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Music 100 Exam #3
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Undergraduate 2
07/20/2009

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affections
Definition
Baroque term for human emotions or states of the soul.
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polychoral music
Definition
Music for two or more choirs, vocal, instrumental, or both, performed antiphonally. A characteristic feature of music of the Venetian school.
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concertato principle
Definition
Principle of contrasting the sonorities of different performing ensembles
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sonata
Definition
In the 15th and 16th centuries, an instrumental composition to be "sounded" on instruments rather than sung.
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monody
Definition
Music for one voice with a simple accompaniment, introduced by the Florentine Camerata.
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Baroque
Definition
Term originally meaning irregular, now applies to the dramatic, emotional style of 17th & early 18th century art.
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movement
Definition
Section of a complete work that has its own formal design and a degree of independence but is conceived as a part of the whole; usually separated from other movements by a pause.
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tonal system
Definition
System of harmony based on the major and the minor scales.
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"Sonata pian' e forte"
Definition
Composed by Giovanni Gabrieli
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first practice or stile antico
Definition
Polyphonic, conservative style of the late Renaissance.
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second practice or stile moderno
Definition
Homophonic expressive style introduced by Monteverdi.
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chromaticism
Definition
Use of tones not in the key on which a composition is based.
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opera
Definition
Dramatic vocal form blending visual, literary, and musical arts, performed in a theater or opera house.
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libretto
Definition
Text of a dramatic vocal work
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recitative
Definition
Speechlike setting of a text, with a homophonic accompaniment by a keyboard (dry recitative) or an orchestra (accompanied recitative).
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aria
Definition
Songlike setting of a text, muscally expressive, accompanied by an orchestra; generally homophonic in texture.
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da capo aria
Definition
An aria with an ABA design
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bel canto
Definition
18th century Italian singing style that emphasized the beauty and virtuosity of the voice.
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castrato (plural=castrati)
Definition
Castrated male singer
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ballad opera
Definition
English dramatic form in which comedy and satire were set to popular tunes
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oratorio
Definition
Dramatic vocal work on a religious subject, performed in a concert hall or church
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Passion
Definition
Oratorio based on the events leading to the crucifixion of Christ.
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cantata
Definition
Multimovement dramatic vocal work on a religious or secular subject, performed in concert style.
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choral prelude
Definition
Prelude based on a Lutheran chorale melody.
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fugue
Definition
Imitative polyphonic composition
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toccata
Definition
Phapsodic, virtuosic keyboard form.
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suite
Definition
Collection of stylized dance pieces
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basso continuo
Definition
Group of instruments, including a lute or a keyboard instrument and one or more sustaining bass instruments, that accompanied Baroque ensemble compositions.
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figured bass
Definition
System of musical shorthand by which composers indicated intervals above the bass line with numbers (figures) rather than with notated pitches.
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chamber music
Definition
Music for a small instrumental ensemble with one instrument per line of music.
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chamber music
Definition
In the Baroque, a multimovement composition for one ore more solo instruments, a ccompanied by continuo.
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trio sonato
Definition
A sonata for two solo instruments and continiuo
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orchestra
Definition
Mixed ensemble of string and wind instruments, conceived during the Baroque.
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solo concerto
Definition
Multimovement composition for orchestra and one solo instrument.
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concerto grosso
Definition
A multimovement composition for orchestra plus a small group of solo instruments.
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"Hallelujah" Chorus from Messiah
Definition
Composed by Handel
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"Tu se ' morta" from L'Orfeo

(guy singing opera about dead wife)
Definition

Composed by Monteverdi.

 

Homophonic.

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