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Exam 3 Terms
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Undergraduate 3
04/09/2014

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Chamber music
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arose to prominence in the 17th century; ensemble music, smaller performance venue, each player has their own part - "conversation among equals"
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trio sonata
Definition
[sonata = "to sound"] two instruments + continuo (keyboard and cello)
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duo sonata
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solo instrument + keyboard
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Siciliano
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dance from Sicily; moderate temp, compound meter, dotted rhythms in the melody (see: Bach sonata 2nd mvmt)
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obbligato
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right hand is written out; figured bass gone
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Empfindsamer stil
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North German (Prussian) pre-Classical style in the rococo movement; "sensitive" style - C.P.E. Bach "Father of classical style"
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gallant style
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Pre-Classical style; homophonic textures, closed phrasing (dance rhythms), easily understood
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fugato
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fugue-like section in a homophonic form (see: end of development Op. 59 no. 1)
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canon
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imitative form; comes dux
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stretto
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overlapped (layered) presentation of a short motive (see: development Op. 18 no. 1)
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binary form
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AABB; associated with dance music (see: sonata da camera)
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recitative
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originally from opera; speech-like, declamatory character with sparse or no accompaniment
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fantasy
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improvisatory (see: 3rd movement Franck sontata; recitative-fantasy
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rococo
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French pre-Classical style; associated with the natural (think shells)
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augmentation
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the presentation of a motive in longer note durations
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diminution
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the presentation of a motive in shorter note durations
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