Dance -- From Baroque to Classical Flashcards
Dance is the embodiment of ___ and ___.
Nature, control.
Dance
Bodily movements synchronized with music.
In the Baroque, dance was associated with ___ because of ___.
France, ballet.
Dance has ties to the ___ in Paris.
Opera.
The idea of ___ or the ___ is also present in dance.
Nature, natural.
Dancers need ___ from music.
Clarity.
Clarity of beat and meter contributes to dance through…
Supporting predictable movement.
Clarity of phrases contributes to dance through…
Facilitating dances involving figures/patterns.
Clarity of texture contributes to dance through…
Sectional divisions in the dance. Dancers need to coordinate with each other.
Even in the Baroque, dances tend to be ___ in form and style.
Straightforward.
Specific dances in the Baroque are associated with particular ___, ___, and ___.
Meter, tempi, and other rhythmic configurations.
Dance Suites
Collection of miscellaneous dances.
Allemande
Simple duple, serious.
Courante
Simple triple, syncopation.
Sarabande
Triple time, slow, inequality.
Gigue
Compound duple, fast, syncopated, polyphonically complex.
All dance suites are in ___ form.
Binary.
Binary Form
aabb.
Do the a and b sections in binary form have to be equal in length?
No.
Only the first pair of dances were meant for dancing, as the others are ___ dances for listening only.
Stylized.
Trio
Short dances of like character (minuets especially) paired together.
Trio is in ___ ___ form.
Large ternary.
Ternary Form
A (aabb) B (ccdd) A (ab).
Middle section of the large ternary form is called the ___.
Trio.
What was the trio of the French opera?
Orchestral dances played by three instruments.
What is the trio in a modern context (not in the French opera)?
Contrasting subsidiary section. Different texture, mode, overall dynamic, but the same type of dance!
George Handel, Minuet from the Royal Fireworks Music
- Celebrated the end of the War of Austrian Succession.
- Minuet with two equal sections.
- Different mood – full (festive) Baroque orchestra.
Classical period spans from…
1750 to 1825.
Classical period is characterized by:
- Balance in harmony, melody, rhythm.
- Clarity.
“Classical” is used to describe ___ music.
Cultivated.
As opposed to Baroque’s extravagance and steady states, classical music focused on…
Natural and pleasing variety.
Classical music had ___ textures, ___ phrasing, and ___ (other than form).
Simple, clear, balance.
In classical music, styles were rooted in ___ and put into other genres.
Dance.
In classical symphonies and string quartets, the ___ becomes standard as the third movement of four.
Minuet.
The minuet became the ___ movement of four in classical symphonies and string quartets.
Third.
The minuet was the ___ of the four movements.
Simplest.
The ternary form in the ___ and ___ gave variety, order, and clarity to the classical minuet.
Minuet, trio.
