Test III Flashcards
(111 cards)
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Girolamo Frescobaldi’s birth and death dates?
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1583-1643
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Girolamo Frescobaldi’s occupation?
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Principle organist in Rome
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Two styles of organ music?
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Solo organ and accompaniment for voice
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What is Fiori Musicali?
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Published in 1635; Three organ mass pieces composed by Girolamo Frescobaldi that may have been for St. Mark’s cathedral in Venice.
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Who is Johann Jacob Frobeger?
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A prominent German composer and Virtuoso performer.
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When is Johann Jacob Frobeger’s birth and death dates?
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1616-1667.
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Allemande
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In 4/4 meter; a stately dance at a moderate pace
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Courante
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Lively dance in 6/4 time in triple subdivision (2 beats per bar) and 3/2 time with double subdivision (3 beats per bar)
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Sarabande
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3/4 time; Slow, stately dance
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Gigue
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6/8 or 12/8 time; Fast dance with a constant eighth note pulse; Often used to close a suite
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Minuet
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3/4; Elegant dance of moderate tempo; the only Baroque dance to carry over into the classical period
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Bourrée
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4/4 or cut time with quarter-note upbeat; usually follows a slower dance in 3/4 time
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Gavotte
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Duple meter and four-measure phrases; moderate tempo, of French origin
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Hornpipe
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3/2 time or 2/4 time; energetic dance of British origin, derived from country jig
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Lamento
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Italian term; a song of mourning; ALLEMANDE
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Stile Brizé
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“Broken style”; Suite No. 6 in C major (1654) a. Lamento (Allemande) by Johann Frobeger
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At what time period was organ building at its peak in Germany?
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1650-1750
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Abendmusiken
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An hour long concert consisting of sacred/religious music; arias and recitatitives
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Johann Pachelbel dates?
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1653-1706
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Chorale Prelude
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An ornamental version of a pre-existing chorale meant to be played on the organ.
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At what period was JS Bach know primarily as an organ expert?
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1708-1717
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Manuliter
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The keys played by hands on an organ
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Pedaliter
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The pedals of an organ
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Sinfonia
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A three section or three movement instrumental work; Italian for symphony
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Fugue: Subject
The main/initial idea or melody in a fugue
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Fugue: Exposition
The first statement of a piece
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Fugue: Countersubject
The secondary subject; put against the main subject after the exposition is complete
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Fugue: Episode
A section of the piece that digresses from the main structure and migrates to a new, ornamental section; a connective passage or area of relaxation between entrances of the subject.
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Fugue: Invertion
Mirroring the chords used in a piece; mirrors the melody, but is in a different harmonic
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Circle of Fifths
A method of modulation that begins on the tonic and moves to the dominant, later replacing the discovered dominant as the new tonic, etc.; Continues until we reach the initial tonic
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Dates of Louis Couperin?
1626-1661
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Dates of François Couperin le Grande?
1668-1733
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Prelude non mesuré
An opening piece without barlines
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Dates of Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach?
1714-1788
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Ordres (Suites)
A group of pieces loosely associated by key; A set of dances
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Pincé (mordent)
A squiggly thingi above a note that is an ornament and
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Tremblement (trill)
Alternating between the base note and upper neighboring tone quickly
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port de voix (appoggiatura)
Grace note; note of embellishment
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Denis Gaultier dates?
1597-1672
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Oratorio
A multimovement religious work performed in an oratory; Jephte (c1648) Giacomo Carissimi
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Giacomo Carissimi dates?
1605-1674
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Who was Giacomo Carissimi?
Director of music at German college in Rome for over 40 years; composed masses, motets, 150 secular cantatas; 14 oratorios based on accounts from the Old Testemant
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Historicus
Narrator
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George Frederick Handel dates?
1685-1759
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Binary Form
A two part structure in a piece (A-B); either one or both are repeated throughout the piece
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Chorale Fantasia
An imaginative piece giving free reign to the composer meant to be played on the organ; Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (1690) Dieterich Buxtehude
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Pedal Point
A long held tone, usually in the bass part; The Well-tempered Clavier Prelude and Fugue in C minor (BWV 847) (1722) Johann Sebastian Bach
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House Scribe
A scribe (writer) for a certain composer; Write out all of the individual parts; CPE Bach for JS Bach
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Manuscript Stemma
Identifying the affiliation of sources; Discovering what types of relations scores have to the original manuscript
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Critical Report
An evaluation of every primary source pertaining to a piece and then creating an authentic source; editorial markings are noted clearly
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Urtext Edition
A copy meant to appear as closely to the original edition as possible; little to no alterations
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Kalmus Edition
Considered to be a plagiarized edition; inaccurate and not comprehensive; sources not documented
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Thematic Catelogue
A single volume source about the works of a specific composer
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Fugue: Cadence
Chords moving in a progressive way as if to resolve itself
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Fugue: Augmentation
Statement of a melody in longer note values, often twice as slow as the original
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Fugue: Diminution
A Renaissance and Baroque ornamentation which consists of the restatement of a melody in which the note values are shortened, usually by half
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Fugue: Retrograde
Moving backwards; A device used by composers where a series of notes (comprising a figure or theme) are brought back into the composition written backwards
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Ricercare
Freer (closer to a fugue or fantasia)
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Fantasia
An instrumental composition in which the composer applies their imagination to the piece in regard to the form or organization of a piece; Served as the opening or introduction to a Fugue in the Baroque Era.
