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| How many players comprised the Baroque orchestra? |
10 to 40 |
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| What was the language of Lutheranism? |
German |
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| What influenced the music of the Baroque period? |
artistic freedom of expression |
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| Who wrote the first preserved opera, written in 1600, called Euridice? |
Jacobo Peri |
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| What is the soprano voice type that is high and can sing fast scale passages? |
coloratura soprano |
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| What is the form of a da capo aria? |
A B A |
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| What idea did the Camerata come up with? |
monody, derived from greek chorus in ancient greek tragedies |
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| What was Monteverdi’s famous opera? |
Orfeo |
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| What was Vivaldi's nickname? |
The Red Priest |
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| a set of dance-inspired movements |
suite |
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| a drama that is sung |
opera |
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| a work for chorus, vocal soloists, organ and small orchestra |
cantata |
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| a movement within a cantata |
chorale |
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| large scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra, usually set to a narrative text, but without acting, scenery or costumes, often based on biblical stories |
oratorio |
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| individual movements were customarily organized to provoke a single emotion |
affections |
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| sudden change in dynamics |
terraced dynamics |
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| the tutti plays a refrain alternating with one or more soloists playing new material |
ritornello form |
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| text of an opera |
libretto |
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| repeated melodic and rhythmic pattern in bass line |
ground bass |
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| comes in second after subject |
answer |
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| a short piece that introduces a fugue |
prelude |
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| presented alone |
subject |
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| polyphonic piece based on a subject (main theme) |
fugue |
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| a large group of musicians contrasted with a smaller group |
tutti |
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| composition for several instrumental soloists and small orchestra |
concerto grosso |
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| combination of keyboard and one or two low sounding instruments |
basso continuo |
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| ornamental |
baroque |
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