Reading: Baroque Instrumental Music Flashcards
What is the rise of instrumental music in the Baroque attributed to?
Technological advancements in the crafting of instruments.
Concerto
A large composition for orchestra and solo instrument.
Concerto Grosso
The main early Baroque type of concerto, for a group of solo instruments and a small orchestra.
Movement
A self-contained section of a larger piece, such as a symphony or concerto grosso.
A typical late Baroque concerto has ___ movements.
Three.
What are the characteristics of the three movements of a late Baroque concerto?
Fast, slow, fast (even faster than first).
Ritornello
The orchestral material at the beginning of a concerto grosso, etc., which always returns later in the piece.
Ritornello Form
Ritornello, Solo 1, Ritornello, Solo 2, Ritornello, Solo 3, Ritornello, etc.
Who was the champion of the concerto?
Antonio Vivaldi.
Variation Form
A form in which a single melodic unit is repeated with harmonic, rhythmic, dynamic, or timbral changes.
Basso Ostinato
A motive, phrase, or theme repeated over and over again.
Ground Bass
An ostinato in the bass.
Program Music
A piece of instrumental music associated with a story or other extramusical idea.
The Four Season by Vivaldi is an early example of ___ ___.
Program music.
Cadenza
An improvised passage for the soloist in a concerto, or sometimes in other works. Concerto cadenzas usually come near the ends of movements.
