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Baroque Music Flashcards

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Baroque Music

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Highly decorated

A lot of Sacred works (for church)

Music for Dance & Opera

Increasing popularity of Keyboard Music

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Major Composers

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Bach

Vivaldi

Handel

Purcell

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Harpsichord

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The Baroque equivalent of the piano

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Opera

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A drama set to music with soloists, chorus, acting, and orchestral accompaniment
Sung in Italian

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Aria

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The opposite of recitative. The most important factor in an Aria is the melody, rather than the words

An Aria usually conveys strong emotions that the character is feeling such as love, anger, sadness

The melody in an Aria will usually be beautiful

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Soprano

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Highest female voice

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Mezzo-Soprano

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A female singer in-between a Soprano and an Alto

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Alto

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Lowest female voice

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Tenor

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Highest male voice

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Baritone

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A male voice in-between a Tenor and a Bass

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Bass

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Lowest make voice

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Chorus & SATB

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These two concepts are often grouped together to describe a chorus (sometimes also called a choir)

A chorus is made up from women and men who sing in these different ranges is referred to as a SATB Chorus

A SATB Chorus has a full, rich sound

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Choir

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A group of singers who preform together. They can either sing in:

Unison - the same notes at the same time

or

Harmony - the sound of 2 or more notes at the same time

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Word Setting

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There are two different ways we can set words too music:

Syllabic and Melismatic

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Syllabic Word Setting

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Syllabic comes from the word syllable

Only one note per syllable

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Melismatic Word Setting

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Lots of notes for each syllable

Syllables spread out over many notes - showing off

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Concerto

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A concerto is a piece for soloist accompanied by a full orchestra

This could be a piano concerto, a flute concerto, violin concerto, etc.

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Cadenza

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A passage of music which allows soloists to display or “show off” their technical ability in singing or playing an instrument

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Coda

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Italian term meaning “tail”

Brings a piece of music to an end

he orchestra will join the soloist to finish the piece, usually after a cadenza

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Canon

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A canon is where two or more voices or instruments sing or play the same music starting at different times

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Pedal

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A sustained low note

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Inverted Pedal

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A sustained high note

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Homophonic

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2 or more parts moving together in harmony

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Polyphonic

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2 or more independent melodies - lots happening

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Ground Bass

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A short reoccurring pattern in the bass

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Trill

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A type of ornament where 2 notes are alternated very quickly

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Grace Note

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An extra note added decorate to melody and not essential to the harmony or melody

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