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Baroque (Ch 29)
Definition
term used generally to describe the art, architecture, and music of the period 1600-1750 (grand design music)
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Age of Absolutism (Ch 29)
Definition
King enjoys absolute power by reason of divine right (trickles down to others authorities)
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Artusi-Monteverdi controversy (Ch 29)
Definition
war of words over what was more important, music (prima pratica, Artusi) or text(seconda pratica, Monteverdi)
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Doctrine of Affections (Ch 29)
Definition
Held that different musical moods could and should be used to influence the emotions, or affections, of the listeners.
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Monody(Ch 29)
Definition
solo madrigals, solo arias, and solo recitatives
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Basso continueo(Ch 29)
Definition
bass line that provided a never-ending foundation, or "continuous bass"
Often played on 2 instruments
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Theorbo(Ch 29)
Definition
large lute-like instrument with a full octave of additional bass strings in diatonic patterns
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Figured Bass(Ch 29)
Definition
Numerical shorthand placed with the bass line that tells the player which unwritten notes to fill in above the written bass note.
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Opera (ch 30)
Definition
literally means "work." But in music it means a dramatic work, or play, set to music
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Libretto (Ch 30)
Definition
Text that conveys the story of the opera written in poetic verse
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Florentine camerata (club/circle) (Ch 30)
Definition
Group of prominent Florentines that gathered in the home of Count Giovanni Bardi to discuss literature, science, and the arts of the day
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Stile rappresentativo (Ch 30)
Definition
dramatic style or theatre style that was vocal expression somewhere between song and declaimed speech
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Orpheus legend (Ch 30)
Definition
tale of Orpheus the son of Apollo, the greek god of the sun and of music.
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Le nuove musiche (Ch 30)
Definition
Written by Giulio Caccini, collection of solo madrigals and strophic solo songs gathered over time
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Toccata (Ch 30)
Definition
"touched thing" or an instrumental piece, for keyboard or other intruments, requiring the performer to touch the instrument with great technical dexterity
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Recitative (Ch 30)
Definition
musically heightened speech in opera that tells what has happened
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Simple recitative (Ch 30)
Definition
voice accompanied only by basso continuo
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Arioso style (Ch 30)
Definition
singing halfway between recitative and a full-blown aria
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Aria (Ch 30)
Definition
"song" or "ayre"--florid, more expansive, and more melodious than a recitative or arioso
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Strophic variation aria (Ch 30)
Definition
an aria in which the same melodic and harmonic plan appears, with slight variation, in each successive strophe
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basilica of St. Mark (Ch. 31)
Definition
focus of civic and spiritual life of Vinice
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Cori spezzati (Ch. 31)
Definition
"broken choirs" music for two, three, or four choirs placed in different parts of a building
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Stile concertata (Ch. 31)
Definition
Italian for "concerted style." Term broadly used to identify Baroque music marked by grand scale and strong contrast
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concerted motet (Ch. 31)
Definition
a motet in the concertato style with strong contrasts in textures and timbres involving voices and instruments
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Concerted madrigal (Ch. 31)
Definition
a madrigal in the concertato style with strong contrasts in textures and timbres involving voices and instruments
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Stile concitato (Ch. 31)
Definition
Monteverdi's style, he simply took whole notes and divided them into machine gun-like short notes-sixteenth notes all firing on the same pitch
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Cantata (Ch. 31)
Definition
the primary genre of vocal chamber music in the Baroque era; something sung.
