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| When was the Baroque Era? |
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When was the first opera written?
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1600
Euridice
Jacopo Peri |
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What is the best known early opera?
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Orfeo
1607
Claudio Monteverdi |
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Where was the first public opera house?
When was it opened? |
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| What does affection mean? |
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| 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? |
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| 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? |
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| Counterpoint/contrapuntal |
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| What does Fortspinnung mean? |
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| The way the melody spins out to develop the mood of a piece. |
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| What instruments are in a basso continuo? |
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| Usually organ/harpsichord plus cello/bassoon |
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| 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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| 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? |
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| Wealthy royalty and stuff |
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| The text that is written for an opera |
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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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| A song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera |
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| A vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech in an opera |
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| An aria in ABA form. After the B section, the term da capo is written, which means repeat A. |
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| 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. |
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| A nutty castrato. A male singer who has the high range without being castrated. |
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| What is Ground Bass form? |
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| 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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| ABACABA. The tutti repeats the A section in between solos. |
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| The whole group of musicians, in ritornello form they play the ritornello part between solos. |
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| What is a concerto grosso? |
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| A group with a small group of soloists and a larger group of players called the tutti |
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| A piece for a single soloist with an orchestra background |
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| A composition in several movements for one to eight instruments |
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| How many instruments are in a trio sonata? |
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| Four (2 high lines and basso continuo) |
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| What is a sonata da Camera? |
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| A secular sonata (chamber music) |
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| What is a Sonata da Chiesa? |
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| A sacred sonata with a reverent and dignified mood. |
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| A dance inspired piece for solo instrument or orchestra |
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| What are the movements in a suite? |
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| Prelude, allemande, courante, sarabande, menuet, gigue |
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A sermon in music. Features choir, orchestra, organ, vocal soloists
Has arias, recitative, choruses
No acting or story line |
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| 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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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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| A featured musician with great skill and stuff |
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| What was the opera that Henry Purcell wrote called? |
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