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UNIT 2 Flashcards

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baroque

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literal meaning a “rough misshapen or imperfect pearl”

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Why was the harpsichord important to the development of the baroque era?

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it could play more than one note at a time, CHORDS

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Figured bass

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  • left hand notes are given, right hand is improvised, notation of left hand has note of chord and numberical symbols underneath that indicate what to play
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Gabrieli

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the concert master of the St. Mark’s Cathedral, style is referred to as colossal baroque, he invents modern orchestration, decides what instrument will play what ahead of time

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Why was the violin so important?

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it was loud, music was now being played in concert halls needed the sound to be heard

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Crimona, Italy

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where all the violin makers lived

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Antonio Stradavari

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creator of the Stradivarius violin

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Stradivarius violin

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  • violin created by Stradavari
  • mastery and perfection has not been matched since
  • sound is fuller, more bass, clearer sound
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Corelli

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composer of violin music, one of the first specialists; created sequences changing the key in the middle of the pieces

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Vivaldi

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  • created concerto grosso

- created solo concerto

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concerto grosso

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two violins and a cello have something like a debate/conversation between each other
divided into small sections called movements

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solo concerto

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one instrument is featured and the entire orchestra backs them up

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Representative works of Vivaldi

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The Four Seasons, Mandolin Concerto in C

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baroque organ

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instrument that took 70 men to operate, created a variety of sounds, prototype for the synthesizer

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J.S. Bach

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  • organ repairman who had genius ability to assess and repair organs
  • created fugue
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Representative works of Bach

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  • 6 Brandenburg Concertos

- Toccata and Fugue in D minor

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Fugue

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a composition for keyboard which follows a rigid set of rules for imitation and counterpoint

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“The Well-Tempered Clavier”

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The “well tuned” “keyboard”, two volumes, in tune can play with any instrument

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Karl Phlipe Emmanuel Bach (KPE Bach)

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based in Berlin

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Johann Christian Bach

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Based in London

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Lully

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worked in the court of Louis XIV, first French opera composer, watched tragic actors so his music would match the height of the drama, died conducting

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Rameau

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first person to write down scientific principles on constructing music, wrote the Treatise on Harmony, as a composer big on instrumentation, thought to be the first to use clarinet

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Treatise on Harmony

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book that stressed the importance of chords (first to propose a scientific basis to create harmony)

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Couperin

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  • epitome of baroque

- wrote keyboard music

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King Charles II

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created the 24 violins of the King (first stringed group)

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Henry Purcell

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1 musician in England, served under 3 kings, organist for Chapel Royal and Westminister Abbey, wrote the opera’s Dido and Aeneas, The Fairy Queen, adapted from a Midsummer Night’s

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George Frederick Handel

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creator of the oratorio

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oratorio

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extended vocal work with religious text (Messiah)

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The Camerata

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men’s club that discussed music, their purpose was to restore Greek Drama

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Monody

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one sound/voice

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Basso Continuo

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chords behind singing (realized)

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Monte Verdi

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music master, wrote Orfeo, brings back large orchestras

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Jacopo Peri

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wrote the first opera we know about, Euridice

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34
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Public Operas

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  • open to wealthy and commoners

- became a social experience as well as an art

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groundlings

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people who stood in center floor section of theatre at the Globe

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Aria

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a solo song within in an opera meant to showcase on given singer’s vocal ability

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castrato singers

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men were castrated as boys before their voices changed so they could still sing the high parts

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Moliere

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wrote the librettos for Lully’s operas

39
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The Big Three of Opera

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  1. Luigi Rossi
  2. Francesco Cavalli
  3. Giovanni Gabrieli
40
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Venus and Adonis

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first English opera written by John Blow

41
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Three Types of Opera

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  1. Opera Seria
  2. Opera Buffa
  3. Ballade Opera
42
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Opera Seria

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serious, material was taken from history or myth

43
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Opera Buffa

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comical opera

44
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Ballade Opera

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spoken dialogue and songs set to the tune of old ballads

45
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The Beggar’s Opera

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written by Jon Gay, comic opera with spoken dialogue and familiar tunes, beginning of musical theatre

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Gluck

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from Vienna, simplified opera

47
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Haydn

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wrote sonatas, created the string quartet, and the symphony “Father of the Symphony”

48
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sonatas

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a regular series of three of four movements in order of tempo (fast slow fast)

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Four parts of a sonata

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  1. exposition: play the melody
  2. development: expand on the melody
  3. Recapitulation: restate the melody
  4. Coda: the ending
50
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string quartet

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2 violins and 2 cellos

51
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symphony

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orchestral version of a sonata

52
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Hadyn’s Representative works

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Farewell Symphony, Surprise symphony

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Farewell Symphony

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musicians needed a vacataion, they leave throughout the symphony

54
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Surprise Symphony

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contains a loud bang on the offbeat, Haydn noticed people were sleeping in the audience, this woke them up

55
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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musical prodigy, combined the best parts of Italian and German music, greatest composer of his age

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Four Great Composers

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  1. J.C. Bach
  2. Gluck
  3. Haydn
  4. Mozart
57
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Alberti

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designs new type of accompaniment

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Alberti Bass

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play top, middle, bottom, top note (broken chord)

59
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Cristofori

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master craftsman of keyboards, creates the pianoforte

60
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Who popularized the piano forte?

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Mozart

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Palindrome

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word that can be read both backward and forward and spells out the smae

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Palindromic Duet

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invented by Mozart, music can be read from top to bottom and upside down

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Eine Kleine NAcht Musik

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music that comes after dinner but before dessert

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Benjamin Franklin

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musician inventor, invented the armonica

65
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armonica

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like glasses filled with water except bowls that rotated by pressing a pedal, attached with strings, Mozart and Beethoven wrote music for it

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Beethoven

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transitional figure between classical and romantic period

67
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Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony

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dedicated to Napoleon, later changed the dedication to “the memory of a great man”; marks a turning point, music is no longer governed by classical rules

68
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How many symphonies did Beethoven write?

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9

69
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Beethoven’s symphonies

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expands the symphony (longer, louder, more dynamic), introduces trombones, scherzos introduced

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scherzo

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musical joke

71
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Beethoven’s 9th

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Ode to Joy, uses a vocal chorus

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Beethoven’s Sonatas

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“Pathetique”
“Moonlight”
“Apassionata”

73
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Rasumousky Quartets

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mark new change in Beethoven’s music, put out as much music as an orchestra could at the time

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Beethoven’s Opera

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Fidelo

75
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Franz Schubert

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turned poetry into song, can be considered the first romantic

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Lieder

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german art song

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2 Formats of Lieder

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  1. Through Compose: song developed from beginning to end

2. Strophic: constantly repeated verse form

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Schubert’s Representative Works

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  1. Unfinished Symphony
  2. The Great Symphony
  3. The Trout Quintet
79
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De las Casas

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Roman Catholic priest, responsible for conversions of people in the New World, writes about plights of the Natives and advises the Spanish crown to import Africans instead

80
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Clave

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also called “son” in Cuba, 3-2 or 2-3, basis of Latin Music

81
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Music of Cuba

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Rumba and the Congo

82
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Music of Brazil

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Samba and Bossa Nova, BN first latin American dance form to come to US

83
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Music of Trinidad

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Calypso

84
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Music of Puerto Rico

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Bomba and Salsa

85
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Music of the Dominican Republic

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Merengue, 3 influences Spanish, African, Native

86
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Music of Argentina

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Tango, beat on 1, lesser beat on 3

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