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basso ostinato (Ch. 31)
Definition
a bass line that insistently repeats, note for note
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Ciaconna (Ch. 31)
Definition
used indiscriminately to indicate almost any repeating bass pattern of short duration
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Lament bass (Ch. 31)
Definition
A descending tetrachordal basso ostinato employed during the Baroque era as a musical signifier of grief
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Kapellmeister (Ch. 31)
Definition
chief of music at court, the German equivalent of maestro di capello
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The Thirty Years' War (Ch. 31)
Definition
was one of the greatest conflicts in the history of early-modern Europe. Protestant and catholic conflict over control
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Counter Reformation (Ch. 32)
Definition
The Churches aggressive response to the Protestant Reformation. (Painting over nudity, banning secular tunes)
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Jesuits (Ch. 32)
Definition
Priests that established colleges to impart a sense of true Catholic life by means of education
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cappella pontificia sistina (Ch. 32)
Definition
papal Sistine Chapel
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Stile antico (Ch. 32)
Definition
old or traditional style
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Tenebrae service (Ch. 32)
Definition
Latin for "darkness" because the service was sung in almost total darkness
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falsobordone (Ch. 32)
Definition
at first improvisatory technique used by church singers (3 singers forming chords). But later became a piece for four or five voices but still simple
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basilica (Ch. 32)
Definition
special, grand church that happens not to be a cathedral
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Colossal Baroque (Ch. 32)
Definition
large-scale multiple choir music for voices and instruments
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Reverberation time (Ch. 32)
Definition
the time it takes the sound to die out
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alternatim technique (Ch. 32)
Definition
organ alternating with the choir on verses
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Fiori musicali (Ch. 32)
Definition
Frescobaldi's collection of Mass music to serve St. Peter's and other churches (Musical Flowers)
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Organ Mass (Ch. 32)
Definition
A mass in which an organ alternates with, or entirely replaces, the choir
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Organ Verset (Ch. 32)
Definition
a short piece that replaces a liturgical item otherwise sung by the choir
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Ricercar (17th Century) (Ch. 32)
Definition
Frescobaldi perfected a tightly ORGANized, monothematic ricercar that influenced the later fugal writing of J.S. Bach
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Tonal Answer (Ch. 32)
Definition
a following voice that imitates the subject at the interval of a fifth above or fourth below and changes the subject so as to keep the music in the home tonality
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Oratorio (Ch. 32)
Definition
Similar to Opera minus the lavish sets, costumes, and choreography
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Oratory (Ch. 32)
Definition
prayer hall
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confraternity (Ch. 32)
Definition
a fraternal order emphasizing religious devotion and charity
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Chamber Cantata (Ch. 32)
Definition
performed in front of a select audience in a private residence
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da capo aria (Ch. 32)
Definition
an aria in two sections with an obligatory return to and repeat of the first (ABA)
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Ritornello (Ch. 32)
Definition
Refrain, distinctive musical phrase that comes at the beginning of the aria and returns frequently after
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Chamber Cantata (Ch. 32)
Definition
performed for a select audience in a private residence
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Cremona (Ch. 33)
Definition
city that was crucial to the development of the violin
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Antonio Stradivari (Ch. 33)
Definition
Famous Violin Maker
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da chiesa (Ch. 33)
Definition
of the church
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da camera (Ch. 33)
Definition
of the chamber
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sonata (Ch. 33)
Definition
is a piece for a single instrument or small instrumental ensemble
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multiple stops (Ch. 33)
Definition
playing two or more notes simultaneously as chords
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Solo Sonata (Ch. 33)
Definition
comprised a line for a single melody instrument and basso continuo
(Actually three instruments including basso continuo)
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Trio Sonata (Ch. 33)
Definition
had two treble instruments and continuo
(4 instruments including basso continuo)
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Binary Form (Ch. 33)
Definition
a structure consisting of two complementary parts, the first moving to a closely related key and the second beginning in that new key but soon returning the music to the tonic
Term
Walking bass (Ch. 33)
Definition
a bass line, especially in jazz, with a predominantly stepwise motion and steady rhythm
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Sinfonia (Ch. 33)
Definition
was used to designate a three-movement instrumental overture
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Spiccato
Definition
Italian for "sharp," requires the performers to play in a detached fashion but not quite as short as staccato
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Clarino register (Ch. 33)
Definition
high register for Baroque trumpeters
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Concerto (Ch. 33)
Definition
purely instrumental piece for ensemble in which one or more soloists both complemented and competed with an orchestra
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Solo concerto (Ch. 33)
Definition
concerto composed for only solo instrument
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Cadenza (Ch. 33)
Definition
a technically demanding, rhapsodic, improvisatory passage near the end of a movement
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Concerto Grosso (Ch. 33)
Definition
a larger body of performers, namely the full orchestra, contrasts with a smaller group of soloists
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Ripieno (Ch. 33)
Definition
Italian for "full," larger group of performers
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Concertino (Ch. 33)
Definition
"little concert" or smaller body of performers
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ritornello form (Ch. 33)
Definition
a carefully worked out structure for a concerto grosso, which employs regular reappearances of ritornello
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Johann Froberger (Ch. 34)
Definition
he established the dance suite as an important genre of music for string keyboard instruments
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Dance Suite (Ch. 34)
Definition
an ordered set of dances for instrument or ensemble, all written in the same key (often on the sequence of allemande, courante, sarabande and gigue)
Term
Allemande (Ch. 34)
Definition
(Germany) upbeat and gracefully interweaving lines that create an improvisatory-like style
Term
Courante (Ch. 34)
Definition
lively dance characterized by intentional metrical ambiguity
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Sarabande (Ch. 34)
Definition
a slow, stately dance in 3/4 strong accent on 2nd beat
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Gigue (Ch. 34)
Definition
a fast dance, in 6/8 or 12/8 with a constant eighth-note pulse that produces a galloping sound
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program music (Ch. 34)
Definition
some external influence or non-musical event affects the general spirit and the specific details of an instrumental composition
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"Mystery" Sonatas or "Rosary" Sonatas (Ch. 34)
Definition
Sonatas by Biber for solo violin and coninuo that project through music the sacred devotion of the rosary.
