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Instrumental music meant to be danced to.
Usually Allemande, Courante, Saraband, and Gigue |
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| 4/4 moderate tempo, flowing often begining with an upbeat |
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| Fast triple meter begining with an upbeat |
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| Slow, triple meter, No upbeat noble |
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| Fast, often with dotted rhythem, compound meter 6/8 |
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| 3/4 Moderate tempo Stately |
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| When piece alternates between group of instruments and larger group of instruments |
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| contains multiple solo instruments or instruments that are soloists |
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| concerto for large ensemble without soloist |
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| "that which is sounded" work for one or more solo instruments usually in three or four movements |
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| "Sonata of the chamber" type of sonata feturing series of dance related movements |
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| "Sonata of the Church" features a slow first movement and at least one additional immitative movement |
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| Sonata for two instruments of high range violin/flute/oboe and basso continuo |
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| Type of work for keyboard free in form sounds improvisational usually fast no preexistant material |
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| Type of composition that incorporates a series of immitative entries usually on single theme sometime more |
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| Type of work that follows no structure of large scale convention but gives impression of following "free flight fancy" |
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| "Continuous Bass" bass line of any work in 17th/18th century incorporates bassline and harmonies to be realized above the line. |
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| short bas pattern that repeated many times over movement/work provides structural basis for above voices |
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| Figure presented repeatedly in succession |
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| Any musical form consiting of two parts |
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| "brief return" big in genre of concerto, musical idea that returns at several points |
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| area consisting of thre sections A contrasting B and return of the A in which the singer would embellish melody to show off |
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| recitative accompanied by orchestra |
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| style of characterized by syllabic declaimation, singing with greater emphasis on text than melody |
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| "serious opera" type of opera mostly in italy 1680-1810. Strict division between recitative and aria. Emphasis on virtuosic singing. Used Castrati and stories were often from ancient history/mythology |
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| Type of opera popular in England during 18th century featuring contemporary songs mixed with dialogue. |
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| vocal work, usually sacred with varying size of musicians soloist and basso continuo- soloist chorus and orchestra. |
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-studied with Frescobaldi and dedicated works to him
-amoung first to write extended keyboard suites
-born in germany
-court organist in vienna |
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-Father of keyboard music mostly liked tocatas
-liked out of tune music
-spent most of life in Rome as organist for St. Peter's
-cultivated every keyboard genre of his generation tocatta, fantasia, canzona, ricercar, and mostly the variation
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-Celebrated organist
-spent most of career in Denamrk |
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-known today for cannon in D
-mostly know in his day as organist and composer of sacred music
-worked in many german cities |
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-"Le Grand" for prowess at organ wrote lots of harpsichord
-Born in Paris mostly served Louis XIV and Louis XV |
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-loved Buxtehude
-wrote cantatas, passions, masses and motets, chamber music, orchestral music, organ and harpsichord music, cannons and fuges. |
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| -wrote theatre music and sacred more lively anthems for westminster |
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-German born most of career in england
-mostly wrote operas, oritoios, odes, cantatas, sacred, orchestral, keyboard, and chamber music |
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-les elements
-dissonant even for 20th century |
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-wrote concertos, operas, sacred music
-Red Priest redhead
-directed music a girls orphanage
-master of melodi invention |
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| Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre |
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| first women to publish opera in france |
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-swedish lived in france
-orchestral music woodwinds, lots of cellos and basses anyi teleological movement. |
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