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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
created the 24 violins of the King (first stringed group)
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Henry Purcell
#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
creator of the oratorio
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oratorio
extended vocal work with religious text (Messiah)
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The Camerata
men's club that discussed music, their purpose was to restore Greek Drama
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Monody
one sound/voice
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Basso Continuo
chords behind singing (realized)
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Monte Verdi
music master, wrote Orfeo, brings back large orchestras
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Jacopo Peri
wrote the first opera we know about, Euridice
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Public Operas
- open to wealthy and commoners | - became a social experience as well as an art
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groundlings
people who stood in center floor section of theatre at the Globe
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Aria
a solo song within in an opera meant to showcase on given singer's vocal ability
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castrato singers
men were castrated as boys before their voices changed so they could still sing the high parts
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Moliere
wrote the librettos for Lully's operas
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The Big Three of Opera
1. Luigi Rossi 2. Francesco Cavalli 3. Giovanni Gabrieli
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Venus and Adonis
first English opera written by John Blow
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Three Types of Opera
1. Opera Seria 2. Opera Buffa 3. Ballade Opera
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Opera Seria
serious, material was taken from history or myth
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Opera Buffa
comical opera
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Ballade Opera
spoken dialogue and songs set to the tune of old ballads
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The Beggar's Opera
written by Jon Gay, comic opera with spoken dialogue and familiar tunes, beginning of musical theatre
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Gluck
from Vienna, simplified opera
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Haydn
wrote sonatas, created the string quartet, and the symphony "Father of the Symphony"
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sonatas
a regular series of three of four movements in order of tempo (fast slow fast)
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Four parts of a sonata
1. exposition: play the melody 2. development: expand on the melody 3. Recapitulation: restate the melody 4. Coda: the ending
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string quartet
2 violins and 2 cellos
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symphony
orchestral version of a sonata
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Hadyn's Representative works
Farewell Symphony, Surprise symphony
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Farewell Symphony
musicians needed a vacataion, they leave throughout the symphony
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Surprise Symphony
contains a loud bang on the offbeat, Haydn noticed people were sleeping in the audience, this woke them up
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
musical prodigy, combined the best parts of Italian and German music, greatest composer of his age
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Four Great Composers
1. J.C. Bach 2. Gluck 3. Haydn 5. Mozart
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Alberti
designs new type of accompaniment
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Alberti Bass
play top, middle, bottom, top note (broken chord)
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Cristofori
master craftsman of keyboards, creates the pianoforte
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Who popularized the piano forte?
Mozart
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Palindrome
word that can be read both backward and forward and spells out the smae
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Palindromic Duet
invented by Mozart, music can be read from top to bottom and upside down
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Eine Kleine NAcht Musik
music that comes after dinner but before dessert
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Benjamin Franklin
musician inventor, invented the armonica
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armonica
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
transitional figure between classical and romantic period
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Beethoven's 3rd Symphony
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
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How many symphonies did Beethoven write?
9
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Beethoven's symphonies
expands the symphony (longer, louder, more dynamic), introduces trombones, scherzos introduced
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scherzo
musical joke
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Beethoven's 9th
Ode to Joy, uses a vocal chorus
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Beethoven's Sonatas
"Pathetique" "Moonlight" "Apassionata"
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Rasumousky Quartets
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
Fidelo
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Franz Schubert
turned poetry into song, can be considered the first romantic
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Lieder
german art song
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2 Formats of Lieder
1. Through Compose: song developed from beginning to end | 2. Strophic: constantly repeated verse form
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Schubert's Representative Works
1. Unfinished Symphony 2. The Great Symphony 3. The Trout Quintet
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De las Casas
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
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Clave
also called "son" in Cuba, 3-2 or 2-3, basis of Latin Music
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Music of Cuba
Rumba and the Congo
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Music of Brazil
Samba and Bossa Nova, BN first latin American dance form to come to US
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Music of Trinidad
Calypso
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Music of Puerto Rico
Bomba and Salsa
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Music of the Dominican Republic
Merengue, 3 influences Spanish, African, Native
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Music of Argentina
Tango, beat on 1, lesser beat on 3

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