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1567-1643
Transitional figure between Renaissance and Baroque eras.
Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest. -
1585-1672
German composer and organist -
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A notation where the composer would write out only the melody and the bass line, and the rest of the performers would have to fill in appropriate chords and accompaniment based on the bass line.
Popular in the seventeenth century -
In basso continuo, the composer would illustrate to the accompanying players what needed to sound above the bass line. The composer could notate inversions and even accidentals. The process of interpreting this was called realization.
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Combining voices with instruments that were non-homogenous, in deep contrast to the previous era.
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Accompanied solo music
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Most common form for dances in the seventeenth century. Featured two roughly equal sections, each repeated.
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A sacred vocal work with instruments. Another example of a concertato medium.
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"To be sung" A secular composition with continuo, usually for solo voice on a lyrical or quasi-dramatic text.
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An example of a concertato medium, for one or more voices plus continuo. One of the most popular written by Claudio Monteverdi
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1632-1687
Italian-born French composer, and instrumentalist -
1637-1707
Danish-German organist and composer. Taught JS Bach -
A genre of religious dramatic music combining narrative, dialogue and commentary. Differed from opera in that it was primarily religious, and it was seldom staged.
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toccata, fantasia, prelude, capriccio, fugue, canzona, sonata, variations, partita, chaccone, passacaglia, dances, suite
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Typically for organ or harpsichord, a fugue was a pieced that repeated a theme in various imitations.
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1653-1713
Italian violinist and composer of the Baroque era. Helped develop ideas for tonality. -
1659-1695
An English composer during the Baroque period. -
1660-1725
Italian Baroque composer. Founder of the Neapolitan School of Opera. Father of Domenico Scarlatti. -
1665-1729
An outstanding female French musician and composer. Was the original child prodigy in music. -
a musical setting of the story of Jesus' crucifixion. Schutz wrote three in 1666.
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1678-1741
Italian Baroque composer, and a virtuosic violinist. One of the most popular Baroque composers. -
1683-1764
French organist, music theorist and composer -
1685-1750
German composer and musician. Quite likely the most notable composer of the Baroque period, as when he died, the era died with him. -
1685-1759
German/British composer. Very popular for his operas and oratorios. -
1685-1757
Italian composer and son of Alessandro Scarlatti. Noted for his 555 keyboard sonatas. Baroque composer, but was influential to the Classical era. -
Dialogue in an opera sung in a speech-like fashion. Recitative could be accompanied by the orchestra (accompanied recitative) or only by basso continuo (simple recitative)
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written by Jean Baptiste Lully. Explained tonal harmony as opposed to modal
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