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What is the name for a three part form?
Ternary Form
What does “da capo” mean?
To the beginning
What is often done between vocals and instruments?
Text pairing.
How is the three part form divided?
A B A
What does “ritornello” mean?
Refrain
What is text pairing?
Depiction of images or text through music.
What is the main feature of a da capo aria?
Single instrument introduction and interludes
What is a “recitative”?
A short vocal movement paired with an aria to simulate speech.
What features quick declamations over sustained chords?
Recitative.
Entering a different tonal area is a clue that what has happened in the music?
Entered the B section.
What are many baroque era pieces characterized by?
Shifting tonalities.
What recitative features sustained chords and rhythmic freedom?
Secco
What is strophic form?
Lyrics sang to same line of music (usually in verses)
What are the two types of recitatives?
Recitative secco and recitative accompagnato.
What recitative features a full orchestral accompaniment?
Recitative accompagnatto
What is a through-composed song?
A song where the composition develops continuously.