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Scordatura (Ch. 34)
Definition
tuning a string instrument to something other than standard tuning
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Doctrine of Affections (Ch. 34)
Definition
embodies the Baroque belief that emotions are objective phenomena that can be represented by analogous tones and rhythms
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Abendmusik (Ch. 34)
Definition
was an hour-long concert of sacred music with arias and recitatives--something akin toa sacred opera or oratorio (associated with Buxtehude)
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Chorale fantasia (Ch. 34)
Definition
a lengthy composition for organ that takes a chorale tune as a point of departure but increasingly gives free rein to the composer's imagination (Buxtehude was known for this)
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Chorale prelude (Ch. 34)
Definition
is a work for organ that sets a Lutheran chorale tune, surrounding it with counterpoint and florid embellishment (Pachelbel is an example)
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Absolutism (Ch. 35)
Definition
the ultimate power in the state rested in the hands of a king who claimed to rule by divine right
Term
Versailles (Ch. 35)
Definition
stood as a monumental symbol of the French absolutist state
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ballet de cour (Ch. 35)
Definition
type of ballet danced at the French royal court from the late sixteenth to the late seventeenth century in which members of the court appeared alongside professional dances
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air de cour (Ch. 35)
Definition
a simple strophic song for single voice or a small group of soloists
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Vingt-quatre violons du roi (Ch. 35)
Definition
twenty-four instruments of violin family (6 violins, 12 violas, 6 basse de violons)
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Academie royale de musique (Ch. 35)
Definition
an opera company directly licensed and indirectly financed by the king
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tragedie lyrique (Ch. 35)
Definition
the term used to designate French opera in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which was a fusion of classical French tragedy with traditional French ballet (Lully developed this)
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divertissement (Ch. 35)
Definition
a lavishly choreographed diversionary interlude with occasional singing
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French overture (Ch. 35)
Definition
a distinctive type of instrumental prelude created by Lully that was an opening to the larger show (typically opera)
Term
recitatif ordinaire (Ch. 35)
Definition
a style of recitative, develooped by French composer Jean Baptiste Lully, noteworth for its length, vocal range, and generally dramatic quality
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cantate francaise (Ch 35)
Definition
virtually identical to the late 17th century Italian chamber cantata except that it set a French rather than Italian text
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tombeau (Ch 36)
Definition
French for "tomb," is an instrumental piece commemorating someone's death
Term
Style brise (Ch 36)
Definition
"broken style" is a modern term for a type of discontinuous texture in which chords are broken apart and the notes enter one by one. Voices seem to dart in and out
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unmeasured prelude (Ch 36)
Definition
an opening piece without indication for rhythmic duration or metrical organization
Term
clavecin (Ch 36)
Definition
French for harpsichord
Term
The art of Playing the Harpsichord (Ch 36)
Definition
is a pedagogical manual in which Couperin leads the clavecin student through a discussion of fingering, ornamentation, and other aspects of performance
Term
agrements (Ch 36)
Definition
French for ornaments
Term
notes inegales (Ch 36)
Definition
a succession of equal notes moving rapidly up or down the scale are played somewhat unequally, such as "long-short, long-short."
