18th century keyboard instrument, so called because performers could play both soft and loud by changing their touch
What is Pianoforte (pg. 110)
100
Sponsorship
What is Patronage
100
Form of more serious dramatic opera, based mainly on classical mythology, historical figures, and classic literature, that thrived during most of the 18th century
What is Opera Seria (pg. 130)
100
The most characteristic form of the Classical era; contains three major sections: exposition, development and recapitulation
What is Sonata Form (pg. 150)
100
An extended work for orchestra that typically contains four movements in fast-slow-fast-fast tempos
What is a Symphony (pg. 159)
200
The term of choice for solo and small-group instrumental compositions whose movements have alternately slow and fast tempos
What is a Sonata (pg. 117)
200
French dance in triple meter, but typically has a faster tempo
What is the Courante (pg. 120)
200
Large-scale work for chorus (choir) and orchestra that is built around the chorale for a church service
What is Chorus (pg. 135)
200
Musical process by whereby a piece moves away from the home key
What is Modulation (pg. 152)
200
Section of the sonata form where material from the exposition is developed, or manipulated.
What is Development (pg. 151)
300
German dance, typically in quadruple meter with a moderate tempo
What is Allemande (pg. 120)
300
Keyboard instrument in which depressing a key causes a plectrum to pluck one or more strings
What is a Harpsichord (pg. 116)
300
Collection of dances linked by key and sometimes melodic material
What is a Suite (pg. 119)
300
Humorous French stage entertainment that blends spoken dialogue with song
What is Opera Comique (pg. 163)
300
Lighthearted stage entertainment in German that combines spoken dialogue with song
What is Singspiel (pg. 163)
400
Dominant orchestral genre of the late Baroque, features large and small; orchestra made up of strings along with one or more spotlighted instruments
What is a Concerto (pg. 124)
400
Slow, stately dance of Spanish origin, in triple meter, with a characteristic short-long rhythm in the melody
What is the Sarabande (pg. 120)
400
Church of secular music including one or more choruses, a series of recitatives pairs, and a setting of a chorale
What is Cantata (pg. 135)
400
Section of the sonata form that serves two main purposes: to establish the basic character of the movement and to present the musical ideas that are to be worked out in the rest of the movement
What is Exposition (pg. 150)
400
Portion of the exposition in sonata form that move decisively to a new key and highlights the move
What is Transition (pg. 151)
500
Dance, typically in compound duple meter, inspired by the jig, customarily the last movement of a suite
What is the Gigue (pg. 120)
500
Instrumental music in which a composer depicts an extramusical inspiration, such as a scene, story, or feeling that the inspiration arouses
What is Program Music (pg. 125)
500
Like opera, genre that tells a story through music, using various forms of recitative, arias, and ensemble numbers but, unlike opera, presented in concert rather than staged
What is Oratorio (pg. 137)
500
Mostly literal restatement of sonata forms exposition, but with all the material in the contrasting key restated in the home key
What is Recapitulation (pg. 152)
500
Italian comic opera, often with contemporary everyday characters instead of gods and historical creatures