Chapter 6- The Baroque Era
Bradenburg Concertos
Bach's most famous orchestral composition
Monody
Music that was subservient to the text
Antonio Corelli
The Italian composer who first bought violin music to international prominence
Concertos
The musical genre that clearly illustrated the concept of contrast. A soloist would be contrasted against the orchestra
Recitative
The style of singing that developed from monody
Oratorio
A bible story set to music and sung in English, th ey were less expensive to make and more popular because they were cheaper
Johann Bach
A family man, whom had no interest in traveling, being famous, or creating operas. He did create all other musical genres. His final position was at St. Thomas' Church in Leipzig, Germany. The death of this composer marked the end of the Baroque Era
Dance Suites
A series of dances for instrumental performances
Prelude
A strict contrapuntal composition
Recitatives
Accompanied by basso continuo and are simple, fast, and speechlike
Fugue
Also known as subject; an improvisation type of organ work which is often paired with a prelude
Opera
Early Baroque witnessed the development of this new musical genre
Aria
Explores the emotions created by the story of an opera
Messiah
Handel's most popular work and one of the most frequency performed compositions of today
Trio Sonata
Has 2 instrument and a basso continuo
Solo Sonata
Has one instrument and a basso continuo
Concerto Grosso
Multiple soloists
Francesca Caccini
One of the earlier composers of monody
Solo concerto
One soloist
Chorale
Protestant hymn
Musical Borrowings
Reworking existing compositions into new pieces of music known as
Basso Continuo
The bass line in Baroque music; it was 2 instruments back during the Baroque period but today it would just be the piano
1600-1700
The early Baroque period
Sonata and Concerto
The favorite genres of violin music in the last part of the 17th century
Italian
The favorite type of opera
Ritornello
The first and third movements of a Baroque concerto are in this form
Claudio Monteverdi
The first great opera composer of the Baroque
Orfeo
The first great opera in history of Western music
1700-1750
The late Baroque period
Recitative and Aria
The main musical forms in Baroque opera seria
Triple meter
The minuet, a dance of moderate tempo, is in _____
The Four Seasons
The most famous Vivaldi concerto today
Jean Baptiste Lully
The most important composer of French opera, and music director for Louis XIV
Henry Purcell
The most talented English composer of the late 17th century
Louis XIV
The palace of Versailles was built by this person in the mid 1600's who was a powerful French monarch whom ruled from 1643 to 1715
Concerto, Sonata, Dance Suite
The primary instrumental genre of the Baroque
Opera, Cantata, Oratorio, Chorale
The primary vocal genres of the Early Baroque
Handel
This composer created many operas and oratorio. He loved to travel. He also spent most of his career in London
Antonio Vivaldi
the master of the concerto in the late Baroque
