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Early Baroque compositional characteristics
Early baroque Opera and Sacred music
Composer Profiles
J.S. Bach
Instrumental Music
100
The term coined by Monteverdi that refers to a compositional style that focused on clear projection of the text
What is secunda prattica?
100
Syllabic style of singing in opera that was used for delivering large quantities of text in a musical manner.
What is recitative?
100
Italian composer commonly referred to as the "Red Priest" because of his red hair.
Who is Vivaldi?
100
The last place Bach worked, in which he composed over 200 cantatas
What is Leipzig?
100
most common type of form used instrumental dance music in the Baroque
What is binary?
200
Baroque belief system that states that certain musical devices evoke specific emotions
What is Doctrine of the Affections?
200
The name commonly given to Baroque male sopranos
What is castrati?
200
Wrote Italian operas and works in English when he worked for King George I of England
Who is Handel?
200
Was considered the greatest German composer of Bach's time
Who is Telemann?
200
type of formal device in which there is a theme that returns in between episodes of freely composed music
What is ritornello?
300
Style of composing vocal music that involves the setting of a single voice against a solo instrumental line
What is monody?
300
Composition in two sections, the first with dotted rhythms, the second in a faster imitative style
What is French Overture?
300
An organist who was a great influence on J.S. bach
Who was Buxtehude?
300
Keyboard composition in which Bach composed a prelude and fugue in 24 different keys
What is the Well-tempered Clavier?
300
Type of baroque dance that in a fast 6/8 time with dotted rhythms
What is gigue?
400
The name of the group of late 16th century artists, musicians, and scholars that met to discuss a new way forward in the arts
What is the Florentine Camerata?
400
Term commonly applied to Italian musical dramas that were generally tragic in content
What is opera seria?
400
Taught violin at an orphanage in Venice
Who is Vivaldi?
400
Set of six Concerti Grosso with varying instrumentation composed over a span of several years by Bach
What are the Brandenberg Concertos?
400
the French name for and instrumental suite, often used by composers such as Couperin
What is ordre?
500
The name of the theorist who repeatedly argued against secunda prattica composition, particularly Monteverdi
Who is Artusi?
500
ABA' song form commonly found in Italian Opera
What is da capo aria?
500
Was the most important German composer of the 17th century
Who was Heinrich Schutz?
500
A set of elaborations on a theme given to Bach by King Frederick II of Prussia
What is the Musical Offering?
500
Term commonly associated with a technique used by Vivaldi, in which motivic material is "spun out" into a longer thread before "cutting" it
What is fortspinning?