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BYU Hum 202 Test 1
1st half of terms
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Undergraduate 1
01/30/2009

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mass
Definition
music of the church
composed of the ordinary (fixed sections), and often other sections (proper)
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madrigal
Definition
secular vocal music
most used in Italy
poetic
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word painting
Definition
using the melody of a song to convey the words. Most notably used in madrigals
ex. having a descending line of music when the words being sung talk about going down a hill, or an ascending line to talk about a sunrise.
-‘As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending’ by Thomas Weelkes
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lute
Definition
stringed instrument used in renaissance music
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ayre
Definition
a style of secular music. Dowland is the most noteworthy composer. Most often a solo with a lute as accompaniment.
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ground bass
Definition
a bassline, or harmonic pattern is repeated as the basis of a piece underneath variations
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opera
Definition
text (libretto)combined with a musical score.
composed of recitative (songs that progress the plot), and arias (show the emotions of the characters, like a long soliloquy in a play)
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recitative
Definition
music that progresses the plot in an opera. not as formally structured or as melodic as arias.
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aria
Definition
a song in an opera that stops the passage of time to explain the thoughts and emotions of the characters. more structured melodic style than the recitative.
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continuo
Definition
also called basso continuo. played continuously throughout a piece, providing the harmonic structure of the music.
played by low instruments
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ritornello
Definition
a recurring passage for orchestra in the first or final movement of a solo concerto or aria. like a refrain. often a solo is played, and then the ritornello, with everyone playing.
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fugue
Definition
one voice starts with the main theme (subject), and other voices add in one by one with the same theme until all voices have joined in.
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terraced dynamics
Definition
sudden rather than gradual dynamic changes
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concert grosso
Definition
form where the music is passed between a small group of soloists (the concertino) and full orchestra (the ripieno)
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suite
Definition
an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed in a concert setting rather than as accompaniment; they may be extracts from an opera, ballet, (Nutcracker Suite) or incidental music to a play (L'Arlésienne Suites) or film (Lieutenant Kije Suite), or they may be entirely original movements (Holberg Suite, The Planets).

In the Baroque era the suite was more precisely defined, with the pieces unified by key and consisting of dances usually preceded by a prelude or overture.
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oratorio
Definition
large musical composition somewhat modeled after an opera. it has an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. mostly used for sacred subjects.
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passion
Definition
musical compositions reflecting the suffering of Jesus leading up to the Crucifixion
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cantata
Definition
vocal composition with instrumental accompaniment. often has more than one movement.
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