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Intermedio (Pl. Intermedii)

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A sort of drama between the acts of a play, involving song, dance, and dramatics. Unrelated to the other play.
The Intermedio could be related or stand-alone.

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Monody

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Solo singing with basso continuo.
Italy in the 1600-1640.
Included Passagio: runs, arpeggios

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Florentine Camerata (Camerata de’Bardi)

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Studied ancient Greek thoughts on music and strived to create music that could recapture the emotional/ethical influence of music.

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Guilo Caccini

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Involved in the first opera. Wrote the book Nuovo Musiche in 1602.

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Stile Recitativo

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Was raprassentativo - dramatic, theatre style music.

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Castrata

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Castrated males with a high singing range.

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Ballet de Cour

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Dramatic story that unfolded -
Included:
simple, strophic songs
choruses
large dance numbers
instrumental interludes
pantomime
spectacular scenery

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Tragedie en music

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(Lyrical tragedy - French version of Opera)
Usually has flexible recitative - more tuneful
Always honors the king

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Academie royal de musique

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Began in 1669, run by Lully in 1672
Each year would put on two operas, both by Lully.

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French Overture

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French Overture includes:
-Over dotting
-Ornaments
-Notes Inegales (unequal eighth notes)
-Instrumental; lots of strings.

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Difertissement

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Section in the opera which allows the gods to come sing and dance - usually not related to the plot.

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Louis XIV

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Aka- the Sun King, King of France during 1673-1715

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Jean-Baptiste Lully

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1632-1687.
Inventor of truly French Opera -

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Masque

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Similar to a ballet de cour -
Involves praising English court, ect.
Different -
Involves spoken dialogue.
Wasn’t performed during commonwealth.

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Semi-Opera

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Spoken dialogue, also music and dance
Main characters ONLY speak
minor characters only sing/dance

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Ground Bass

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Recurring/repeating bass line.

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Henry Purcell

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1659-1695
A Great English composer.
Wrote Dido and Aeneas

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Opera Seria

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Serious, not funny opera.

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De Capo Aria

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in ABA form, the singer was expected to embellish A’.

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Castrato

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A Castrated male, which allowed full-grown males to sing with the high range of a woman or boy.

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Fainelli

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A celebrated Italian castrato singer

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Countertenor

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The highest male singing voice - in female range.

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Ballad Opera

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Spoken dialogue is interspersed with popular songs re-texted. Much more popular in England.

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John Gay

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Writer of the Beggar’s Opera in 1728

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Johann Christoph Repusch

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Arranger of the music for the Beggar’s Opera

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Handel

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1685-1795

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Agrements

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Notes Inegales

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Notes with equal rhythms played unequally

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Oratorio

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Composition for vocalist, chorus, and orchestra on a very grand, showy scale.

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Giacomo Carissimi

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Da Camera

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Chamber sonata; has dance movements

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Da Chiesa

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Church sonata; does not have dance movements.

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Trio Sonata

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2 soloists plus basso continuo; four players total.

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Scordatura

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Changing the tuning of a string instrument for a composition.

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Stile Brise

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Broken style
Arpeggiated chords broken up to sound like different voices.

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Weimar

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Bach’s first significant job as an organist was in Weimar in 1708-1717.
(went to jail over conflicted contracts, but also started Well-tempered clavier?)

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Cothen

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Bach’s second significant job was in Cothen. (1717-1723) He was director of music at the court, which was mostly instrumental (as were his compositions, consequently)

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Leipzig

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His final significant job was in Leipzig - he was very busy (1723-1750). He was an overseer of church music - wrote a lot of chorale preludes.

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Orgelbüchlein

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Little Organ book
Chorale Preludes
Written by Bach while in Weimar as organist.

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Chorale Prelude

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Organ had two functions:
Reminder congregation of chorale melody
Express mood or character of text

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Clavichord

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A mini piano kind of

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Well-Tempered Clavier

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A book with 24 preludes and fugues in every key

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Chorale Cantata

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Cantata using a Luther Chorale
Starts with a large choral number (based on the chorale) and ends with SATB.

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Passion

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An Oratio about the crucifixion of Christ

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Dietrich Buxtehude

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(c. 1673-1707)
A skilled organist before Bach’s time.
Had to marry the previous organist’s daughter to get the job in Lubeck.

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Johannes Sebastian Bach

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(1685-1750).

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Fugue

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A composition in which a melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and then taken up by other and reintroduced in different ways.

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Stretto

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Overlapping subject entrances in a fugue

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Inversion

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Inverting the subject matter in a fugue

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Augmentation

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Impresario

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The group that would rent out a theatre and organize an opera production when they became public events in 1673.

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Cantata

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Has voices and instruments
Multiple movements
Choir, orchestra, and soloists.

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Chorale fantasy

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A composition based on a chorale tune

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