Baroque

Question 0

Two most important musical concepts?

Answer 0

Increased interest in solo voice

Rise in status of instruments/inst music

Question 1

Time period

Answer 1

1600-1750

Question 2

Music characteristics?

Answer 2

Organized, decorated, conflict/contrast common, dramatic, ornamentation, advances in notation and instrument techniques
Expansion in size, range, complexity of perf’s

Question 3

Musical mood?

Answer 3

Tends to retain constant level of dramatic energy to last note
Continuous moving melodies
Imitating emotions musically

Question 4

Violin

Answer 4

Most valued instrument
Took over as concert master in orchestra instead of harpsichord
Trio sonata -3, 4th harpsichord playing cello part lh

Question 5

Opera

Answer 5

Staged musical dramas
Florentine Camerato (ch of comm) sought to create form of stage music comparable expressively to Greek tragedy

Question 6

Out of opera came…..

Answer 6

Aria

Self contained melodious passage revealing mood or attitude of singer

Question 7

Cantata

Answer 7

German composer created, meaning “sung”
Multi-movement elaborating hymns
Bach created these w chorales and aria -previously only works were for church

Question 8

Oratorio

Answer 8

Cantata on larger scale
Previously religious works for church
Now could be sung anywhere

Question 9

Concerto

Answer 9

Soloist and orchestra trading parts to show off technique

Question 10

Toccata

Answer 10

“Touched” as in keys
Fast fingerings
Intricate melodic patterns

Question 11

Fugue

Answer 11

Toccata w more consistent, structured approach

Repetition of melody in polyphonic voices while re-introducing melody at regular intervals

Question 12

New for baroque musicians…..

Answer 12

Main source of entertainment
Contribute to society
Theory develop (imitative cntrpt)
Diatonic tonality

Question 13

Composers concerned with…..

Answer 13

Human emotion