Sonata to c. 1700

Question 1

Baroque keyboard suite

Answer 1

Paired movements in the same or related keys, thematic consistency, and binary form. An important genre leading to tonal stability in late Baroque.

Question 2

Differences between “sonata da chiesa” and “sonata da camera”

Answer 2

names of movements
sonata da chiesa (church sonata) - Largo, Allegro, etc
sonata da camera (chamber sonata) - Dance names - Gigue, etc

Question 3

trio sonata

Answer 3

4 performers - typically 2 violins and continuo (bass and keyboard)

Question 4

solo sonata

Answer 4

3 performers - one treble instrument (violin) accompanied by continuo (bass and keyboard)

Question 5

concerto grosso

Answer 5

three featured soloists (concertino) inermittenty accompanied by a group of string isntruments (ripieno)

Question 6

fortspinnung

Answer 6

a segment of music after a cadence where phrases move into nearby keys which unfold the basic idea “spinning out”

Question 7

corelli clash

Answer 7

simultaneous sounding of leading tone and tonic pitches at the point of cadential closure

Question 8

tonal sequence

Answer 8

Baroque circle of 5th movement before tonality truly established

Question 9

chord classification system

Answer 9

expanded circle of 5ths