Baroque 1

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the word baroque means
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bizarre, flamboyat, elaborately ornamented
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modern historians use the term baroque to indicate
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a particular style in the arts
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name some baroque painters
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rembrandt vermeer bernini
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baroque painters exploited their materials to expand the potential of.......to create totally structured worlds.
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color depth detail contrast
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the broque, as a stylisti period in western art muisic, emcompassed the years
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1600 to 1750
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the two giants of baroque composition were handel and
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bach
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one of the most revolutionary periods in music history was the
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early baroque
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the early broque was characterized by
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homophonic texture
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the early baroque period spanned the years
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1600 to 1640
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monteverdi, an early baroque composer, strove to create music that was
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passionate and had dramatic contrast
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the early and late baroque periods differed in that composers in the early baroque
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favored homophony
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the middle baroque was characterized by
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a diffusion of the style into every corner of Europe
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the middle baroque period spanned the years
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1640 to 1690
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composers in the middle baroque phase favored writing compositions for instruments of the.....family
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violin
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by about.....,major or minor scales were the tonal basis of most compositions
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1690
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instrumental music became as important as vocal music for te first time in the.......period
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late baroque
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the late baroque period spanned the years
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1690 to 1750
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affections inn baroque usage refers to the
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mood/emotional states of the piece
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a baroque musical composition usually expresses.......within the same movement
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unity of mood
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the baroque principle of.....may be temporarily suspended in vocal music when drastic changes of emotion in a text inspires corresponding changes in the music
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unity of mood
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the compelling drive and energy in baroque muic are usually provided by
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continuity of rhythm
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baroque melodie often are
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repeated and elaborately ornamental
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baroque melodies give the impression of
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dynamic expansion rather than balance and symmetry
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melodic sequence refers to
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successive repetition of a musical idea at higher or lower pitches
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a characteristic often found in baroque melodies is
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short opening phrase followed by a longer phrase with an unbroken flow of rapid notes
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terraced dynamics refers to
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sudden shifts between dynamics
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the main keyboard instruments of the baroque period were the organ and the
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harpsichord
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a popular keyboard instrument in which sound was produced by means of brass blades striking the strings was the
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clavichord
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the most characteristic feature of baroque music is its use of
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basso continuo
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the orchestra evolved during the baroque period into a performing group based on instruments of the....family
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violin
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the word movement in music normally refers to
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a piece that sounds fairly complete and independant but is part of a larger composition
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a large court during the baroque period might employ about .....performers
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80
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the music director of a baroque court was usually responsible for
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performances, composing (operas, church, dinner, and court music), discipline, instruments, and the music library
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frederick the great, king of prussia was a
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flutist, general, and composer
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the position of the composer during the baroque period was that of
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a high class servant
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in the baroque period, the ordinary citizen's opportunities for hearing music usually came from the
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church service
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in italy, music schools were often connected with
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orphanages
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to get a job, a musician had to
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pass a difficult examination, perform and submit compositionns
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a concerto grosso most often has ...movements
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3
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the large group of players in a concerto grosso is known as the
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tutti
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the concerto grosso most often has three movements whose tempo marking are
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fast, slow, fast
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the first and last movements of a concerto grosso are often in....form
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ritornello
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the solo instruments in bach's brandenburg concerto no. 5 are the ......, violin, and harpsichord
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flute
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bach's brandenburg concerto no. 5 iis unusual in that
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a harpsichord has a solo role in a concerto grosso
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a musical ornament consisting of the rapid alternation of two tones that are a whole of half step apart is a
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trill
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a polyphonic composition based on one main theme is the
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fugue
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the main theme of a fugue is called the
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subject
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when the subject of a fugue is presented in the dominant scale, it is called the
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in many fugues, the subject in one voice is constantly accompanied in another voice by a different melodic idea called a
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counntersubject
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transitional sections of a fugue that offer either new material or fragments of the subject or countersubject are called
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episodes
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..........is a musical prodecure in which a fugue subject is imitated before it is completed
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stretto
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a.................is a single tone, usually in the bass, that is held while the other voices produce a series of changing harmonies against it
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pedal point
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turning the subject of a fugue upside down, or reversing the direction of each interval, is called
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inversion
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presentinng the subject of a fugue from right to left, or beginning with the last and proceeding bckward too the first note, is called
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retrograde
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presenting the subject of a fugue in lengthened time values is called
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augmentation
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presenting the subject of a fugue in shortened time values is called
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diminution
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very often an independent fugue is introduced by a short piece called a
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prelude