BAROQUE MUSIC Flashcards
When was the Baroque era?
1685-1750
Baroque came from the ___ term ___ meaning __ ___ ___
Portuguese, barocco, oddly shaped pearl
Baroque era came AFTER the ___ music period and BEFORE the ___ music period
Renaissance, Classical
Invented in the baroque era, it is an important study done in music schools until today. It is considered to be the foundation of music writing and composers made innovations in their music by using this technique
Harmonic Analysis
Music forms of Baroque period
Concerto Grosso and Fugue
It utilizes an ensemble of soloists (___) and a full orchestra (____)
Concertino, Ripieno
Concerto Grosso is the Italian term for ___ ___
Big concert
Music piece that uses interwoven melodies based on a single musical idea
Fugue
Fugue developed from an earlier idea from the ___ period called ___ ___, where multiple singers would sing the same melody at different points in time
Renaissance, imitative polyphony
Baroque Vocal forms and styles
Oratorio, opera, recitatives, and chorale
Large-religious themed compositional work for soloists, opera, and orchestra
Oratorio
Oratorio is ___,___,___ and deals with ___ topics used for performance in churches, though sometimes in halls and churches
simple, plain, and rarely staged, sacred
Oratorio is significant in ___
Baroque churches
Opera deals with __, ___, ___, ___, or ___.
history, mythology, romance, deception, or murder
It is extravagant
Opera
Serious opera
Opera Seria
Comedy opera
Opera Buffa
Soloist in opera
Aria
Style of vocal music that is used in opera, oratorio, and cantata, designed to imitate the natural inflections of speech.
Recitatives
Recitatives serves as a way to ___ __ ___ or ___ ___ and is typically less melodic than an ___
advance the plot, convey dialogue, aria
Recitatives can be seen as a musical form somewhere between ___ and ___ with a flexible rhythm to match the work’s ___
speaking, singing, expression
A melody in which a hymn is sung by a congregation in a Protestant church service in Germany
Chorale
It usually has a ___ __ ___ where the ___ and the congregation sing the same melody with 3 lower voices:
four-part setting, sopranos, altor,tenor,bass
The greatest baroque composers
Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel
The melodies in chorale were borrowed from __ songs and, therefore, displayed great ___ and ____ simplicity; easy and “singable”
secular,melodic,structural
The words in chorale are usually sung in a ___ manner and a ___ form.
rhyming, strophic form
Strophic form structure
verse 1, pre-chorus, chorus, verse 2, chorus, coda(outro)
He did not become instantly famous. Early romantic composers re-evaluated his works, which resulted in a world wide acknowledgement of his brilliance and importance to music
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach was an orphan by the age of __
10
At night, Bach would steal his __ ___ musical works and copy them by __
music works, moonlight
As a young boy, he had a ___ ___ ___ ___, which helped him secure at school
sweet soprano vocal timbre
When his voice changed due to puberty, he switched his focus to playing ___ and ___
violin and harpsichord
In ___, 20-year-old Bach walked ___ miles between 2 German cities to study the works of other famous organists
1705, 280
His lawyer father did not support his musical dreams.
George Frideric Handel
Handel used to sneak a ___ up the attic to practice and play in secret
Clavichord
The one who supported Handel was his
Mother
While on a trip, someone put Handel in front of an organ. To everyone’s surprise, he started to___
play
Who was so impressed with Handel that he persuaded Handel’s father to let him study music?
Adolf I, the Duke of Johann
At his fathers insistence, he initially agreed to study law, but did not remained enrolled for long because _______
His passion for music could not be surpressed
He died a ____ man in ___, aged ___, in ___
wealthy, 1759, 74, London
Handel’s Nickname and why this
“The Great Bear” because of his nature, size, and way of walking
He was known to be a very ___ person and did not __
private, marry
