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Questão | Responda |
Define absolute monarchy | The belief that Kings receive their right to rule from God. |
What was the time of the Baroque period? | 1600-1750 |
In what year did Bach die? | 1750 |
__________ governments gain a lot of power. | National governments gain a lot of power. |
Who was the most emblematic figure? | Louis XIV (The Sun King) *Built Court at Versailles |
Which class supported the arts? | The ruling class. |
What does baroque mean? | At the time it meant over the top and excessive; trashy. |
Musical revolutions of 1600s (4) | -Rise of instrumental music -Development of Basso Continuo -Focus on major and minor scales -Invention of opera |
Change in instrumental music | Music written for specific instruments. Features that will only work well on the prescribed instruments. |
Basso Continuo | -Usually chord (harpsichord/lute/organ) +bassline -Background of most Baroque music |
Importance of the Basso Continuo (2) | -First time composers think of chord progressions -Harmonic "padding" allows them to write wilder melodies |
Canon in D Major (4) | Johann Pachelbel Basso continuo looping bass line canon in violin parts |
Canon | A piece in which the same melody is begun in different parts successively, so that the imitations overlap. |
Violin Concerto in E Major Op. 8 No. 1 ("Spring''), First movement (7) | Vivaldi Basso Continuo Concerto Soloist vs tutti ritornello form ritornello vs. episodes the tone painting |
Concerto | An orchestral piece in which a single musician gets to stand apart from the group and play a lot of music. "soloist" |
Soloist vs. Tutti | The tutti is usually back up by a group. Contrast with Tutti which means all so the whole group. |
Ritornello Form | A chunk of music that returns multiple times. Usually played by tutti. Alterable but still recognizable. Episodes in between. |
Episodes | Passages in the ritornello form. Either for the soloist or new material for the tutti. |
Tonic | The note our scales are based on; most stable/important |
Form | the way the piece is organized in time (different sections with different functions) |
Loop | Simple musical story which contain musical material that repeats. Generally bass line or chord progression. |
Invention of Opera | Inspired by humanism, intellectuals in Florence noticed Greek tragedies incorporate music. Reinvented to have a more powerful impact. |
Recitative WRETCH-it-tah-TEEV | A style of noted singing that follows the rhythm of words. Musical speech. Freedom to deliver as fast or slow. Used for important parts to the plot with a lot of words. |
Aria (song) | The part of opera that is sung. Express emotion. |
Libretto | Text of an opera. |
Thy Hand Belinda When I am Laid in Earth -Dido and Aeneas (4) | Henry Purcell Thy hand... recitative. When I am laid... aria. Looping bass line. |
Social History of Opera | Aristocracy paid for. Immediately popular in Venice. Treated more as a social scene. Designed to feature star singers like Farinello. |
Castrato | Men who were given an operation prepubescent to preserve high voices. |
"Little" Fague in G minor (4) | Bach fague subject episodes |
Fague | Feature multiple lines (ie. voices) that combine a complex web of counterpoint. Organized around a subject |
Subject | Usually introduced immediately, unaccompanied voice. Later, other voices join in. |
Exposition | Opening sequence in which each voice presents the subject. |
Episodes | What separated statements of the subject. Looser and more exploratory. |
The Well-Tempered Clavier | Prelude + Fagues in every possible key. Problem in tonal music- various keys do not mesh perfectly. |
Suite No. 3 in C major for Solo Cello (5) | Bach Dance suite binary form Bourrée I is major Bourrée II is minor |
Binary Form | Two sections each of which are repeated. |
Chord | Simultaneous combinations of notes. |
Tonic Triad | 1st, 3rd, and 5th of a scale |
Cantata No. 140 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (3) | Bach Cantata Chorale melody in "slow motion" |
Cantata | Small orchestra and soloists |
Chorale | A preexisting melody that the congregation would have been similar with. |
"There were shepards..." "Glory to God" from the Messiah (4) | George Frederic Handel Oratorio Tone painting High+low imagery |
Oratorio | a long work for chorus, orchestra, vocal soloist that tells a story, often biblical. Entertainment. |
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