Lesson 1 Unit 2 Flashcards

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1
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Baroque Meaning

A

rough and imperfect, abnormal

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2
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Define the Baroque Era

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  • relative peace
  • rational thought
  • more money to go towards the arts
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3
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Define Baroque Music

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  • meter is more precise
  • instruments were tuned
  • major minor scales
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4
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What are Human Emotions

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controlled by “four emotions”

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5
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Phases of Baroque Music

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Early - to 1640
Middle - to 1690
Late - to 1750

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6
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What is Unity of Mood

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  • continuity of rhythm
  • texture: polyphonic but shifts
  • chords and continuous bass
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7
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Define Baroque Orchestra

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  • 10 to 30 or 40 players
  • instruments varied
  • bass continuo and upper strings at the core
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8
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Define Music in Baroque Society

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  • demand for new music
  • jobs, included aristocratic courts, churches, town musicians
  • women could not be music directors
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9
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Define Baroque Opera

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  • sung drama
  • poetry, acting, singing
  • secular
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10
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Who was Florentine

A

tried to recreate greek plays, instead made opera

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11
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First opera house

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Venice, Italy 1637

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12
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Components of Opera

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  • soloists, ensembles, chorus, orchestra
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13
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Recitative

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  • musical declamation
  • advances the plot
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14
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Aria

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action stops, character reflects on a single emotion

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15
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Libretto

A

the words in the opera

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16
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Librettist

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the person who writes the libretto

17
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Castrato

A

male singer who was castrated to have a higher voice

18
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Cantata

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  • includes
    • arias
    • orchestral accompaniment
    • sacred or secular
    • five to eight movements