MUS 189 exam II cards (weeks 6-7)
Music 189 with Eberhardt at Miami University of Ohio
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Dry recitative
sparse accompaniment and usually only a basso continuo instrument
accompanied recitative
accompanied recitative
impressario
particular theater’s producer. Responsible for selecting performers, works, making profits.
diva
famous opera singer
prima donna
“first lady,” soprano who sings the leading female role
castrato
male singer castrated during boyhood to preserve the soprano or alto vocal register
carnival
upside-down, values/morals, indulgence, anonymity. Carnival season is a dramatic characteristic of Venetian opera.
basso continuo
method for writing instrumental accompaniment. Notated bass line (figured bass) written with numeric figures that indicate chords and harmonies. Usually performed by harpischord and 1 low chord instrument.
figured bass
a numeral above or below the bass not indicating the chord required.
masque
A type of entertainment that combined vocal and instrumental music with poetry and dance
ground bass aria
repeated idea that decends along the chromatic scale, always symbolic of gried in baroque music
ostinato
repeating melody
oratorio
multi-movement, dramatic vocal genre with a text based on religious or other serious theme.
- Develops in baroque period.
- Vernacular language (about religion but vernacular so between sacred & secular)
- Opera without scenery
- involves solo singers, chorus, & orchestra
da copa aria
a ternary, or A-B-A, form that brings back the first section of the section at the end with embellishment by the soloist.
cantata
a work with one or more solo vocalist with instrumental accompaniment - secular or sacred themes
- develops in Baroque period
- Vernacular language
chorale
lutheran hymn tune
- contatas often use chorales in there songs
- contatas often use chorales in there songs
solo concerto
single solo instrument set against orchestra. 3 movements: fast slow fast
concerto grosso
group of solo instruments set against the orchestra
concertino
concerto involving a group of soloists
tutti/ ripieno
concierto involving the entire orchestra
program music
Each line of a poem is printed above a certain passage in the score; the music at the point mirrors geographically the action described.
ritonello
repeating theme in full orchestra (ritornello/refrain) in full orchestra vs. contrasting, varying episodes with soloist
suite
multi-movement work consisting of a series of contrasting dance movements, all in the same key
baroque dances
Differentiated through characteristic meter, form, and tempo
Types:
Types:
- Allemande - German, moderate tempo, duple meter
- Courante - French, faster, triple meter
- Sarabande - Spanish, slow, triple meter
- Minuet - french, moderate tempo, triple meter
- Gigue - English, fastest, compound meter
harpsichord
early baroque keyboard instrument, strings are pluck by quills, instead of struck
organ
wind instrument by mechanical means (2+ keyboards and pedals)
prelude
instrumental work preceding a larger work
toccata
virtuoso composition(organ or harpsichord) free and rhapsodic style, in baroque, served as intro to fugue
chorale prelude
short baroque organ piece, a traditional chorale melody is embellished
counterpoint
combining in a texture; two or more melodic lines
fugue
polyphonic form popular in the Baroque era where one or more themes are developed by imitative counterpoint
subject
main idea or theme of the work
answer
second entry of the subject in a fugue, usually pitched a fourth below or a fifth above the original subject
exposition
opening section, (in fugue- voices enter in turn w subject)(in sonata-allegro- major thematic material is stated)
episode
interlude section in baroque fugue serves as area of relaxation between statements of the subject.
About this deck
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Created: 2011-10-09
Size: 34 flashcards
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Created: 2011-10-09
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