Vocabulary - Baroque era - p. 16, 17 Flashcards
Provide the term.
- Baroque practice of changing volume levels abruptly.
- Results in start sharp contrast rather than gradual change.
terraced dynamics
Provide definition of:
Baroque*
It means ‘irregularly shaped pearl’ in Portuguese ‘barroco’. It applies to art, architecture, and music of the 17th and early 18th centuries.
Provide the term.
- Also referred as the ‘Doctrine of Affections” or “the affects’.
- In Baroque music, a single ‘affection” (clear emotion) is usually projected through an entire composition or movement.
the Affections*
Provide definition. basso continuo*
Baroque performance practice in which one perform plays the notated bass line and another plays the harmonies as indicated by the figured bass
Provide the term.
- It means Portuguese ‘barroco’ meaning ‘irregularly shaped or misshapen pearl.’
- First used as a derogatory term in reference to the overly ornate art of the era.
- Now it refers to the 17th and early 18th centuries art, architecture and music.
Baroque*
Provide the term.
- A combination of two or more melodic lines
polyphonic texture*
Provide the definition. The Affections.*
Also called “the Doctrine of Affections”. In Baroque music, a single “affection” or one clear emotion, is projected through an entire composition or movement.
Provide the term.
- music based on major and minor scales.
- Gradually replaced the modal language that had been favored up to this time.
major-minor tonal system
Provide definition. monophonic texture*
a single line of unaccompanied melody
Provide the term.
- a single line of melody supported by a harmonic accompaniment.
homophonic texture*
Provide the term.
- A single line of unaccompanied melody.
monophonic texture*
Provide the term.
- Musical embellishment to decorate a melodic line.
- Either represented with symbols or improvised.
Ornamentation*
Provide definition. polyphonic texture*
- a combination of two or more melodic lines
Provide the definition. ornamentation*
musical embellishment to decorate a melodic line. Either represented with symbols or improvised.
Provide the term.
- Baroque performance practice that usually has two performers
- one playing the notated bass line and one realizing the harmonies as indicated by the figured bass.
- provides harmonic framework
basso continuo*
