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chant, Latin, introduced paraphrase technique
EARLY renaissance |
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Polyphonic, point of imitation technique
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Counter-reformation
words are the most important thing |
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return to homophonic style
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| Started in Italy, major composer is Monteverdi, uses text painting, short in text, repetitive, no set form |
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highly centered around venice, italy
introduction of major & minor modes |
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| introduction to reasoning/inquiry, more humanistic in terms of art |
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| introduces organ, extravagance vs control, no text painting, sequence: exact repetition (starts on new note/position) |
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| Basso ostinato (ground bass) |
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| repeated pattern (significant) that lasts through |
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| continuous set of chords underlying the melody |
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| drama that is sung throughout. began in venice |
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| men who were castrated before puberty to keep their voices high (highly sought after) |
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| half-singing, half-reciting style of presenting words following speech accents and speech rhythms closely |
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| solo showcase for a singer |
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| shorthand notation for accompanyment |
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| self-contained section of a whole work |
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| wrote concertos, ie The Four Seasons |
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| a large compossition for orchestra and solo instrument |
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| the main Baroque type of concerto, for a group of solo instruments and a small orchestra |
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| the orchestral material at the beginning of a concerto gross which always returns later in the piece |
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| a form in which a single melodic unit is repeated with harmonic, rhythmic, dynamic or timbral changes |
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| a cantata with religious words |
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| an improvised passage for the soloist in a concerto, usually towards the ends of movements |
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| in a fugue, a subsidiary melodic line that appears regularly in counterpoint with the subject |
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| a composition written systematically in imitative polyphony, usually with a single main theme, the fugue subject |
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| in a fugue, a passage that does not contain any complete appearances of the fugue subject |
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| the first section of a fugue |
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| an organ composition based on a chorale tune |
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| long, semi-dramatic piece on a religious subject for soloists, chorus and orchestra (Bible as text but not performed in a church, not costumes) |
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| wrote for the church, wrote in suite |
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| concerto, many soloists at a time, lots of keyboard, German |
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| wrote oratorio, ie Messiah in English. Also wrote Julius Caesar, an opera |
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| dance that followed da capo form |
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