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Early Music Test Flashcards

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1
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Ordinary of Mass

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Catholic mass that doesn’t change throughout the liturgical years

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Madrigal

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A work for several voices’ set to a short poem

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Unity of mood

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Reflecting an emotional state which stays that way throughout

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Rhythm

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more definite and regular

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Dynamics

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more clearly notated

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Texture

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foundation of bass line and keyboard instrument and it is the use of the Bass Continuo

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Functional Harmony

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Set of chords one following another in which major/minor system is codified

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Baroque Opera

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Drama in music with characters singing instead of speaking

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Overture

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Instrumental work opens opera

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Recitative

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Turning words to music in a theatrical manner

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Aria

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An extended piece for a solo singer

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Fugue

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most complex type of polyphonic music

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Similarities between aria and oratorio

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Chorus, overture, orchestra, singing solo, aria, recitative, and opera house

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Difference between aria and oratorio

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Aria is mythology with costumes and staged. Oratorio is biblical no costumes or staged

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Cantata Instrument

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Keyboard instrument is pipe organ

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Instrument used in oratorio and aria

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Instrument is harpsichord

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Sonata

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Composition in several movements for one to eight instruments

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Trio Sonata

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two instruments and basso continuo

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Solo sonata

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solo instrument with basso continuo

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Unaccompanied sonata

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one instrument

21
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Oratorio

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Religious subject matter but not part of a religious service

22
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Ev’ry Valley, Messiah

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Composer: George Frideric Handel
Genre: Aria in oratorio
Historical Period: Baroque
What special: text painting

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Kyrie, Pope Marcellus Mass

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Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Genre: Mass Ordinary
Historical Period: Renaissance
What special: The text had to be heard

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As Vesta was Descending

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Composer: Thomas Weelkes
Genre: Madrigal
Historical Period: Renaissance
What special: Text Painting

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Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

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Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Genre: Fugue
Historial Period: Baroque
WHats special: Part of the system where you can play in different keys

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