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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BEING 'BAROQUE'?
THE MEN BEHIND THE MUSIC
THE RISE OF INSTRUMENTS
SONG FORMS
ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC
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THE YEARS THE BAROQUE PERIOD TOOK PLACE WERE
What is 1600-1750
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THIS COMPOSER'S MUSIC WAS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS WILD AND IRREGUAR AND THEREFORE WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING COMPOSERS OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD.
WHO IS ANTONIO VIVALDI?
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A FORM OF BAROQUE MUSIC IN WHICH THE MUSICAL MATERIAL IS PASSED BETWEEN A SMALL GROUP OF SOLOISTS AND FULL ORCHESTRA
What is CONCERTO GROSSO?
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THE TEMPO OF THE THREE MOVEMENTS IN A CONCERTO GROSS.
What is FAST-SLOW-FAST?
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THIS MUSIC PIECE WAS COMPOSED IN 1749 FOR KING HENRY II OF ENGLAND TO CELEBRATE THE END OF THE 7 YEARS WAR.
What is MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS?
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BAROQUE STEMMED FROM THE PORTEGUESE WORD 'BARRACO' WHICH TRANSLATED INTO THIS
What is IRREGULARLY SHAPED PEARL
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AFTER HIS SUDDEN DEATH, THIS COMPOSER WAS CONSIDERED A HUGE LOSS TO ENGLAND AND THEY WOULDN'T PRODUCE ANOTHER GREAT COMPOSER OF COMPARABLE STATURE FOR ANOTHER 200 YEARS.
WHO IS HENRY PURCELL?
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TWO VIOLINS, 1 VIOLA AND A CELLO MAKE UP THIS BAROQUE SMALL ENSEMBLE
What is A QUARTET?
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A BAROQUE SONG FORM THAT COMBINED MUSIC, ACTING, SCENERY, COSTUMES AND PROPS
What is THE OPERA?
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WRITTEN IN 1692, THIS PIECE IS AN OPERA BASED ON ON SHAKESPEARE'S MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
What is THE FAIRY QUEEN?
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MUSIC WAS DESCRIBED AS OVERLY ORNAMENTED AND ______
What is EXAGGERATED?
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THIS COMPOSER WAS KNOWN AS AN OUTSTANDING VIOLINIST WHO RAISED PLAYING STANDARDS IN ITALY.
WHO IS ARCHANGELO CORELLI?
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THE ONLY PERCUSSION USED SPARINGLY IN BAROQUE MUSIC
What is THE TIMPANI (KETTLE DRUMS)
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A VOCAL FORM OF MUSIC WHERE THE SINGER SING-SPEAKS THEIR VOCAL LINE
What is RECITATIVE?
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CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE PIECES OF MUSIC IN THE WORLD, IT HAS BEEN ADAPTED FOR POPULAR MUSIC, COMMERICALS AND MOVIES.
What is CANON IN D?
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DURING THE BAROQUE PERIOD, COMPOSERS BECAME MORE EXPERIMENTAL AND USED CONTRASTS IN VOLUMED CALLED____
What is DYNAMICS?
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ACCORDING TO BEETHOVEN, HE WAS CONSIDERED THE 'GREATEST COMPOSER WHO EVER LIVED'!
WHO IS GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL?
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THIS WOODWIND INSTRUMENT EVENTUALLY BECAME MORE PROMINENT THAT OBOES AND BASOONS.
What is THE FLUTE?
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A FORM MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT, PLAYED BY A BASS INSTRUMENT SUCH AS A CELLO, BASSOON OR KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT, WHICH MEANS CONTINUOUS BASS.
What is BASSO CONTINUO?
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FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1833 THROUGH THE EFFORSTS OF FELIX MENDELSSOHN, THIS PIECE QUICKLY BECAME POPULAR, AND IS NOW ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS WORKS IN THE ORGAN REPERTOIRE. SINCE THE 1970S, SOME SCHOLARS HAVE CHALLENGED THE ATTRIBUTION OF THE PIECE TO BACH.
What is TOCCATTA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR?
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IF YOU HEAR THIS INSTRUMENTS IN A MUSICAL COMPOSITION, IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS BAROQUE
What is HARPSICHORD?
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THE GREAT COMPOSER WAS THE MASTER OF FORMAL INTRICACIES OF COUNTERPOINT AND CREATED VARIOUS OUTSTANDING PIECE IN EVERY MUSICAL GENRE EXCEPT OPERA.
WHO IS JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH?
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THESE THREE KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS WERE OFTEN USED IN BAROQUE MUSIC.
What ARE THE CLAVICHORD, HARPSICHORD AND THE ORGAN?
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VOCAL MUSIC AND SOLO INSTRUMENTALISTS OFTEN PLAYED IN THIS STYLE WHERE NOTES ARE ADDED TO THE MAIN MELODY OF A PIECE OF MUSIC IN ORDER TO MAKE IT MORE EXCITING & INTERESTING.
What is ORNAMENTATION?
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COMPOSED IN 1723 IN FOUR PARTS. THE PIECES ARE VIOLIN CONCERTOS. IN A CONCERTO A SOLO INSTRUMENT, IN THIS CASE THE VIOLIN, IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ORCHESTRA.
What is THE FOUR SEASONS?