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Canzona
A graceful and somewhat elaborate air in two or three strains or divisions. This term can also be taken to mean an air in two or three parts with passages of fugue and imitation, something like a madrigal
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Melisma
A lengthy vocal phrase setting a single syllable of text
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Confraternity
A christian society of laymen emphasizing religious devotion and charity; in Florence performing laude was an essential part of their fraternal life.
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Alessandro Scarlatti dates?
1659-1725
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Dieterich Buxtehude dates?
(c1637-1707)
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Elizabeth Jacquet de La Guerre dates?
1665-1729
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier dates?
1643-1704
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MIchel-Richard de Lalande dates?
1657-1726
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Tombeau
An instrumental piece commemorating someone's death
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François Couperin dates?
1668-1773
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Clavecin
Harpsichord
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Agréments
Ornaments
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Overdotting
A dotted note is made longer than written as to give the effect of the short note being shorter than normal
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Rococo
describes the decorative arts and music of mid-eighteenth century France
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Rondeau
A composition based on the alteration of the main theme
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Pastoral Aria
A slow aria with several distinctive characteristics:
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Johann Jakob Froberger Suite No. 6 in C-Major Year Published?
1654
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Johann Pachelbel, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern year published?
1690
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Johann Jakob Froberger, Lamento (Allemande), from: Suite No. 6 in C-Major (1654) distinguishing characteristics?
Played on harpsichord; no basso continuo; bar 3 style brizé (kind of arpeggiated, but not really); At a moderate pace in common time
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Johann Jakob Froberger, Courante, from: Suite No. 6 in C-Major (1654) distinguishing characteristics?
Played on Harpsichord; no basso continuo; In 3/2; second beat accented
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Johann Jakob Froberger, Sarabande, from: Suite No. 6 in C-Major (1654) distinguishing characteristics?
Played on Harpsichord; no basso continuo; 3/2 time
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Johann Jakob Froberger, Gigue, from: Suite No. 6 in C-Major (1654) distinguishing characteristics?
Played on Harpsichord; no basso continuo; 6/8 time
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Johann Pachelbel, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, (ca. 1690) distinguishing characteristics?
Chorale Fantasia;
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François Couperin, La Favorite, from: Pièces de clavecin … premier livre year published?
1713
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François Couperin, La Favorite, from: Pièces de clavecin … premier livre distinguishing characteristics?
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François Couperin, L’Arlequine, from: Pièces de clavecin … quatrième livre year published?
1730
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Denis Gaultier, Tombeau de Madamoiselle Gaultier, from: La Rhétorique de dieus year published?
1652
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Denis Gaultier, Tombeau de Madamoiselle Gaultier, from: La Rhétorique de dieus distinguishing characteristics?
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François Couperin, L’Arlequine, from: Pièces de clavecin … quatrième livre distinguishing characteristics?
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Dieterich Buxtehude, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223 year published?
1690
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Dieterich Buxtehude, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223 distinguishing characteristics?
Chorale Fantasia
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Johann Sebastian Bach Orgelbüchlein year published?
1710
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Johann Sebastian Bach, “In dulci jubilo”, BWV 608, from Orgelbüchlein distinguishing characteristics?
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Johann Sebastian Bach, “Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt”, BWV 637, from: Orgelbüchlein distinguishing characteristics?
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Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in c-minor, BWV 847, from: Well-Tempered Clavier year published?
1722
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Giacomo Carissimi, Jephte year published?
1648
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Giacomo Carissimi, “Plorate, colles” (solo) from Jephte distinguishing characteristics?
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Giacomo Carissimi, “Plorate, filii Israel” (chorus), from Jephte distinguishing characteristics?
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George Frideric Handel The Messiah publication date?
1741
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George Frideric Handel, “He shall feed his flock” from:
| The Messiah, HWV 56 distinguishing characteristics?
Aria;
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George Frideric Handel, Halleluja Chorus, from: The Messiah, HWV 56 distinguishing characteristics?
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Henry Purcell Come, ye sons of art publication date?
1694
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Henry Purcell, “Come, ye sons of art”, chorus from Come, ye sons of art, distinguishing characteristics?
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Henry Purcell, “Sound the trumpet”, duet from Come, ye sons of art, Z 323 distinguishing characteristics
Duet; Two men singing in female range (for some reason you picture two drag queens singing...)
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Barform
"AAB"
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Alessandro Scarlatti Cantata Oh di Belemme publication dates?
1700
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Alessandro Scarlatti, “Dal bel seno d’una stella”, aria from
| Cantata Oh di Belemme distinguishing characteristics?
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Alessandro Scarlatti, “Oh di Betlemme”, recitative from Cantata Oh di Belemme distinguishing characteristics?
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Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Jephté publication date?
1711
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Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, “Jephté revient”, aria from Jephté distinguishing characteristics?
Aria;
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Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Recitative “La Fille de Jephté”, recitative from Jephté
Recitative;
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Cantor
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