Term
Overdotting (Ch 36)
Definition
a dotted note is made longer than written, while its complementary short note is made shorter
Term
Rococo (Ch 36)
Definition
a term used to describe the decorative arts and the music of mid eighteenth-century France, with all their lightness,grace, and highly ornate surfaces
Term
orde (Ch 36)
Definition
is a group of pieces loosely associated by feeling and key
Term
rondeau (Ch 36)
Definition
a composition based on the alternation of a main theme (refrain) with subsidary sections called couplets
Term
couplets (Ch 36)
Definition
a term used in the rondo form of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to indicate an intermediate section (episode) distinctly different from the refrain
Term
Westminster Abbey (ch. 37)
Definition
Parlimental building that provided ceremonies of state, all with appropriate musical pomp
Term
masque (ch. 37)
Definition
an elaborate courtly entertainment using music, dance, and drama to portray an allegorical story that shed a favorable light on the royal family
Term
ground bass (ch. 37)
Definition
the English term for basso ostinato
Term
Dido and Aeneas (ch. 37)
Definition
story found on page 324 of book
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ode (ch. 37)
Definition
a multi-movement hymn of praise to a person or ideal usually lasting about twenty minutes and containing an instrumental introduction, choruses, duets, and solo arias, but no recitative because there is no story
Term
dance suite (ch 38)
Definition
collection of dances all in a single key for one instrument or another (Binary form)
Term
Royal Academy of Music (ch 38)
Definition
Handel's formation of a publicly-held stock company for the production of Italian opera. The principal investor was the king
Term
opera seria (ch 38)
Definition
(Literally, serious opera, as opposed to comic opera) was fully sung Italian opera of the most elaborate and expensive sort (dominated the courts in Europe in the 18th century)
Term
Senesino (ch 38)
Definition
Famous Castrati, full name was Francesco Bernardi. Came from Siena
Term
English oratorio (ch 38)
Definition
like opera, was born in seventheenth-century Italy. Oratorio was not part of the regular worship services of the church, but provided extra-liturgical enlightenment and, especially, enjoyment for the faithful
Term
pastoral aria (ch 38)
Definition
a slow aria with several distinctive charactiristics: parallel thirds that glide mainly in step-wise motion, a lilting rhythm in compound meter, and a harmony that changes slowly and employs many subdominant chords
Term
Water Music (Ch. 38)
Definition
Music Handel wrote for the boating trips of royalty (king George)
Term
Messiah (Ch. 38)
Definition
Draws on passages of the old and New Testament concerting the idea of a messiah. Handel's most popular oratorio. He composed it in 3 1/2 weeks.
Term
BWV (Ch 39)
Definition
Bach Werke Verzeichnis or Bach Work List
letters put on Bach's works
Term
Orgelbuchlein (Ch 39)
Definition
a collection of forty-six pieces written mostly between 1708 and 1713. Means Little organ book because the manuscript measures only 6x7 inches (chorale preludes)
Term
Chorale Prelude (Ch 39)
Definition
an ornamental setting of a pre-existing chorale tune intended to be played on the organ before singing of the chorale
by the full congregation. Bach usually placed the tune in the soprano and embellished it
Term
Pedal Point (Ch 39)
Definition
any sustained or continually repeated pitch, usually placed in the bass and sounding while harmonies change around it.
Term
Kapellmeister (Ch 39)
Definition
term used in the Baroque and Classical periods to refer to the chief musician, not just of the chapel, but of the entire court (Bach got promoted to this position at Cothen)
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WTC (Ch 39)
Definition
Well-Tempered Clavier is a collection of preludes and fugues by Bach in two books
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Equal Temperament (Ch 39)
Definition
a division of the octave into twelve equal half-steps such as we have on the keyboard today
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Subject (Ch 39)
Definition
the main theme
Term
exposition (Ch 39)
Definition
an opening section in which each voice presents the subject in turn
Term
countersubject (Ch 39)
Definition
a unit of thematically distinctive material that serves as a counterpoint to the subject
Term
episode (Ch 39)
Definition
In a fugue, a section full of modulation and free counterpoint that is based on motives derived from the subject
Term
invertible counterpoint (Ch 39)
Definition
a counterpoint carefully written so that the vertical position of two or more voices can be switched without violating the rules of counterpoint or creating undue dissonance
Term
fugue (Ch 39)
Definition
a contrapuntal composition for two, three, four, or five voices, which begins with a presentation of a subject in imitation in each voice (exposition), continues with modulating passages of free counterpoint (episodes) and further appearances of the subject, and ends with a strong affirmation of the tonic key
Term
obbligato (Ch 39)
Definition
an indication that a composer has written a specific part for an instrument and intends to be played as written
Term
Brandenburg Concertos (Ch 39)
Definition
Bach composed while at Cothen, inspired to write the concertos when he visited Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg
Term
cantor (Ch 40)
Definition
the practitioner who performs music, as distinguished from the musicus; in a medieval monastery or nunnery the person specially trained to lead the music of the community who sat with one of the two groups and led the singing
Term
chorale cantata (Ch 40)
Definition
a genre of sacred vocal music that employs the text and tune of a pre-existing Lutheran chorale in all of several movements
Term
accompanied recitative (Ch 40)
Definition
a recitative that features a full orchestral accompaniment; it appears occasionally in the sacred vocal music of Bach but was used more extensively in the operas of Gluck and later composers
Term
passion (Ch 40)
Definition
a large-scale musical depiction of Christ's crucifixion as recorded in the Gospels; and oratorio on the subject of the passion
Term
Enlightenment (ch. 41)
Definition
a philosophical, scientific, and political movement that dominated eighteenth-century thought.
