During the Baroque era as well as some of the Classical era, all musicians worked under this system, where they worked in the court of a king or for the church.
What is the Patronage System?
100
The reason people wanted music to be less complex to listen to and easier to play.
What is more people becoming involved in music?
100
A musical idea, a tune that forms the basis of a musical composition.
What is a theme?
100
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What is pianissimo or very soft?
100
In this musical form, the main musical idea keeps coming back.
What is rondo?
200
A larger and more prosperous middle class meant that there were more people in society who could afford to go to these.
What is a public concert?
200
This new keyboard instrument was introduced in the Classical Period and became more popular than the Baroque period's harpsichord.
What is the pianoforte?
200
Describes the way the individual notes in the music are blended together.
What is texture?
200
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What is forte or loud?
200
Composers often used this musical form to show off their entertainment skills.
What is theme and variations?
300
He was among the first composers who thought his work should be heard more than once.
Who is Beethoven?
300
Classical composers favored these kinds of phrases instead of the long lines found in Baroque music.
What are two- or four-bar phrases?
300
A musical link between two important sections of a composition.
What is a bridge passage?
300
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What is mezzo forte or medium loud?
300
This was the most common kind of opera at the beginning of the Classical period.
What is opera seria, or tragic Italian opera?
400
This composer began his career working for the church but then rebelled against the patronage system by putting on his own concerts.
Who is Mozart?
400
This kind of variation avoided the unflagging predictability of Baroque music.
What is rhythmic variation?
400
A melodic or harmonic formula that ends a work, or a section of a work, and suggests that it brings a conclusion.
What is a cadence?
400
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What is piano or soft?
400
Because there was such a demand for pieces that amateurs could play, an enormous amount of this form of music was written.
What is the sonata?
500
These could last for hours, unlike the ones today, and possibly contained a symphony, vocal works, and a concerto.
What is a public concert?
500
This music is written for small ensembles and designed to be played in a smaller place.
What is chamber music?
500
This means to play smoothly connected.
What is legato?
500
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What is fortissimo or very loud?
500
The origins of this lie in the overtures written for Italian opera. They had nothing that connected them to the opera, and they soon began to be played by themselves in concerts.