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04/22/2015

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ARIA
Definition
SONG FOR SOLO VOICES WITH ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT
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AUGMENTATION
Definition
variation of a fugue subject in which the orignal time values of the subject are lengthened
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CHORALE
Definition
HYMN TUNE SUNG TO A GERMAN RELIGIOUS TEXT
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CHORALE PRELUDE
Definition
SHORT COMPOSITON FOR ORGAN; REMINDS THE CONGREGATION OF THE MELODY BEFORE A HYMN IS SUNG
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CHORUS
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A GROUP OF SINGERS PERFORMING TOGETHER, GENERALLY WITH MORE THAN ONE TO APART
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DIMIUTION
Definition
-Variation of a fugue subject in which the original time value of the subject are shortened
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ENSEMBLE
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A PIECE PERFORMED B 3 OR MORE SOLO SINGERS
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INVERSION
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Variation of a fugue subject in which intervals of the subject is reversed in a direction
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LIBRETTIST
Definition
DRAMTIST WHO WRITES THE LIBRETTO
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LIBRETTO
Definition
TEXT OF AN OPERA
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OVERTURE
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SHORT MUSCIAL COMPOSITION, PURELY ORCHESTRALL; SETS THE OVERALL DRAMATIC MOOD
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PEDAL POINT
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organ point; single tone usually in the bass, which is held while the other voices produce a series of changing harmonies against it
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RECITIVE
Definition
VOCAL LIN IN OPERA; IMITATIES THE RHYTHMS AND PICTCHS FLUCATIONS OF SPEECH
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RETROGRADE
Definition
variations of a fuge subject in which the subject is presented by beginning with its last note and proceeding backwards to the first
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Ritonello
Definition
refrain; a repeated section of music usually played by the full orchestra or tutti
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STETTO
Definition
compositional procedure used in a fugue in which a subject is imitated before it is completed, one voice tried to catch another
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SUITE
Definition
A SET OF DANCE INSPIRED MOVEMENTS
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Subject
Definition
them of fugue
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affections
Definition
emotional states like joy, grief, and agitation
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answer
Definition
second presentation of the subject in a fugue, usually in the dominant scale
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basso continuo
Definition
made up of a bass part usually played by two insrtuments; a keyboard plus a low melodic instruments (organ or harpichord and cello or basson)
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episode
Definition
Transitonal section ina fugue between presentation of a subject, which offeres new material or fragments of the subject
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tutti
Definition
the full orchestra or larger group that contrasted a smaller group of of soloist
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