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Terms from Chapter 9
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- 1Domenico Scarlatti(1685 - 1757) Born in Napels, later lived in Portugal then Spain. Composed over 500 short, single movement piano sonatas. Favored rounded binary form.
- 2Galant Style18th century style that featured songlike melodies, short phrases, frequent cadences and light accompaniment.
- 3C. P. E Bach (Carl Philippe Emanuel)One of Bach's elder sons. Very successful in his lifetime. Worked for Friderick the Great of Prussia. Later was the music director of 5 churches in Hamburg. His music was a major link between period. Clearest representation of "sensitive style"
- 4Classical StyleMusical idiom of the mid to late 18th century generally characterized by an emphasis on melody over relatively light accompaniment, simple clearly articulated harmonic plans, periodic phrasing, clear forms based on contrast between themes, between keys between stabe and unstable passages and between sections with different functions, and contrasts of mood, style and figuration within as well as between movements.
- 5Cristoph Willibald Gluck(1714 - 1787) Instituted greatest reforms in opera since it began. Returned it to its attempt to emulate greek drama. Blended German, Italian and Frech opratic style to create a cosmopolitan opera of the classical period.
- 6Alberti BassBroken chord accompaniment common in second half of 18th century named after Domenico Alberti (more on this?)
- 7Johann Stamitz(1717 - 1757) Court composer in Mannheim Germany who aided in the development of the symphony orchestra. He led the orchestra as violinist as concert master rather than as the harpsichordist serving as link to modern conductor. His orchestra contained 30 to 60 performers.
- 8Opera Seria(Italian for serious Opera) 18th century genre of opera on a serious subject but usually with a happy ending. Without comical characters of settings.
- 9J. C Bach(1732 - 1782) One of the younger sons of Bach. Trained by his father and his older brother C.P.E. His style was more defined by new classical music coming from Italy. Very successful in London (reffered to occasionally as London Bach) Influenced Mozart when he met him at the age of 8 on tour.
- 10Opera Buffa(italian for comic opera) Sung throughout.
- 11Sinspiel(German for singing play) German genre of opera featuring spoken dialogue interspersed with songs, choruses and instrumental music.
- 12Slow movement sonataClassical era sonata that omits development.
- 13Minuet and trio formForm that combined to binary form minuets to create an ABA pattern where A is the minuet and B is the Trio.
- 14MinuetDance in triple meter. 2 measured units in Binary form.
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