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| Emotions. Baroque music was often composed with affections in mind to balance the 'humors' or emotional imbalances of people |
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| Solo singing with instrumental accompaniment in styles of 'aria' or 'recitative' |
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| Speech-song. Music that follows the natural rhythm of texted lyrics. |
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| Musical interlude on a pastoral, allegorical, mythical subject performed between acts |
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| Based on humanist ideals, funded by a patron and performed for an exclusive audience |
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| (in Venice) funded by the oligarchy |
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| "Diversions". Long interludes of ballet dancing and choral singing for entertainment |
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| "Opening", marked by King's entry |
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| Freer style of counterpoint, where rules are broken, and new dissonances are allowed |
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| Music developed in the 'old style' of Palestrina with strict counterpoint rules and polyphony |
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| Repeated pattern in the bass. "Ground bass" |
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| Succession of the roots or fundamental tones in a series of chords |
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| Chamber sonata that is a suite of dances written for one or more treble instruments and continuo |
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| Intended for church performance in 4 movements (slow, fast, slow, fast) for one or more treble instruments and continuo |
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| Sonata for two treble instruments above a basso continuo |
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| Voices with obligatory instrumental accompaniments |
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| Sacred vocal work with instrumental accompaniment |
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| Instrumental work that exploits the contrast in sonority between a concertino |
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| Small ensemble of instruments |
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| "full/tutti" in a full orchestra during a concerto grosso |
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| "Refrain form". Full orchestra that alternates with episodes characterized by virtuosic solo playing |
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| "Serious opera" Opera with a serious subject but usually with a happy ending. |
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| Style of recitative scored for solo voice and basso continuo in which the music is more speechlike than dramatized. |
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| Recitative that uses orchestral accompaniment to dramatize the text |
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| Aria with two sections. ABA form |
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| Dramatic music combining narrative, dialogue, and commentary through arias, recitative, ensemble, choruses and instrumental music. |
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| Composition in imitative texture based on a single subject that features the subject being stated successively in various voices. |
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| "Touched". Piece for keyboard instrument or lute that is improvisational |
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| "to be sung". Vocal chamber work usually for solo voice. Has many sections/movements that contain recitatives, arias, and lyrical text. |
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