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Baroque Period

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Baroque   Time period- 1600-1750  
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Aristrocatic patronage   Noble people, paying money for music  
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Ecclesiastic patronage   The chuch, paying money for music  
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Civic patronage   Middle class, paying money for music  
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Theory of Affects   Doctrine of the Affections. Using art to create emotion. Lead to opera  
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Prima Practica   Stile Antico. Old way of harmony and music. Invented by Monteverdi. Style and practice of 16 century polyphony  
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Seconda Practice   Stile Moderne. New way of harmony and music. Invented by Monteverdi. Style using chromaticism. Allowed rules to be broken for emotion,  
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Basso Contiuno   Figured Bass. Symbols used to indicate the chords used, and changes to intervals ie slashes through numbers  
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Figured Bass Realization   Performing of Basso Continuo. (incompleted music notation)  
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Concertato   Combination of multiple instruments playing different parts ie.  
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Chromaticism   Movement by halfsteps, used to portray emotion  
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Tonality   System used to replace modal system. Music now thought about vertically instead of horizontally  
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Opera   Developed by Florenine Camerata; believed Greek Tragedies were set to music. First opera house opened in Venice in 1637. Became sensation; diva/divo culture. Staged theatrical production consisting of arias, recitatives and instrumental pieces.  
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Libretto   "little book" The actual text of the opera  
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Florentine Camerata   Organization consisting of Giovanni Bardi, Girolamo Mei, Vincenzo Galilei. Started developing Greek Tragedy into opera.  
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Giovanni Bardi   Host of the Florentine Camerata  
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Girolamo Mei   Read Ancient Greek in the Florentine Camerata  
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Vincenzo Galilei   Musician; interested in tuning system. Father of Galileo. Member of Florentine Camerata  
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Intermedi   Musical interlude of a pastoral, allegorical or mythological subject. Performed before, between or after a spoken comedy or tragedy.  
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Orfeo   The first opera. Enchanted with his music. 1602. Written by Monteverdi.  
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Recitative   Portion of Opera; not repetitive, tells the story. Dialogue; multiple characters.  
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Aria   Portion of Opera; repetitive. Tells singers emotion. Usually A-B-A' format (da capo aria). Became crowd favourite; later operas began to consist of almost all arias. To show off. Wide range. Very melismatic.  
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Castrato   Men that were castrated before puberty to retain their high singing voice. Became divos, high voices considered manly.  
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Farinelli   The most famous castrato  
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Ritornello   A short instrumental interlude at beginning or between sections of singing  
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Chamber Music   A form of music written for a small group; originally performed in royal chamber  
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Basso Ostinato   Short pattern in bass that repeats under changing melody (REPETITIVE)  
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Cantata   Short musical number; 10-30 minutes long. Lyrical or quasi-dramatic text.  
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Stile Antico   Prima Practica. 1600s. Many rules. Church music  
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Stile Moderno   Seconda Practica. Counterpoint more free. 1700's.  
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Sacred concerto   Composition on sacred text. One or more singers. Instrumental accompaniment.  
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Polychordal motet   Piece when two choirs are singing  
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Oratorio   Occurred during lent. Similar to opera, except sacred subject. Held in an oratory. Not staged; a choir and instruments telling a story instead of showing it. Narrative dialogue.  
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Heinrich Shutz   German composer. Combined German text with Italian style.  
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Giacomo Carissimi   Leading composer of oratorios -9 & 9  
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Chaconne   Variations over a basso continuo (figured bass)  
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Passacaglia   Lively dance song; derived from chaconne. Variations over a figured bass.  
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Suite   Collection of dance songs; contrasting pieces linked together in a single work.  
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Toccata   "touched" Keyboard or lute. Resembling improvisation. May include imitative sections or serve as prelude to fugue.  
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Girolami Frescobaldi   Organist at St Peters Bascillica in Rome. Composer of taccatas. -frescos, angels, church, touched by an angel  
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Fantasia   "fantasy" Improvisation on instrument; lack of fixed form.  
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Prelude   Intro piece for solo instrument. Improv style. Or intro movement like opera or suite.  
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Fugue   Very structured, metric piece. One subject, successive statements.  
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Canzona   Instrumental piece with several contrasting sections. Imitative counterpoint.  
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Sonata   Instrumental piece with several contrasting sections.  
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Solo sonata   Piece played by one or more instruments. Baroque instrumental piece with contrasting sections "movements".  
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Trio sonata   Piece played by treble instruments (usually violin) over a basso continuo (usually keyboard)  
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Arcangelo Corelli   Violinist; composer of solo and trio sonatas  
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Lute   Stringed instrument, most popular "virtuoso" instrument in baroque period.  
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Organ   Pipes, loud. Used in sacred music, churches.  
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Clavecin   French name for harpsichord  
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Style brise   "broken style". Arrpegiated chords in 17th century France.  
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Clavichord   Small plucked instrument, keyboard. Soft, expressive sound.  
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Opera Seria   "serious opera". Recitative and aria. Diva culture formed. 1637 first opera house.  
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Da capo aria   A B A', second A section = tons of showing off, runs, trills etc.  
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Alessandro Scarlatti   Composer of operas and cantatas  
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Jean-Baptiste Lully   Italian composer who moved to France to compose for King Louis the 14th. Had sole writing rights to writing operas in France until his death.  
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King Louis the 14th.   The Sun King. Advocate of arts. Loved to dance. Employed Lully and Moliere as his sole entertainment providers.  
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Tragedie Lyrique   17-18th century form of opera by Lully; combines French classic drama with ballet and music  
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French overture   Orchestral piece introducing an opera  
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Ornamentation   Addition of embellishments to a melody  
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Notes inegales   "Unequal notes"; used by French, alternating longer on-beat, shorter off-beat  
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Overdotting   Used by French, long notes held longer than written; short notes shorter  
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Henry Purcell   England's leading composer; wrote Dido and Aenus opera and vocal music  
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Antonio Vivaldi   Best known composer of the 18th century; worked at the orphanage and composed for the girls. Taught them music lessons at Ospedali  
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Ospedali   Orphanage. Vivaldi worked here, taught the girls music. Enhanced their prospects of marriage.  
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Solo concerto   Piece where a single instrument contrasts with orchestra  
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Concerto grosso   Small ensemble of solo instruments and a large ensemble  
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Ritornello form   Vocal music with instrumental between stanzas/verses  
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Francois Couperin   Blended French and Italian tastes. Organist in France. Wrote ondres aka suites  
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Jean-Phillipe Rameau   Unknown before age 40. Leading composer after Lully's death.  
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Traite de l'Harmonie   Treatise on Harmony. By Rameau. Summarized the counterpoint methods and ideas we study today.  
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Johann Sebastian Bach   German composer; never left Germany. Had 3 stages of his life; a) organist, b) court, c) director. a) organist at Arnstadt, Muhlhausen and Weimar. b)Cothen c) Leipzig  
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The Well-Tempered Clavier   Set of organ works by J.S. Bach  
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George Fredric Handel   Travelled a lot with his music. Born same year as Bach, but lead a very different life. 1685. German composer, Germany to France to England. Famous for opera and oratorios.  
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