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Baroque Music
Baroque Music History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cantata | medium-length narrative piece of music for voices with instrumental accompaniment |
| concerto | a piece of music written for a soloist with accompaniment |
| opera | an innovative musical work of drama plus music |
| fugue | a fanciful, free-form composition for organ |
| ornamentation | Baroque element seen in music, art, architecture, and fashion |
| Composer who changed the concerto to give the solo instrument a more prominent, virtuoso role | Vivaldi |
| Composer who was arrogant, sometimes rude, and liked to brag about his work | Handel |
| Composer who wrote "The Messiah" and "The Hallelujah Chorus" | Handel |
| Composer who worked at a girls orphanage in Italy called the Conservatory of the Pieta | Vivaldi |
| composer who was nicknamed "The Red Priest" | Vivaldi |
| composer who wrote "The Four Seasons" | Vivaldi |
| composer who was the master of the oratorio | Handel |
| composer known for using polyphony and inventiveness in his famous fugues | Bach |
| composer who wrote over 1000 musical pieces, but mostly composed religious music | Bach |
| composer who wrote the Brandenburg Concertos | Bach |
| composer with 20 children | Bach |
| composer who wrote music for the king and queen of England | Handel |
| composer who worked at Westminster Abbey as a composer and organist | Purcell |
| composers who were buried in Westminster Abbey in London | Handel & Purcell |
| Country where Bach & Handel were born | Germany |
| Country where Purcell was born | England |
| composer who was known for his concertos | Vivaldi |
| composer who invented opera | Monteverdi |
| composers began writing these items in their music in the Baroque period | dynamics & tempo markings |
| Baroque polyphony was different from Renaissance polyphony in this way | Baroque was more elaborate & ornamented |
| composer who was a child prodigy | Monteverdi |
| Characteristics of Baroque music | unity of mood, continuity of rhythm, repeated use of a melody throughout a song, terraced dynamics, polyphonic texture |
| terraced dynamics | adding groups of instruments in order to achieve additional volume or taking instruments away in order to achieve a quieter volume |
| continuity of rhythm | rhythmic patterns heard throughout a piece of music |
| unity of mood | having the same mood or feeling throughout a song |
| churches whose power influenced musicians of the Baroque era | Catholic, Lutheran, & Anglican churches |
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