ARIA
SONG FOR SOLO VOICES WITH ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT
AUGMENTATION
variation of a fugue subject in which the orignal time values of the subject are lengthened
CHORALE
HYMN TUNE SUNG TO A GERMAN RELIGIOUS TEXT
CHORALE PRELUDE
SHORT COMPOSITON FOR ORGAN; REMINDS THE CONGREGATION OF THE MELODY BEFORE A HYMN IS SUNG
CHORUS
A GROUP OF SINGERS PERFORMING TOGETHER, GENERALLY WITH MORE THAN ONE TO APART
DIMIUTION
-Variation of a fugue subject in which the original time value of the subject are shortened
ENSEMBLE
A PIECE PERFORMED B 3 OR MORE SOLO SINGERS
INVERSION
Variation of a fugue subject in which intervals of the subject is reversed in a direction
LIBRETTIST
DRAMTIST WHO WRITES THE LIBRETTO
LIBRETTO
TEXT OF AN OPERA
OVERTURE
SHORT MUSCIAL COMPOSITION, PURELY ORCHESTRALL; SETS THE OVERALL DRAMATIC MOOD
PEDAL POINT
organ point; single tone usually in the bass, which is held while the other voices produce a series of changing harmonies against it
RECITIVE
VOCAL LIN IN OPERA; IMITATIES THE RHYTHMS AND PICTCHS FLUCATIONS OF SPEECH
RETROGRADE
variations of a fuge subject in which the subject is presented by beginning with its last note and proceeding backwards to the first
Ritonello
refrain; a repeated section of music usually played by the full orchestra or tutti
STETTO
compositional procedure used in a fugue in which a subject is imitated before it is completed, one voice tried to catch another
SUITE
A SET OF DANCE INSPIRED MOVEMENTS
Subject
them of fugue
affections
emotional states like joy, grief, and agitation
answer
second presentation of the subject in a fugue, usually in the dominant scale
basso continuo
made up of a bass part usually played by two insrtuments; a keyboard plus a low melodic instruments (organ or harpichord and cello or basson)
episode
Transitonal section ina fugue between presentation of a subject, which offeres new material or fragments of the subject
tutti
the full orchestra or larger group that contrasted a smaller group of of soloist