Term
les philosophes (ch. 41)
Definition
a group of French free thinkers including Denis Diderot, Jean-Jaceques Rousseau, and Francois-Marie Arouet AKA Voltaire
Term
Encyclopedia (ch. 41)
Definition
French encyclopedia that was the first of its kind. Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote music articles for the Encyclopedia
Term
Denis Diderot (ch. 41)
Definition
Term
Faustina Bordoni (ch. 41)
Definition
wife of Johann Hasse that sang soprano, she was the prima donna of the age
Term
Johann Adolf Hasse (ch. 41)
Definition
composer of enlightenment opera, his first opera was Cleofide
Term
prima donna (ch. 41)
Definition
leading lady
Term
Pietro Metastasio (ch. 41)
Definition
principal librettist for eighteenth-century opera seria, wrote the text for Cleofide
Term
coloratura (Ch. 41)
Definition
florid figuration assigned to the soprano voice in an opera; also the high female voice capable of singing such a florid part
Term
comic opera (Ch. 41)
Definition
a simple,direct type of musical theater that made use of comic characters, dealt with everyday social issues, and emphasized values more in step with those of middle class
Term
ballad (Ch. 41)
Definition
a narrative poem or its musical setting; a traditional, usually strophic, song that tells a lengthy story; in popular music, a love song in a slow tempo
Term
ballad opera (Ch. 41)
Definition
a type of popular 18th cent. English musical theater using re-texted ballads (or other popular songs) and spoken dialogue rather than recitative
Term
John Gay (Ch. 41)
Definition
wrote the beggars opera which focused on lower class life and was generally more light than serious opera
Term
opera buffa (ch 41)
Definition
Italian version of comic opera; literally "buffoonish opera."
Term
intermezzo (ch 41)
Definition
musical diversion between acts of an opera or play
Term
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (ch 41)
Definition
he had a short life (tuberculosis) and he composed opera. He had more compositions attributed to him than he actually wrote
Term
La Guerre des Bouffons (ch 41)
Definition
"The War of the Buffoons" drawn from the word clownish in opera buffa. French war of words on which style of opera to use.
Term
opéra comique (ch 41)
Definition
French opera similar to its Italian cousin opera buffa, has characters from the everyday world. Natural as emphasis
Term
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (ch 41)
Definition
leading Enlightenment philosopher advocated that all government should be based on the consent of the governed rather than the divine right of kings
Term
reform opera (ch 41)
Definition
sought to combine the best features of the Italian and French traditions, to yoke Italian lyricism to the French concern for intense dramatic expression
Term
Christoph Willibald Gluck (ch 41)
Definition
famous composer of reform opera
Term
Concert spirituel (ch 42)
Definition
one of the first and foremost public concert series founded in Paris in 1725; originally formed to give a public hearing to religious music sun in Latin, its repertory soon came to emphasize instrumental symphonies and concertos as well.
Term
concert symphony (ch 42)
Definition
a three or four movement instrumental work projecting the unified sounds of an orchestra created during the Enlightenment period
Term
Giovanni Battista Sammartini (ch 42)
Definition
the leader of the creation of the concert symphony. Was actually French.
Term
Mannheim crescendo (ch 42)
Definition
a gradual increase from very soft to very loud with a repeating figure over a pedal point
Term
Johann Stamitz (ch 42)
Definition
worked at the court at Mannheim was a composer and conductor. Born Czech.
