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68 Cards in this Set
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Key
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relationship of tones w/ a common center or tonic
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Diatonic
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Melody or harmony built from the seven tones of a major or minor scale
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Triad
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Common chord; consisting of three pitches built on alternate tones of the scale
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Dominant
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Fifth scale step
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Subdominant
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Fourth scale step
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Modulation
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Changing from one key to another
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Collegium Musicum
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Association of amateur musicians; popular in Baroque era
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Monody
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Solo singers and instrumental accompaniment; Established in Baroque era
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Figured Bass
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Independent bass line that often includes numerals indicating the harmony to play; Baroque era
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Basso Continuo
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"Continuous Bass"
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Equal Temperment
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Tuning systembased on the division of the octave into twelve equal half steps; used today
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Doctrine of the Affections
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Baroque doctrine of the union of text and music
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Accompagnato
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Accompanied
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Aria
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Lyric song for solo voice w/ orchestral accomp; opera
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Da Capo Aria
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Lyric song in ternary, or A-B-A form; common in operas, cantatas, and oratorios
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Overture
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Introductory movement
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Librettist
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Prepares text or script of an opera
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Libretto
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Text, or script of an opera
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Ostinato
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Short melodic rythmic or harmonic pattern repeated throughout a work
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Opera Seria
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Tragic Italian opera
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Cantata
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Based on lyric or dramatic poetic narrative; generally consists of several movements
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Chorale
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Hymm of the German Luthern Church
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Chorale Prelude
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Short Baroque organ piece in which a traditional chorale melody is embellished
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Oratorio
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Similar to opera but w/o scenery, costumes, or action
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Ostinato
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Short melodic rythmic or harmonic pattern repeated throughout a work
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Opera Seria
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Tragic Italian opera
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Cantata
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Based on lyric or dramatic poetic narrative; generally consists of several movements
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How were chords identified in the Baroque era?
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Roman Numerals
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Tonic
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1st degree or Home note
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Ternary
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A-B-A or three-part form
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What years were included in the Baroque era?
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1600-1750
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Tonality
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Based on major or minor scale
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Dominant Chord
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Chord built on the fifth step of a scale
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Tonic Chord
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Chord built on the first step of a scale
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Word Painting
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Musical pictorialization of words from the text
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Opera
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Music drama; vocal and instrumental music w/ poetry and drama, acting, scenery, and costumes
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Florentine Camerata
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Florentine writers, artists, & musicians; Aristocrats aimed at ressurecting art of ancient Greece
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Recitative
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Solo vocal; Disjunct style; found in operas, cantatas, and oratorios
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Secco
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Recitative singing style that features a sparce accomp. and moves w great freedom
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Ritornello
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Short, recurring inst passage found in the aria and the Baroque concerto
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empfindsamkeit
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centimental or sensitive style
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What book did Fillipe Rameau write?
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Treaties on Harmony
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Early operas were based on what?
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Greek Mythology
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Who composed the late operas?
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Handel
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Greatest composer in England
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Purcell
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Fuge
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Polyphonic composition based on imitation
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What genre is Barbara Strozzi's "Begli occhi" from?
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Italian secular cantata
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Who wrote chorales?
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Martin Luther
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Well-Tempered Clavier
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Bach; collection of preludes and fugues issued in two volumes
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Most famous oratorio
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Handels Messiah
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Oratorio
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Similar to opera but w/o scenery, costumes, or action
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Most famous passage from Handels Messiah
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Alleluah
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Instruments were less important than vocals in the Baroque era. (T/F)
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False; they were just as important
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Harpsichord
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Baroque keyboard inst in which the strings are plucked by quills
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The piano was not important in the Baroque era. (T/F)
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True
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Sonata da Chiesa
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Church performance; four movements; slow-fast-slow-fast
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Sonata da Camera
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Baroque chamber sonata; a suite of stylized dances
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Trio Sonata
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Baroque chamber sonata; requires four players to perform; Two melody lines and the basso continuo
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Concerto Grosso
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Based on opposition between small group of solo inst and the orchestra
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Solo Concerto
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Solo inst and an accompanying inst group
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Who was the most prolific concerto writer?
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Antonio Vivaldi
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What genre was water music written?
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Dance suite
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Who wrote the six Brandenburg concertos?
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Handel
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Italian Overture
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Three sections; fast-slow-fast
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The overture was the precusor to the symphony. (T/F)
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True
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Fuge
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Polyphonic; one or more themes are developed by imitative counterpoint
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Beggars Opera
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By John Gay; 1728; satirical play w/ folk songs and popular tunes
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
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Reformer of 18th cent opera; wrote Orpheus and Eurydice; wrote Alceste
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