Baroque Flashcards
Baroque period
1600-1750
absolutism
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baroque orchestras were mainly
strings
tutti
the whole orchestra
three movements speed
fast slow fast riternello were first and third
ritornello form
tutti solo tutti solo etc
concerto grosso
same as concerto but with multiple soloist
subject
the main starting part of a fugue
exposition
the point in a fugue after all the voices come in
which piece has “voices”
fugue
everything else in fugue is
episode
sonata means
to be played
The suite during the Baroque was
not often meant to be listened and not necessarily danced.
suite
normally a solo
aria
1 singer
