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A genre of sacred music featuring multiple choirs, or a choir that has been divided into different groups that can perform call and responses

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Antiphonal

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Homophonic compositions featuring a solo singer over orchestral accompaniment. Very melodic primarily utilize in operas, cantatas, and oratorios

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Aria

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Continuous realization of harmony throughout a musical piece, usually by a harpischord and/or cello. This provides a framework/template for harmonic accompaniments

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Basso continuo

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A composite major church choir from the Baroque period. Including a soloist, Choi, and orchestra. This has several movements and last for 15-30minutes. Performed without staging but utilize narration, arias, recitatives, choruses and smaller ensembles

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Cantata

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Originally the result from the German Protestant churches reformation. It is a hymn (tune). A four part homophonic work that is sung by the church congregation. Became the foundation for several cantatas and preludes for the organ

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Chorale

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A musical composition for a soloist and orchestra

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Concerto

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A musical composition for a small group of soloist and orchestra

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Concerto grosso

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A divided choir that is utilized to perform in a polychoral style—able to perform “call and response”. Large churches were designed with multiple choir seating sections to perform such works.

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Cori Spezzati

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Perfected by Bach during the Baroque period. It is a form written in an imitative contrapuntal style in multiple parts. Are based upon the original tune (the subject) the subject is then imitated and overlapped by the other parts.

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Fugue

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The text or actual words of an opera, musical, cantata, or oratorio. Written or compiled by a librettist

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Libretto

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The constant repeated subdivision of the best.
provides unity and stability l within the musical piece

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Motor Rhythm

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A subsection or independent section/piece of a larger work

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Movement

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Staged musical drama. Utilize arias and recitatives without narration

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Opera

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Tells a story without acting. Typically biblical and utilize chorus, solo voices, and orchestra. NO CHARACTERS, BLOCKING, COSTUMES, OR SETS

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Oratorio

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A compositional style where the chorus/choir is divided into two+ groups that can perform with or independently

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Polychoral style

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Instrumental music written to portray a non musical idea (paintings, poems, narratives)

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Program music

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An operatic number using speech-like Melodies and rhythm.
Flexible tempo - sparse accompaniment
Basso continuo
between arias

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Recitative

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Repeated unifying sections founds in between solo sections of concerto grosso

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Ritornello Form

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A piece where distinct sections can be identified due to changes in texture or other techniques

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Sectional form

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A musical piece that features musicians with or without accompaniment.
Larger piece: this is the main part

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Solo

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A musical composition in multiple movements for solo instrument, usually accompanied by the piano

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Sonata

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Piece of music that sounds like a dance.
Not designed for dancing

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Stylized dance

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The main melody or tune of a fugue

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Subject

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A multi-movement instrumental musical composition of baroque music
Dance form

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Suite

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Different sections of a piece have a set volume for that section. Next section may be diff volume

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Terraced dynamics

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Songs or musical selections where new music is composed for each stanza/section.
No repetition

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Through-composed

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Where entire music ensemble performs together

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Tutti

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A group of renaissance instrumentalist playing together

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Consort

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One of the most important English madrigal composers

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Thomas Weelkes

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English composer
Known for Development of madrigal
Published motets and masses

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William Byrd

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Technique used by Renaissance composers to represent poetic images

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Word painting

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