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Mozart
Recitative Secco
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Recitative Secco
unaccompanied recit;Free rhythm dictated by accents of words
Process of changing from one key to another
Here the motives or themes from the exposition are presented
Rapid rhy patterns each syll of text corresponds to one note
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Mozart
28 operas
One of the greatest musicians of Western classical tradition
His time the greatest composer alive, Enlightenment
Oboist, organist, choirmaster
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Simple Binary Form
Something that is easily recognizable
2sec. roughly equal length&material diff. or loosely related
Process of changing from one key to another
Form in which new material is presented
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D. Scarlatti
Most orig & creative keyboard composer of the 18th century
American opera librettist/poet
Choirmaster and teacher
Exemplified the ideals of the Enlightenment
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CPE Bach
Italian composer, violinist and organist
Leader of the Mannheim orchestra
His compositions include comic operas and sacred music
Known keyboard comps;wrote True Art of Playing Keyboard Inst
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Symphony
Musical language based on songful, periodic melodies
3-4movements, in a primary homophonic style full orchestra
Classical form in which the two sections are roughly equal
Composition for an instru. soloist often piano accompaniment
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Opera Seria
Dramatizes large events in remote places. Emotional content.
Unexpected power/event saving a seemingly hopeless situation
A bass singer in comic opera
Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste
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Mezzo Carrattere
Characters the occupy the middle ground b/w comic & serious
A short musical idea
Musical fragment or characteristic of a composition
Comic opera perf. in 2-3 segments b/w acts
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Period
Revisits one or more themes and confirms the tonic key
Unexpected power or event saving a hopeless situation
2 or more phrases. A complete thought concluded by a cadence
Rationalism imposed by the Enlightenment
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Harpsichord
Keyboard instrument
Contrasts of mood
Striking brass or iron strings with small metal blades
Mechanism that plucks one/more strings w/ small quill
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Enlightenment
Primary homophonic style
Movement of the late 17th/18thcent emphasizing individualism
Form that highlights the return to the tonic
A complete thought concluded by a cadence
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Clavichord
Plucks one or more strings with a small quill
Striking brass or iron strings with small metal blades
Bowed string instrument similar to the violin
Keyboard instrument
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Monophony
Harmonizing with each other
Musical fragment
One melody
Multiple melodies
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Castrato
Lower pitch in the same voice
Male castrated before puberty two preserve boyish high voice
Served as their Kapellmeister
Repeating the material that opened the first section
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Sonata
Classical form in which the two sections
Revisits one or more themes
Rapid succession of rhythmic patterns
Composition for an instrumental soloist; often w/ piano acc.
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Basso Buffo
A bass singer in comic opera
Revisits one or more themes and confirms
Periodic melodies with light accompaniment
Theme comes in one after the other
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Periodicity
Frequent resting points break the melodic flow into segments
First theme or group of themes in the tonic
Classical form in which the two sections are roughly equal
A complete thought concluded by a cadence
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Dramma Giocoso
18th century pianos
characters that occupy middle ground b/w comic and serious
Verse drama specifically written set to music for an opera
Modulates through a variety or keys
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Cadence
periodic melodies with light accompaniment
A seq of notes/chords comprising the close of musical phrase
Special importance or characteristic of a composition
Two or more phrases of music; a complete thought
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Gluck
Collaborated with composers to create reformed operas
Roman Catholic priest
Wrote libretti for 28 operas by 11 composers
Most original & creative keyboard composers of 18th century
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Rounded Binary Form
Intended to express "true and natural" feelings
Please lord my life is a mess
Material of the exposition is restated in original order
Highlight the return in 2ndSect by rep mat opened the1stSect
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Gluck’s opera reforms
An Italian composer
When the player presses one or more keys
Western classical tradition
Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste
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Sammartini
Italian composer, oboist, organist, choirmaster and teacher
Greatest musicians of the Western classical tradition
Letters to brothers that 1st reference the hearing problems.
