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Intro to Music test 2
Oklahoma State University MUSI2573, Prof George Speed
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Music
Undergraduate 2
02/20/2011

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When was the Baroque Era?
Definition
1600-1750
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When was the first opera written?

What was it called?

Who wrote it?

Definition

1600

Euridice

Jacopo Peri

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What is the best known early opera?

When was it written?
Who was it written by?

Definition

Orfeo

1607

Claudio Monteverdi

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Where was the first public opera house?

When was it opened?

Definition

Venice, Italy

1637

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When did JS Bach live?
Definition
1685-1750
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What does affection mean?
Definition
An affection is the mood that is presented throughout a baroque piece. They have unity of mood.
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What does terraced dynamics mean?
Definition
The sudden dynamics shift between loud and soft, rather than a gradual shift. This is present because of the harpsichord.
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What is a synonym for polyphony/polyphonic?
Definition
Counterpoint/contrapuntal
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What does Fortspinnung mean?
Definition
The way the melody spins out to develop the mood of a piece.
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What instruments are in a basso continuo?
Definition
Usually organ/harpsichord plus cello/bassoon
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What is figured bass?
Definition
The numbers below a bass line that give the basso continuo player(s) a guideline on how to improvise and fill notes in their bass line
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What is word painting?
Definition
When the melody changes in relation to the words that are being sung, eg going up on "sky" or down on "abyss"
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Who did baroque musicians make most of their secular music for?
Definition
Wealthy royalty and stuff
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What does libretto mean?
Definition
The text that is written for an opera
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What is a Camerata?
Definition

A small group of nobles, poets, and composers who met in Florence around 1575

 

Florentine Camerata

 

Italian for "fellowship" or "society"

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What is an aria?
Definition
A song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera
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What is a recitative?
Definition
A vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech in an opera
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What is a Da Capo Aria?
Definition
An aria in ABA form. After the B section, the term da capo is written, which means repeat A.
Term
What is a castrato?
Definition
A male singer who was castrated as a boy so that he has the range of a woman with the lung power of a man.
Term
What is a countertenor?
Definition
A nutty castrato. A male singer who has the high range without being castrated.
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What is Ground Bass form?
Definition
A form where a bass line is repeated over and over while the melodies above it change. Also called basso ostinato.
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What is Ritornello form?
Definition
ABACABA. The tutti repeats the A section in between solos.
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What is the tutti?
Definition
The whole group of musicians, in ritornello form they play the ritornello part between solos.
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What is a concerto grosso?
Definition
A group with a small group of soloists and a larger group of players called the tutti
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What is a solo concerto?
Definition
A piece for a single soloist with an orchestra background
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What is a sonata?
Definition
A composition in several movements for one to eight instruments
Term
How many instruments are in a trio sonata?
Definition
Four (2 high lines and basso continuo)
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What is a sonata da Camera?
Definition
A secular sonata (chamber music)
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What is a Sonata da Chiesa?
Definition
A sacred sonata with a reverent and dignified mood.
Term
What is a suite?
Definition
A dance inspired piece for solo instrument or orchestra
Term
What are the movements in a suite?
Definition
Prelude, allemande, courante, sarabande, menuet, gigue
Term
What is a Cantata?
Definition

A sermon in music. Features choir, orchestra, organ, vocal soloists

Has arias, recitative, choruses

No acting or story line

Term
What is a fugue?
Definition
A piece that is based on one main theme that is imitative and contrapuntal. The subject is repeated while counter-subjects play behind it to add variety
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What is an oratorio?
Definition

A bibiclical story set to music.

Has a story line but no acting

orchestra, vocal soloists, choir

recitatives, arias, choruses

2+ hours long, longer than cantata

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What does virtuoso mean?
Definition
A featured musician with great skill and stuff
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What was the opera that Henry Purcell wrote called?
Definition
Dido and Aeneas (1689)
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