Survey 3

Treble v. bass

Main theme of a fugue that can appear augmented

5 acts with a divertissement (ballet scene)

What is your topic for the Essay?

Continous, non-sectional counterpoint, lots of imitation

Group of soloists in a concerto grosso

To be sung. Generic collection of solo arias

Italian

No Overture

Music performed between acts of a play

Order of Dance Suites

Published 8 collections of music, mostly for domestic music making

Recurring patterns of strong and weak beats, dividing musical time into recurring units. Focus on points in time

Two part, AB

Philosophic idea about what makes music good, arousing the humors, and bringing about emotion

The entrance of each voice in a fugue

An expressive composition technique with no repeats

Voices and instruments can work together equally

Close succession of Subject/Counter-subject between voices

Instrumental composer who uses lyrical, smooth tone with suspensions and sequences

Italian or Latin

A cycle of songs that were united by text or other features that were the origins of opera

a time when no voice has a statement of the subject

Staged

An expressive composition technique with a repeating bass line

Ground bass, Lament bassline

English

17th century Opera

Carissimi

Staged

Newer, freer, More expressive, text- driven harmonies (not a slave to the rules)

The only person allowed to compose french opera

Sriggio

Usually two players, one stringed instrument on melody, one keyboard on harmony. Performers fill in inner chords

An expressive composition technique with or without ritornello. Written in ABA

One singer with simple/light accompaniment

Variation of the main theme of a fugue that can appear in inversion, imitation, or stretto

Full ensemble in a concerto grosso

Settings of religious texts that incorporate basso continuo, concertato, monody, and opera forms

Caccini, Peri, Montereverdi, Scarlatti

Librettist for french opera with Lully

Prolific composer of latin oratorios

A sacred concert work derived from Italian sacred Opera

Older; Renaissance- style, ("Zarlino") counterpoint

Two "acts" within each section, alternate between recitative and aria with a sermon in between two sections

Basso continuo

A sacred composition, for a lutheran service, including solo, choir, and instruments.

Descending Tetrachords

Staged

Inventor of Concerto with F-S-F

German organ tradition who puts on Abendmusiken concerts

The text to an Opera

over dotting

Composer that bridges between the Renaissance and Baroque Era

Imitative improvisatory piece

Scripture

Main theme transposed a fifth

AB, A is a homophobic march in duple meter, B is an imitative piece in triple Overture form

Measured rhythm, repetition, but no large sectional repeats. Lyrical but not virtuosic, through composed

4 movements. S-F-S-F, with tempo designations

Key related dance inspired movements for entertainment

Helped elevated instrumental music to be equal to voice, writes a treaties about performances practice keyboard

Soloist v. Orchestra

Often a succession of brief sections played for religious services on keyboard

Instrumental refrains used to set the key

First time having group discipline, unified bowing, doubling of parts

A pattern appearing in the bass that repeats while the melody changes

Concertino v. Ripieno (big v. little)

Tate

4+ movements with dance names. Binary forms

Beloved German composer of opera, cantatas, concerto and known for cosmopolitan style

Compositions centered around contrast

Recitative and aria alternate. 5 Acts

A rhapsodic, improv piece

Written by Couperin as a treatise on performance practice for keyboard music

French

Lully, Rameau

A time of bizarre, overly detailed art and music

Fundamental bass, root movement, Keys, cadential patterns,

A series of solo and group dances, interspersed with vocal numbers, all loosely organized around a theme but not a story

Quinault

Acts and Opera end with a closing chorus

Royal Organist known for blending French and Italian styles

Dido & Aeneas

English genre of entertainment that involved stage music and dancing

16th Century Opera

Purcell

An expressive composition technique with or without ritornello. Written in Verse, Chorus

Three part, ABA Overture form

17th century modern style of sacred music associated with freshness (ex. monody, basso continuo)

Simple basso continuo accompaniment to support singer, but not overshadow move to orchestral accomp.

Composer and violinist who spent most of his career teaching and writing at a girls' orphanage

Group seeking manner in which Greek tragedy was performed and recreated

Cosmopolitan Composer who travels all his life and Italian opera in England

2 treble instruments performed with basso continuo

Recitative includes a fancier accomp.

Composer who used older composition technique and became famous after death

Unstaged

Old style of sacred music associated with age and tradition (ex. Palestrina counterpoint)

Speech like singing following natural flow of text with simple, steady accompaniment