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music of the church
composed of the ordinary (fixed sections), and often other sections (proper) |
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secular vocal music
most used in Italy
poetic |
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using the melody of a song to convey the words. Most notably used in madrigals
ex. having a descending line of music when the words being sung talk about going down a hill, or an ascending line to talk about a sunrise.
-‘As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending’ by Thomas Weelkes |
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| stringed instrument used in renaissance music |
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| a style of secular music. Dowland is the most noteworthy composer. Most often a solo with a lute as accompaniment. |
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| a bassline, or harmonic pattern is repeated as the basis of a piece underneath variations |
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text (libretto)combined with a musical score.
composed of recitative (songs that progress the plot), and arias (show the emotions of the characters, like a long soliloquy in a play) |
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| music that progresses the plot in an opera. not as formally structured or as melodic as arias. |
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| a song in an opera that stops the passage of time to explain the thoughts and emotions of the characters. more structured melodic style than the recitative. |
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also called basso continuo. played continuously throughout a piece, providing the harmonic structure of the music.
played by low instruments |
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| a recurring passage for orchestra in the first or final movement of a solo concerto or aria. like a refrain. often a solo is played, and then the ritornello, with everyone playing. |
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| one voice starts with the main theme (subject), and other voices add in one by one with the same theme until all voices have joined in. |
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| sudden rather than gradual dynamic changes |
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| form where the music is passed between a small group of soloists (the concertino) and full orchestra (the ripieno) |
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an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed in a concert setting rather than as accompaniment; they may be extracts from an opera, ballet, (Nutcracker Suite) or incidental music to a play (L'Arlésienne Suites) or film (Lieutenant Kije Suite), or they may be entirely original movements (Holberg Suite, The Planets).
In the Baroque era the suite was more precisely defined, with the pieces unified by key and consisting of dances usually preceded by a prelude or overture. |
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| large musical composition somewhat modeled after an opera. it has an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. mostly used for sacred subjects. |
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| musical compositions reflecting the suffering of Jesus leading up to the Crucifixion |
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| vocal composition with instrumental accompaniment. often has more than one movement. |
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