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How many players comprised the Baroque orchestra?
10 to 40
What was the language of Lutheranism?
German
What influenced the music of the Baroque period?
artistic freedom of expression
Who wrote the first preserved opera, written in 1600, called Euridice?
Jacobo Peri
What is the soprano voice type that is high and can sing fast scale passages?
coloratura soprano
What is the form of a da capo aria?
A B A
What idea did the Camerata come up with?
monody, derived from greek chorus in ancient greek tragedies
What was Monteverdi’s famous opera?
Orfeo
What was Vivaldi's nickname?
The Red Priest
a set of dance-inspired movements
suite
a drama that is sung
opera
a work for chorus, vocal soloists, organ and small orchestra
cantata
a movement within a cantata
chorale
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
individual movements were customarily organized to provoke a single emotion
affections
sudden change in dynamics
terraced dynamics
the tutti plays a refrain alternating with one or more soloists playing new material
ritornello form
text of an opera
libretto
repeated melodic and rhythmic pattern in bass line
ground bass
comes in second after subject
answer
a short piece that introduces a fugue
prelude
presented alone
subject
polyphonic piece based on a subject (main theme)
fugue
a large group of musicians contrasted with a smaller group
tutti
composition for several instrumental soloists and small orchestra
concerto grosso
combination of keyboard and one or two low sounding instruments
basso continuo
ornamental
baroque
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