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Music Appreciation
The Baroque Era
Term | Definition |
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Recitative Vocal Style | A kind of combination of singing and speech that served as dialogue in baroque operas and other related works |
Arioso Vocal Style | A more lyrical style that was more melodic and expressive; the aria was an expansion of arioso-styled singing |
Chorus/Choir | A group of singers |
Claudio Monteverdi | The first master of operatic composition |
Cantata | A dramatic work for solo voices, sometimes a small chorus, and either basso continuo or a small orchestra |
A Passion | A work that is very similar to an oratorio, but is specifically a musical setting of the story of Jesus Christ's suffering and crucifixion as told in the Bible |
Fugue | Based on the polyphonic development of a melody called the subject; composed for a certain number of voice parts |
Countersubject | A contrasting melody that is played along with the imitation of the subject; played by the first voice in an exposition |
Concertos | Works for one or more solo instruments and orchestra |
Concerto Grosso | When a small solo group opposes the orchestra |
Solo Concerto | When the relatively soft sound of an individual solo instrument opposes that of an orchestra |