Music Appreciation: Test 2 Flashcards
Movements
A piece sounding fairly complete & independent but is apart of a larger composition.
Concerto Grosso
A small group of soloists pitted against a larger group of players called a tutti (orchestra).
Fugue
A polyphonic composition based on a main theme.
Opera
Staged musical drama that’s sung to orchestral accompaniment.
Aria
A song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment with fewer words.
Recitative
A vocal line imitating the rhythms & pitch influctuations of speech.
Ensemble
3 or more singers
Chorus
Members of the cast apart of a musical.
Libretto
Words of an opera.
Sonata
A composition in several movements for 7-8 instruments.
Improvisation
Created at be same time it’s performed.
Suites
Sets of dance-inspired movements.
Chorale (Hymn Tune
Lutheran hymn.
Oratorio
A large scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, & orchestra; usually set to a narrative.
Clavichord
3rd keyboard instrument.
Basso Continuo
Italian for continuous bass.
Figured Bass
Bass part with numbers.
Prelude
An independent fugue introduced as a short piece.
Overture
Purely orchestral composition.
Castrato
A male singer who had been castrated before puberty.
Da Capo Aria
An aria in A B A form.
Basso Ostinato
Repeated musical idea; obstinate or persistent bass.
Chorale Prelude
A short composition based on the hymn tune that reminded the congregation of the melody.
Solo Concerto
A piece for a single soloist & an orchestra.
Antonio Vivaldi
1678-1741
Composed The Four Seasons (1725) Concerto Violin & String Orchestra, Og.9, Number 1.
La Primavera (Spring) The Four Seasons, a set of 4 solo concert for violin, string, orchestra, & basso continuo.
Art of Fugue; Well-Tempered Clavier: a collection of 48 preludes & fugues, 2 in each major & minor key.
George Frideric Handel
1685-1759
German composer who mastered Italian opera (39), & English oratorios (Israel in Egypt, Saul, & Joshua).
Suites, organ, concertos, & concerti grossi.
Baroque Music
1600-1750
1600: 1st opera written.
1750: death of J.S. Bach
Affections
Emotional states like joy, grief, & agitation were requested at the time.
Movements
A piece sounding fairly complete & independent but is apart of a larger composition.
Concerto Grosso
A small group of soloists pitted against a larger group of players called a tutti (orchestra).
Opera
Staged musical drama that’s sung to orchestral accompaniment.
Aria
A song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment with fewer words.
Recitative
A vocal line imitating the rhythms & pitch influctuations of speech.
Ensemble
3 or more singers
Chorus
Members of the cast apart of a musical.
Libretto
Words of an opera.
Sonata
A composition in several movements for 7-8 instruments.
Improvisation
Created at be same time it’s performed.
Suites
Sets of dance-inspired movements.
Chorale (Hymn Tune
Lutheran hymn.
Oratorio
A large scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, & orchestra; usually set to a narrative.
Clavichord
3rd keyboard instrument.
Basso Continuo
Italian for continuous bass.
Figured Bass
Bass part with numbers.
Prelude
An independent fugue introduced as a short piece.
Overture
Purely orchestral composition.
Castrato
A male singer who had been castrated before puberty.
Da Capo Aria
An aria in A B A form.
Basso Ostinato
Repeated musical idea; obstinate or persistent bass.
Chorale Prelude
A short composition based on the hymn tune that reminded the congregation of the melody.
Solo Concerto
A piece for a single soloist & an orchestra.
Antonio Vivaldi
1678-1741
Composed The Four Seasons (1725) Concerto Violin & String Orchestra, Og.9, Number 1.
La Primavera (Spring) The Four Seasons, a set of 4 solo concert for violin, string, orchestra, & basso continuo.
Art of Fugue; Well-Tempered Clavier: a collection of 48 preludes & fugues, 2 in each major & minor key.
George Frideric Handel
1685-1759
German composer who mastered Italian opera (39), & English oratorios (Israel in Egypt, Saul, & Joshua).
Suites, organ, concertos, & concerti grossi.
Baroque Music
1600-1750
1600: 1st opera written.
1750: death of J.S. Bach
