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