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| Large scale work for soloists, chorus, and orchestra. Unstaged. |
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| Baroque orchestral genre; first part is slow, homophonic with dotted figures, second part is fast with imitative texture. |
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| Speech-like style of singing used in opera, oratorio, cantata. |
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| Speech-like, declamatory style of singing supported only by continuo. |
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| Speech-like, declamatory style of singing supported by instrumental ensemble. |
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| Three part structure (ABA). The most common song type in Baroque opera and oratorio. |
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| A group of notes sung on a single syllable/vowel. |
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| The text of an opera, oratorio or cantata. |
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| All voices sing the same rhythm. |
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| A term used for overly ornate art, architecture and music of the 17ty and early 18th centuries. |
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| Numbers placed below the bass line to show the harmonic progression. |
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| Two performers, one playing the bass line and the other plying the harmonies (on keyboard). |
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| A method of tuing hwere the semitones within the octave are divided equally. |
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| Baroque practice of changing dynamincs abruptly. |
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| Doctrine of the Affections |
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| One emotional state is projected through an entire composition or movement. |
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| music mirrors the literal meaning of words |
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| Music which highlights the unique technical capabilities of an instrument. |
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