Innovations of orchestra, characteristic things in a piece
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Intermezzo
2 or 3 segments b/w the acts of a serious opera or play
Characters the occupy middle ground between comic & serious
Musical fragment or succession of notes
Process of changing from one key to another
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Coda
Close of a musical phrase
After the capitulation; revisits themes; confirms tonic key
A work in three or four movements
Primary homophonic style
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Deus Ex Machina
Musical comp. & poetry developed in 18th century Germany
Capitulation that revisits one or more themes
Unexpected power/event saving a seemingly hopeless situation
European stringed keyboard instrument
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Mannheim
Stabat Mater and the opera La serva padrona
Characters the occupy the middle ground
Innovations of orchestra, characteristics to put in a piece
Something that is easily recognizable in a piece
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Topic
Exemplified the ideals of the Enlightenment
Periodic melodies with light accompaniment
Something that is easily recognizable in a piece
Western classical tradition
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Classical Period
Musical language based on songful, periodic melodies
Western classical tradition
Galant empfindsam & Haydn idiom to identify styles/trends
Musical composition & poetry developed in 18cent Germany
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Haydn
Creative keyboard composer of the 18th century
Longer melodic passage
Musical composition and poetry
Exemplified the ideals of the Enlightenment
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Empfindsam style
Musical fragment or succession of notes
A bass singer in comic opera
Distinguished by an extra set of plucked strings
True & natural feelings, featuring sudden contrasts of mood
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Opera Buffa
Everyday situations; Humorous; disguises & misunderstandings
Innovations of the orchestra
Extremes of emotion were given free expression
Comic opera performed in two or three segments
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Fortepiano
Larger, louder forms of piano developed in the 19th century
European stringed keyboard instrument
Musical fragment or succession of notes
18th century pianos
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Polyphony
Provides the harmonic structure of the music
Multiple melodies
Primary homophonic style, without the division
Simultaneously combining parts,& harmonizing with each other
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Homophony
Western classical tradition
Multiple melodies
One melody
A short musical idea
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Stamitz
Repeating the material that opened the first section
Leader of the Mannheim orchestra
Family known for association with the composer Joseph Haydn
Musical language based on songful, periodic melodies
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Lorenzo da Ponte
Composer considered one of the greatest musicians
Ital/Amer opera librettist, poet and Rom/Cath priest
Middle ground between comic and serious
Higher or lower pitch in the same voice
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Esterházy
Greatest musician of the Western classical tradition
Family is known for association w/ the composer Joseph Haydn
*le sigh*
Creative keyboard composers of the 18th century
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Balanced Binary Form
New mat. in the 1st sect. to repeat the end of the 2nd sect.
Style of simultaneously combining a number of parts
ABA Form
Capitulation that revisits one or more themes
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Fugue
Bowed string instrument similar to the violin
Subject diminution augmentation inversion retrograde etc etc
Italian composer, violinist and organist
Exposition, Development,Recapitulation
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Baryton
Plucks one or more strings with a small quill is triggered
Larger, louder forms of the piano
Striking brass or iron strings with small metal blades
Bowed string inst. w/ extra set of plucked strings
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Sturm und Drang
Comic operas and sacred music
Sequence of notes/chords comprising close of musical phrase
ProtoRomantic move. in Ger.lit. imposed by the Enlightenment
European stringed keyboard instrument
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Alberti bass
A verse specifically written to be set to music for an opera
An accompanying part that includes the bass line and harmony
A bass singer in comic opera
broken chord accompaniment used in Galant music style &later
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Patter Aria
One or more themes and confirms the tonic key
Fast tempo with a rapid succession of rhythmic patterns
Classical form in which the two sections are roughly equal
Aria that features two contrasting sections
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Recitative Accompagnato
Division between orchestra and soloists
Accompanied recitative
Exemplified the ideals of the Enlightenment
Instrumental soloist; often with piano accompaniment
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Galant
Served as a Kapellmeister
Original and creative keyboard composer of the 18th century
Based on songful, periodic melodies with light accompaniment
Material in the tonic at the end of the second section
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Basso Continuo
Intended to express "true and natural" feelings
A bass singer in comic opera
Bass line & provides the harmonic structure; Continuous bass
Sequence of chords comprising the close of a musical phrase
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Sequence
Exemplified the ideals of the Enlightenment
The close of a musical phrase
Restatement melodic passage;high/low pitch in the same voice
Comparable with being beautiful but has vast dimensions
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String Quartet
The number of people actually passing this test
Two violins, viola, and cello
Two or more bowed stringed instruments
One or more strings with a small quill
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Pergolesi
Italian comp/vio/org. Include comic operas and sacred music
Characteristic things to put in a piece
Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro and Così fan tutte.
Italian composer, oboist, organist, choirmaster and teacher
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Heiligenstadt Testament
Essay on the True Art of playing Keyboard Instruments
Special importance or characteristic of a composition
Musical language based on songful, periodic melodies
Letter to bros that 1st reference Beethoven's hearing prob
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Motive
Musical fragment of notes that has a special importance
Themes from the exposition are presented in new aspects
A work in three or four movements
Periodic melodies with light accompaniment
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Sublime
Emphasizing reason and individualism
Comparable with being beautiful but has vast dimensions
Galant music style and later
Periodic melodies with light accompaniment
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Modulation
Changing from from one note to another
Middle ground between comic and serious
Process of changing from one key to another
Capitulation that revisits themes and confirms the tonic key
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Da Capo Aria
Process of changing from one key to another
Features two contrasting sections; ABA form
Periodic melodies with light accompaniment
Sequence notes/chords comprising the close of musical phrase
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Sonata Form
Exposition, development, recapitulation
Capitulation that revisits one or more themes
Form in which new material is presented
ABA Form
