Dynamics
Sets the volume of the piece
What is dynamics?
A short melody that is repeated
What is the subject?
Describes the instruments or voices that are used in a piece of music
What is instrumentation?
Wrote the piece called The Four Seasons
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
Comes from the Portuguese word barroco, meaning misshapen pearl.
What is baroque?
A musical term that represents soft
What is piano?
The name of the subject when the key is changed
Terms used to describe a single performer, two performers, and three performers
Is remembered as one of the greatest composers of all time for his technical skill and artistic beauty
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
Baroque compositions feature more ______ than _____ for the first time in history
What is instruments and voices?
A musical term that means medium loud?
What is mezzo forte?
Where the subject is introduced in all voices one by one
What is exposition?
a group of performers
What is ensemble?
Who is Johann Pachelbel?
Keyboard instrument in which the strings are plucked
What is a harpsichord?
A musical terms that means to gradually get louder
What is crescendo?
New melodic ideas are introduced and passed voice to voice
What is development?
An ensemble that involves only wind and percussion instruments
What is a concert band?
Earned a masters of composition from Julliard
Who is Eric Whitacre?
A comic opera
What is an opera buffa?
A musical term that means to gradually get softer
What is decrescendo?
The subject is in one voice while different melodies ae in other voices
What is episodes?
An ensemble which involves string, wind, and percussion instruments
What is orchestra?
His work marked the transition from Renaissance to Baroque
Who is Claudio Monteverdi?
Accompanying part used which provides a bassline for the other parts and adds harmony
What is a basso continuo?