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Baroque Era

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17th-Mid 18th/1600-1750

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Baroque Characteristics

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More dissonances(crunchy), Lavish ornaments, homophonic music, extreme details

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“Barocco” Meaning

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Deformed pearl

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Harpsichord

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Piano with strings

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Baroque Orchestra Characteristics

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Mainly strings (violin, viola, cello), maybe winds, probably harpsichord and would be the conductor

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Opera Era

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Beginning of the 17th C by Francesco Caccinni and Jacopo Perri

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Opera Charact

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Arias, recitatives, dances, instrumental interludes, and overtures

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Aria

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Time of conversation (singing)

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Recitative

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Time of conversation (talking and singing)

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Overture

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Orchestral work in the beginning of the opera

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Dido and Aeneas Charact

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Chorus piece, Aria, Baroque piece, Repetitions

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Libreto

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Text of the opera

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Librettist

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Person who writes the libretto

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Antonio Stradivarius

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Violin maker, creator of today’s violin model in Italy

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Basso Continuo Part, number of people

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2 people playing

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Basso Continuo Part, composition of people

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One the bass melody and the other the chordal instrument

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Trio Sonata, number of people

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4 people playing

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Trio Sonata, composition

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2 in Basso continuo part and 2 soloists/duet

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Antonio Vivaldi

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Red Priest, famous composer of Baroque music, an excellent violinist, Italian

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Ritornello

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Comes back to the soloist in the orchestra

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Programmatic

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Describes the title of the composition

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Absolute

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No programmatic music

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J.S. Bach full name

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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Bach Charact

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Famous German composer who lived in Leipzig. When he died, Baroque Era ended

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Collegium Music

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Group Amateur composers, instrumental works, public concerts (Coffee Cantata)

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Fugue Charact

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Genre, polyphonic, specific form, exploration of a theme

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Fugue Techniques

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Contrapuntal & Exposition

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Fugue main instrument

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Organ played with hands and feet

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George Handel

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German composer, studied opera in Italy, worked in England

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Oratorio Genre

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Genre: Aria

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Oratorio Charact

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Recitatives, sacred: Christian, overturtures, interludes, choral, story line, not acted out.

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Da Capo Aria Form

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Back to the beginning of the aria

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