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26 Cards in this Set
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Basso continuo
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bass line serving as a foundation for harmony in the Baroque period, Monteverdi's L'orfeo (1607)
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Aria
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a strophic song or songful monologue or duet in an opera, Giulio Caesare "V'adoro pupille" (1724)
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cantabile
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singable, ex. Don Giovanni (make sure it's pretty)
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denouement
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resolution of a conflict in operatic work, Don Giovanni Mozart (1789) "Madamina"
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exposition
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the beginning of sonata form where primary and secondary themes are introduced with a transition in between, either goes to V or III if minor), then Klosing, repeated:|| Mozart Symphony No. 40
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imbroglio
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a conflict that needs to be resolved, Don Giovanni, Mozart "Introduzione"
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recapitulation
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last part of sonata that restates the themes, cannot change key, Mozart Symphony No. 40
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scherzo
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jesting, lively movement (usually) that evolved from the minuet and is organized in ternary form, Beethoven 5th Symphony 3rd movement
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sonata cycle
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multimovement piece, generally 4, where first movement must be in sonata form, second and third - one is slow, the other is a minuet and trio, fourth is sonata form or theme and variations, Mozart Symphony No. 40
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theme and variations
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musical subject + variations 2nd mvt Haydn Symphony No. 94
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transverse flute
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baroque flute constructed to play in D major, ex. Mozart Flute Concerto no. 2 in D
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minuet and trio
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minuet-trio-minuet, ternary form Mozart 40
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Striggio
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Italian librettist who wrote for L'orfeo 1607
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ternary
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ABA, 3rd Movement of Mozart 40, minuet and trio is good example
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darkness to light
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a technique used a lot by Beethoven by making the low piano register dark and the upper light, also the structure of Beethoven's 5th (trombones are the light)
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antecedent/consequent
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a pair of musical statements that compliment one another rhythmically and harmonically (can be similar, parallel, or contrasting)
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viola de gamba
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a stringed baroque instrument with frets
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Development
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the second part of sonata form which modulates and uses various fragments of the themes, ends in V so that I can happen in recap
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Recapituation
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last part of sonata form that resembles Exposition except it must stay in the tonic key
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medial casura
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the pause between the first and second theme in sonata form
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rounded binary
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a:||:ba:||, ex. ?
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Sturm and Drang
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storm and stress, describes German literature that contains gloomy, terrified, and irrational feelings. Beethoven 5th
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Nathum Tate
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wrote libretto for Dido and Aeneas
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Mannheim
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early center for the growth of the symphony, Stamitz gathered an orchestra here,
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Haym
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librettist for JC
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idiomatic writing/playing
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uses the characteristics of an instrument or texture to arouse an emotion, Beethoven 5th, trombones
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