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Basic Baroque and Classical Music Terms
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- 1operamusic drama that is generally sung throughout, combining the resources of vocal and instrumental music with poetry and drama, acting and pantomime, scenery, and costumes
- 2oratoriolarge-scale dramatic genre originating in the Baroque Era, based on a text of religious or serious character performed by solo voices, chorus, and orchestra; similar to opera but without costumes, scenery, or action
- 3cantatavocal genre for soloists, chorus, and instrumentalists based on a lyric or dramatic poetic narrative; usually consists of several movements
- 4concertoinstrumental genre in several movements for solo instrument and orchestra
- 5suitemultimovement work made up of a series of contrasting dance movements, generally all in the same key
- 6symphonylarge work for orchestra, generally in three or four movements
- 7string quartetchamber music ensemble consisting of two violins, a viola, and a cello
- 8sonatainstrumental genre in several movements for soloists or small ensemble
- 9fuguepolyphonic Baroque Era form in which one or more themes are developed through imitative counterpoint
- 10librettotext or script of an opera, oratorio, cantata or musical
- 11harpsichordearly Baroque keyboard instrument in which the strings are plucked by quills instead of being struck by a hammer like a piano
- 12recitativesolo vocal declamation that follows the inflection of the text, often resulting in a disjunct vocal style found in opera, cantata and oratorio
- 13arialyric song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment, generally expressing intense emotion; found in opera, cantata and oratorio
- 14thememelodic idea
- 15sonata form (AKA sonata-allegro form)the opening movement of the multimovement cycle, consisting of themes that present in the first section (exposition), developed in the second section (development, and restated in the third section (recapitulation)
- 16codathe last part of a piece, usually added to standard form to bring it to a close
- 17clavichordstringed keyboard instrument popular in the Renaissance and Baroque Eras that is capable of unique expression devices not available on the harpsichord
- 18cadenzavirtuosic solo passage in the manner of an improvisation, performed near the end of an aria or a movement of a concerto
- 19multimovement cyclea three or four movement structure used in Classical Era instrumental music, (especially the symphony, sonata, and concerto) and in chamber music
- 20choralecongregational hymn of the German Lutheran church
- 21patronage systemsponsorship of an artist or musician, historically by a member the wealthy or ruling classes
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- Baroque Era and Classical Era information specifically for Rockhurst University course, Introduction to Music.
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