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A large-scale music drama that contains poetry, acting, scenery, and costumes with singing and instrumental music. | Opera |
A solo song with instrumental accompaniment | Monody |
Where the music must reflect the text | Doctrine of the Affections |
a male singer who was castrated during boyhood in order to preserve the soprano or alto register of voice for the rest of his life. | Castrato |
the person who writes the text | Librettist |
serious Italian opera | Operia Seria |
A vocal genre for solo singers, chorus, and instrumentalists based on a lyric or dramatic poetic narrative. | Cantata |
A hymn tune specifically associated with German Protestantism | Chorale |
a short organ piece in which a traditional choral melody is established. | Chorale Prelude |
a large-scale dramatic genre with a religious or biblical text performed by solo voices, chorus, and orchestra | Oratorio |
a lyric song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment, generally expressing intense emotion. | Aria |
Italian for "continuous bass" | Basso Continuo |
an association of amateur musicians, popular in the Baroque era. Also a modern university ensemble dedicated to the performance of early music. | Collegium Musicum |
an introductory movement, as in an opera or an oratorio, often presenting melodies from arias to come. | Overture |
a baroque practice consisting of an independent bass line that often includes numerals indicating the harmony to be supplied by the performer. | Figured Bass |
the tuning system based on the division of the octave into twelve equal half-steps: the system used today | Equal Temperament |
a short instrumental work, found in the Baroque opera, used to facilitate scene changes. | Sinfonias |
a concerto type based on the opposition between a small group of solo instruments and the orchestra. | Concerto Grosso |
an instrumental genre in several movements for a solo instrument and orchestra | Concerto |