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3 important keyboard instruments?
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organ, harpsichord, and clavichord.
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the sonata de camera was inteded to be performed where?
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in the home
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the baroque organ had a harsh tone. true or false?
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false, the organ had a pure and transparent tone, contrasting colors, and could have one voice.
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the sonata de camera was based on ____ movements?
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dance
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how many players make up a trio sonata.
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four
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a likel combination of instruments in a trio sonata is?
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2 volins, a cellist, and a harpsichorist.
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Domencio Scarlatti
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wrote over 500 keyboard sonatas. his structure led to the development of sonata-allegro form.
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the instrumental form based on the contrast of two dissimilar masses of sound is?
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concerto
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the solo concerto is?
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instrumental, 3 movements, and solo with accompaniment
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what kind of music became just as important as vocal music in this era?
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instrumental
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who was the greatest and most prolific italian composer of concertos?
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Vivaldi
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who was known as the red priest and why?
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Vivaldi; because of his red hair.
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Where did vivaldi live and work?
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venice
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The Four Seasons is?
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a well known set of concerto's by Vivaldi with a solo violin in the spring.
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Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos?
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Bach
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The suit contains a series of dance movements, each movement is a dance type derived from another country, and?
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contrast in tempo and character
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tuning adjusted the mathematically pure intervals within the octave to equalize the distance between adjacent tones, making it possible to play in every major and minor key?
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equal temperament
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basso continuo
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two instrumentalists for the accompaniment, one played bass line on a cello or a bassoon, and another filled the harmonies on a chordal instrument (harpshichord, organ, or lute)
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figured bass
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numeral above or below a bass note, indicating the required chord.
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castrato
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artificial male pitch done by castrating a boy at a young age.
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who was the greatest and most prolific italian composer of concertos?
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Vivaldi
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who was known as the red priest and why?
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Vivaldi; because of his red hair.
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Where did vivaldi live and work?
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venice
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The Four Seasons is?
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a well known set of concerto's by Vivaldi with a solo violin in the spring.
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Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos?
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Bach
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florentine camerata
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a group of artists, musicians, and writers whose goal was to ressurect the musical-dramatic art of Greece.
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monody
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solo song with instrumental accompaniment
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doctrine of affections
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songs sung in one emotion of affection
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the baroque style of music was?
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has a driving and energetic rythm and a continuously expanding melody.
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masque
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english type of entertainment combining music, poetry, and dance
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opera
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drama that is sing
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the earliest operas took their plots from what?
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greek mythology
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Monteverdi
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an early master of opera
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overture
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the beginning of an opera, orchestral introduction
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singing in monotone, diologue like, speech like song
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recitative
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florentine camerata
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a group of artists, musicians, and writers whose goal was to ressurect the musical-dramatic art of Greece.
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monody
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solo song with instrumental accompaniment
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doctrine of affections
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songs sung in one emotion of affection
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the baroque style of music was?
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has a driving and energetic rythm and a continuously expanding melody.
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masque
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english type of entertainment combining music, poetry, and dance
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recitative
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singing in dilogue, conversation
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aria
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love song, dramatic
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Purcell
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composer, Dido and Aneas
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Handel
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lived in London, was from Germany, but his operas were written in italian. Late opera master
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Barbara Strozzi
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sung secular cantadas. used an expressive chromaticism and dissonance. shifted from slow to dance music and used word painting. most famous work: Begli Occhi
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solo concerto
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instrumental, 3 movements. one performer with supporting instruments
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concerto grosso
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small group of instrumentalists playing along with a larger group.
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concertino
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small group of instrumentalists
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stratavarius
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violin maker
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harsichord
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2 keyboards, strings plucked, cannot produce a wide variety of dynamics.
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Liberetto
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verses from the Bible
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Oratorio
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no costumes or scenery, have chorus's, religious, performed in the church.
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Trio Sonata
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four players, 2 violins, cello, and a harpsichord
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sonata de camerata
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at home, based on dance movements
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ancestor of the symphony, fast-slow-fast
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italian overture
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3 main composers
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Bach, Telleman, and Louis
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suite
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dance movement, each dance movement derived from another country. contrasted in tempo and character
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Water Music
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Handel; a suite
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Chorale Prelude
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workful organ, show off organist
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tecada
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improvisational, virtuostic, keyboard work
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gigue
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lively texture, sextuple meter, not a slow dance
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gigue
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lively texture, sextuple meter, not a slow dance
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