Define absolute monarchy

What was the time of the Baroque period?

In what year did Bach die?

__________ governments gain a lot of power.

Who was the most emblematic figure?

Which class supported the arts?

What does baroque mean?

Musical revolutions of 1600s
(4)

Change in instrumental music

Basso Continuo

Importance of the Basso Continuo
(2)

Canon in D Major
(4)

Canon

Violin Concerto in E Major Op. 8 No. 1 ("Spring''), First movement
(7)

Concerto

Soloist vs. Tutti

Ritornello Form

Episodes

Tonic

Form

Loop

Invention of Opera

Recitative
WRETCH-it-tah-TEEV

Aria
(song)

Libretto

Thy Hand Belinda
When I am Laid in Earth
-Dido and Aeneas
(4)

Social History of Opera

Castrato

"Little" Fague in G minor
(4)

Fague

Subject

Exposition

Episodes

The Well-Tempered Clavier

Suite No. 3 in C major for Solo Cello
(5)

Binary Form

Chord

Tonic Triad

Cantata No. 140
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
(3)

Cantata

Chorale

"There were shepards..." "Glory to God" from the Messiah
(4)

Oratorio