, for a group of solo instruments and a small orchestra
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Ritornello form
Definition
the orchestral material at the beginning of a concerto gross which always returns later in the piece
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Variation form
Definition
a form in which a single melodic unit is repeated with harmonic, rhythmic, dynamic or timbral changes
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da capo aria
Definition
an aria in ABA form
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church cantata
Definition
a cantata with religious words
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cadenza
Definition
an improvised passage for the soloist in a concerto, usually towards the ends of movements
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counter subject
Definition
in a fugue, a subsidiary melodic line that appears regularly in counterpoint with the subject
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fugue
Definition
a composition written systematically in imitative polyphony, usually with a single main theme, the fugue subject
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episodes
Definition
in a fugue, a passage that does not contain any complete appearances of the fugue subject
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exposition (subject)
Definition
the first section of a fugue
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chorale prelude
Definition
an organ composition based on a chorale tune
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oratorio
Definition
long, semi-dramatic piece on a religious subject for soloists, chorus and orchestra (Bible as text but not performed in a church, not costumes)
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Frescobaldi (composer)
Definition
wrote for the church, wrote in suite
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J.S. Bach
Definition
concerto, many soloists at a time, lots of keyboard, German
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Handel
Definition
wrote oratorio, ie Messiah in English. Also wrote Julius Caesar, an opera
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Gavotte
Definition
dance that followed da capo form
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