Baroque compositions Flashcards
Soprano recitative There Were Shepherds tempo
not indicated
Overture Section A affection
majestic, mysterious, welcoming
La Primavera 2nd mvt form
two-part structure
Vivaldi sacred work-oratorio ex.
Juditha Triumphans
Soprano recitative And lo! The angel if The Lord image
fluttering wings depicted by ascending broken arpeggio 16th notes
Soprano recitative And the angel said unto them key
begins in D major
La Primavera title of first four
La Quattro Stagioni
Prelude and Fugue in b flat Major structure
- two books
- each book 24 preludes and fugues, organized in pairs if tonic major and minor keys
- begins with c major and c minor, then moves up chromatically ending with B major and b minor
La Primavera source
- (program) sonnets most likely err item by Vivdi, describing the seasons of the year
- portions of the text were printed above the corresponding passages in the origin score
Soprano recitative And suddenly key
begins job d major
Soprano recitative There Were Shepherds key
c major
Prelude and Fugue in b flat Major #background
7
Soprano recitative And suddenly time signature
common time
La Primavera 2nd mvt time signature
3/4
La Primavera 2nd mvt orchestration
reduced (no cello or continuo)
La Primavera #background
9
Soprano recitative And the angel said unto them
- type of recitative
- key
- tempo
- time signature
- begin
Soprano recitative #And suddenly
6
soprano aria Rejoice Greatly form
ABA1
Soprano recitative And the angel said unto them type of recitative
recitativo secco
Messiah structure
- three parts-each contain multiple movements
- part 1-the prophecy of the coming if Christ and his birth
- part 1-Christ’s suffering, death, and the spread of his doctrine
- part 3-the redemption if the world through faith
La Primavera performing forces
solo violin, strings, continuo
Soprano recitative And suddenly
- type of recitative
- key
- tempo
- time signature
- begin
- image
Soprano recitative There Were Shepherds type of recitative
recitativo secco
La Primavera 3rd mvt poetic image
nymphs and shepherd dance gaily to the festive sound of rustic bagpipes as they welcome spring
Soprano recitative And lo! The angel if The Lord type of recitative
recitativo accompagnato
La Primavera genre
solo violin concerto
Prelude in b flat Major
- key
- tempo
- time signature
- texture
- structure
- section A
- section B
- affection
- technical
chorus Glory to God begin
“Glory to God, Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth”
Soprano recitative #And the angel said unto them
5
Vivaldi sacred work-motet ex.
Gloria
Soprano recitative There Were Shepherds begun
“There were shepherds abiding in the field”
La Primavera 2nd mvt poetic image
•the goatherd sleeps in a flowery meadow with his faithful dog beside him. the leaves rustle gently
Fugue in b flat Major episode 1
- leads to G minor
- subject appears in g minor
- tonal answer in C minor
Vivaldi opera ex.
- Orlando furioso
* Griselda
La Primavera 3rd mvt form
ritornello
Soprano recitative And suddenly type of recitative
recitativo accompagnato
Overture #general
5
chorus Glory to God image
“and peace” and “on earth” are separated by an octave
Bach keyboard work(s)
- collection for students
- two/three-part inventions(known as sinfonias)
- toccatas
- French/English suites
Prelude in b flat Major structure
binary (AB) form
Fugue in b flat Major episode 2
- leads to E flat major
- partial (two-measure) entry of the tonal answer in E flat major
- complete entry of subject in E flat major
Prelude in b flat Major time signature
common time
chorus Glory to God tempo
allegro
Prelude and Fugue in b flat Major genre
keyboard music-prelude and fugues
Fugue in b flat Major tonal answer
•presented by middle voice in F major (dominant)
Soprano recitative And lo! The angel if The Lord key
f major
soprano aria Rejoice Greatly #section B
3
soprano aria Rejoice Greatly #general
4
Fugue in b flat Major technical
playing 2 voices on 1 hand
La Primavera cause
for Conservatorio Ospedale della Pietà
Messiah source if text
Biblical prose-Old and New Testaments
Prelude and Fugue in b flat Major background
- genre
- date
- composer
- op. no.
- collection
- significance of title
- structure
Soprano recitative There Were Shepherds time signature
common time
soprano aria Rejoice Greatly time signature
common time
soprano aria Rejoice Greatly section A begin
“Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice greatly, I daughter of Zion”
chorus Hallelujah key
d major
Soprano recitative And suddenly tempo
not indicated
Soprano recitative And the angel said unto them tempo
not indicated
La Primavera 3rd mvt orchestration
ripieno
La Primavera date
1725
Soprano recitative #And lo! The angel if The Lord
6
Overture Section B answer
tonal
Prelude in b flat Major section A
- broken chord passages played in breathless thirty-second notes and grated sequentially
- ends in F major (dominant key) and proceeds to immediately to the next section
Prelude and Fugue in b flat Major op. no.
No.21
soprano aria Rejoice Greatly parts
- general
- Section A
- Section B
Prelude in b flat Major
9
La Primavera 3rd mvt time signature
12/8
Fugue in b flat Major number of voices
3
Overture general
- title in original score
- genre
- form
- key
- time signature
chorus Hallelujah time signature
common time
Prelude and Fugue in b flat Major collection
The Well-Tempered Clavier
chorus Glory to God key
d major
chorus Hallelujah
- key
- tempo
- time signature
- “Hallelujah”
- “and He shall reign”
La Primavera 1st mvt key
e major
Soprano recitative And suddenly image
lots of wings fluttering depicted by 16th note interval chords
La Primavera 2nd mvt key
C sharp minor
La Primavera 3rd mvt tempo
allegro