MUSIC - The Baroque Style of Sacred and Secular Music Flashcards
It means “irregularly shaped pearl”, and is the style of music, art, sculpture, and architecture from 1600 to 1750.
Baroque
TRUE OR FALSE
Baroque is known for its extravagant, lavish, decorativeness, theatrical, and melodramatic characteristics.
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE
The use of light and dark vivid colors to show contrast is NOT common to baroque art.
FALSE
It is common
It is grand, ornate, and lively. It features one basic mood or a unity of mood with a consistent and strong rhythmic drive.
Baroque Music
It is a musical ornament played by rapid alternation between two adjacent notes, usually a semitone or a tone apart.
Trill
It is also known as the grace note, which consists of an added note in a melody that is resolved, which delays the appearance of the principal note.
Appoggiatura
It is similar to the trill, but it is a single alternation, whereas the trill is multiple alterations for the duration of the note.
Mordent
It is a style that is applied in melodic phrases in which the melody is introduced and later imitated with elaborate ornamentation.
Question and answer
It is the era of the introduction of concerto, sonata, and opera music.
Baroque period
It was born in Italy during the baroque era and is a drama put into music with elaborate costumes.
Opera
What does the term opera in Latin and Italian mean?
Labor, work, and composition
It is a musical texture in which a solo instrument or a voice dominates other parts that serves as accompaniment.
Monody
It is a lyrical song accompanied by an orchestra.
Aria
It is a musical form of talking accompanied sparsely by a harpsichord.
Recitative
It is a musical play without scenery, costumes, and acting. It features a religious subject.
Oratorio