Term
Alberti bass (ch 43)
Definition
animates simple triads by playing the notes successively in a pattern
Term
Domenico Scarlatti (ch 43)
Definition
harpsichord prodigy born in Naples. Composed mainly for the keyboard. Didn't publish any music until he was 53 years old.Essercizi was is first work published. "acciaccatura"
Term
pianoforte (ch 43)
Definition
original name for the piano because, unlike the harpsichord, its mechanism allowed the player to control the force of a blow to the string and thus could play piano or forte
Term
acciaccatura (ch 43)
Definition
a technique of crunching dissonant chords used by Domenico Scarlatti
Term
Frederick the Great (ch 43)
Definition
made his realm, the north German kingdom of Prussia, a major player in European affairs. He transformed Berlin into a cosmopolitan capital of 100k people full of art a learning
Term
Essay on the True Art of Playing the Keyboard (ch 43)
Definition
C.P.E. Bach's essay for keyboard instruction.
Term
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (ch 43)
Definition
wrote in all musical genres of the day except Opera and Catholic mass. Wrote an essay for keyboard instruction. favorite instrument was the Clavier.
Term
empfindsamer Stil (ch 43)
Definition
German for sensitive style; term applied to the hyper-expressivity that affected northern European arts generally in the second half of the 18th century
Term
Bebung (ch 43)
Definition
"quaking" on a Clavichord. Which is the ability to use vibrato on the keyboard
Term
Johann Christian Bach (ch 43)
Definition
focused on piano (lived in London)and was Bach's youngest son. Music was in the galant style
Term
fantasia (ch 43)
Definition
a rhapsodic, improvisatory work, often unbarred, in which the composer gives free rein to the musical imagination without concern for conventional musical forms.
Term
Viennese School (ch 43)
Definition
Composers consisting of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Franz Schubert
Term
sonata form (ch. 44)
Definition
the most important formal innovation of the Classical period; consists of an exposition, development, and recapitulation, with optional introduction and coda
Term
exposition (ch. 44)
Definition
in sonata form the first main section in which the primary thematic material of the movement is presented or exposed
Term
development (ch. 44)
Definition
in sonata form, the middlemost section in which the themes of the exposition are varied or developed in some fashion.
Term
recapitulation (ch. 44)
Definition
in sonata form, the return of the first theme and the tonic key following the development; although essentially a revisiting of previous material it is usually by no means an exact repeat
Term
transition (ch. 44)
Definition
in sonata form the passage of modulation between the tonic and the new key
Term
retransition (ch. 44)
Definition
in sonata form, the point near the end of the development where tonal stability returns, often in the form of a dominant pedal point
Term
coda (ch. 44)
Definition
the musical section appended to a piece to add extra weight to the end to give it a feeling of conclusion
Term
rondo form (ch. 44)
Definition
one of the main forms of the Classical period; a Classical rondo sets a refrain (A) against contrasting material (B,C, or D) to create a pattern such as ABACA
Term
Esterhazy family (Ch. 45)
Definition
richest and most influential among the German-speaking aristocrats of Hungary, with estates covering some ten million acres south east of Vienna. Haydn's employer was Nikolaus Esterhazy
Term
Baryton (Ch. 45)
Definition
a viola da gamba-like instrument with six strings. Nikolaus Esterhazy played this instrument.
Term
Hoboken number (Ch. 45)
Definition
number used to identify one of Haydn's works. Ex. "Hob.1:104"
Term
minuet and trio (Ch. 45)
Definition
a pair of movements with each usually constructed in rounded binary form; the trio was often scored for fewer instruments, some times only three (thus the name); often served as the third movement of a symphony or piece of chamber music
Term
concertante (Ch. 45)
Definition
a special orchestral style; a concerto-like approach to the use of the orchestra in which individual instruments regularly emerge from the orchestral texture to function as soloists.
Term
“Farewell” Symphony (Ch. 45)
Definition
Best known programmatic work by Haydn. Got its name from when Nikolaus stayed at Esterhaza too long and the musicians wanted to go home.
Term
Sturm und Drang (Ch. 45)
Definition
German for Storm and Stress. As a musical term it refers to a small but significant group of works written around 1770 that are marked by agitated, impassioned writing, such as Mozart's Symphony No. 25 (K. 183) of 1773
Term
scherzo (Ch. 45)
Definition
(Italian for joke) an exuberant triple-meter dance that frequently replaced the more stately minute as the third movement in symphonies and chamber works of the Classical period; was favored first by Haydn (in his Opus 33 quartets) and then especially by Beethoven in his symphonies.
Term
Op. 33 Quartets (Ch. 46)
Definition
Term
London Symphonies (Ch. 46)
Definition
Haydn's compositions for Salomon for London.
Term
“Surprise” Symphony (Ch. 46)
Definition
very well received symphony
Term
The Creation (Ch. 46)
Definition
oratorio that Haydn wrote while in London
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