baroque Flashcards

1
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what years does the baroque period encompass

A

1600 to 1750

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2
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which country dominated European musical culture in the beginning of the baroque period

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Italy

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3
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explain the Monteverdi-Artusi controversy, and why it is important in the Baroque period

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Cruda Amarilla didn’t follow, prima Practica, music, changing, using dissonance to express

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4
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what is a ritornello

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An instrumental, refrain (a repeated section of music usually played by the full orchestra)

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5
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Libretto

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just the text of an opera

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6
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Intermedi

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Emerged as musical play performed as intermission during regular play

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7
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pastoral drama

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Shepherds, shepherdas, nature, simple

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8
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madrigal cycles

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tell story

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9
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Opera

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A play put to music that’s acted out

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10
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recitative

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Plot, moving forward, tends to be boring, point is to tell the story

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11
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aria

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One person, expressing emotion, getting in the head of one character, plot, not moving forward, has regular rhythm and beat, with the whole orchestra

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12
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Basso ostinato

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type of variation form in which a baseline or harmonic pattern is repeated as the basis of a piece underneath variations

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13
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Lament

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chromatic movement downward 

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14
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Rameaus treatise on Harmony

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The principles of tonality, sort of like theory one

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15
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what are the four affects

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Love, anger, fear and sadness

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16
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Artusi

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Italian, composer, criticized monte Verde because “Cruda Amarilli” didn’t follow prima Practica

17
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Monteverdi

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Italian, wrote only vocal Works, renowned opera composer

18
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Giovanni Bardi

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Count, had a court, post, hosted the Camerata meetings, Italian. Suspected Greek tragedies were sung all the way through

19
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Cacchini

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developed the concept of monody and solo singing Italian. Had a composer, daughter.

20
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Farinelli

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International opera, superstar, castrati, commanded, huge fees, Italian

21
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Vincenzo Galilei

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Theorist, composer, Italian, part of Camerata

22
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Camerata

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“Book club” discussed literature, science, and art

23
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Girolamo Mei

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Italian, historian/humanist, provided intellectual force to Florentine Camerata to attempt to revive ancient Greek music drama

24
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Peri

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Italian, composer and singer, convinced Greek tragedies, were sung in their entirety, set out to re-create ancient genre in modern form

25
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Carissimi

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Italian, leading, cantata, composer, remember today, for his oratorios, leading composer of Latin oratorios

26
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Frescobaldi

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well, known for his toccatas, best known for his keyboard music, organist at St. Peter’s in Rome, Italian

27
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Schütz

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German, combined Italian, first to set German text to Italian vocal style
, composed large and small scale, concertos,

28
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Barbara Strozzi

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Italian (Venice, Italy), daughter of poet/librettist Guillio Strozzi, one of the most prolific composer of vocal chamber music

29
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King Louis XIV

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French, built, Versailles, use art for propaganda, wanted people to move to Versailles to keep them away from Paris so they wouldn’t oppose in politically. Had 24 string players, follow him around (start of orchestra?)

30
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Lully

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Italian/French (born Italy – died France), only composer in entire country, who can create song drama in France (granted exclusive, royal privilege). Lully operas, massive influence in his country (died because he stabbed his foot with his staff too many times.)

31
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Purcell

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English composer, wrote prestigious pieces for English court, entire career, funded by Royal patronage, specialize in English text setting

32
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Buxtehude

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German organist/organ, music, composer, J.S. Bach’s influence. Composed mostly keyboard works.

33
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Corelli

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Italian composer, established early orchestras in Italy, laid the foundation for a string playing. Specialize in sonotas

34
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toccata

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sounds improvised