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The French Baroque
Did not like Italian Opera, they had the Court Ballet. French thought they were more distinguished than the Italians.
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J. B. Lully and opera
Took control of the Academie Royale de Musique in 1672. Wrote operas that were popular to both the average audience and politicians.
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Academie Royale de Musique
Helped with the development and presentation of french opera.
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Tragedie en Musique/ Tragedie lyrique
Synonymous terms for french opera.
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French overture
Instrumental overture to an opera in two parts or in binary form.
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Binary Form
|: a :|: b :|{overture}

A section: simple homo-rhythmic style with melody in the top voice. Slower and stately

B: Faster in Fugal
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Notes inegales & overdotting
Unequal notes. The baroque version of swing. This is improvised not written. Dots increase the length of notes.
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French Recitatif
French recitative, they did not like the italian version of this. The Italian version didn’t fit with the french language so Lully made two types; simple and conversational. In the middle of italian recitative and aria.
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French dance suite (ordre)
Most prominent keyboard music. Allamande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue.
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Agréments
French ornamentation on individual notes.
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Armide excerpts
Opera written J. B. Lully.
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Twenty-Fifth Ordre
Keyboard Suite by Francois Couperin
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The English Baroque
Encompassed various genres of music such as the masque and anthem
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Masque
**Court entertainment combining dance, poetry, songs, ensembles, and recitatives. Masques could be alone but they are typically within plays. It’s entertainment for a party within a play.** 
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Henry Purcell
English Composer that incorporated italian and french elements. English Opera composer.
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Dido & Aeneas excerpts
Opera written about Jason and Dido who are lvrs by Henry Purcell.
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Anthem
English music written for secular purposes. Mostly for ceremonial purposes.
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Italian Vocal Genres
Neapolitan opera and Cantata idk what he wants study guide is vague
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Neapolitan Opera
In Naples, developed two types recitative and used ternary form. Alessandro Scarlatti is an important composer.
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Ternary form
| Recitative | Aria | Recitative | Aria | they are in pairs
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Two kinds of recitative (italian)
Recitativo secco/semplice and accompagnato
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Recitativo Secco/ Semplice
Dry or simple. Only one continuo group. Used for conveying information
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Recitativo Accompagnato
Accompanied by at least the string group if not the full orchestra. Heightened sense of emotion
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Da capo aria
Series of recitative aria pairs. Interesting hybrid. Binary as written but ternary as performed. | A | B | Da capo al Fine | with an ornamented return to the A section.
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Cantata
Chamber Music in Rome. A Scarlatti is the most prominent composer of these. A work for 1, 2, or 3 soloists and continuo.
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Clori vezzosa e bella
Cantata written by A. Scarlatti.
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Instrumental Music
Became more prominent in this time period. Sonata, Concertos, toccatas, and fugues
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Sonata (two types)
Camera and Chiesea
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Camera Sonata
Chamber sonata. Stylized, abstract movements
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Chiesea Sonata
Opposite of the Camera; there is a plan. Four movements alternating slow, fast, slow, fast
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Sonata (two scorings)
Solo sonata: continuo is one melodic instrument in continuo

Trio Sonata is two melodic instruments and continuo
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Sonata da chiesa plan
Alternating movements of slow, fast, slow, fast
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Arcangelo Corelli
Created a huge push in the popularity of sonatas and concertos. Really liked suspensions
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Trio Sonata, Op. 3 No. 2
Trio Sonata by Arcangelo Corelli
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Fugue
Fuga is the term for flight or imitation. One term is fleeing from the other. Imitation is a compositional principle. Final form of a baroque independent fugue was reached with the standardization of major minor tonality. 
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Exposition
Initial presentation of a theme
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Subject
Recognizable melody upon which a composition is based. Potentially introduced in the exposition.
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Countersubject
First voice finishes subject, second voice is typically playing the answer, what the initial voice is playing is typically referred to as the countersubject
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Episodes
Connecting passage of music in a fugue
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Concerto
Solo instrument and full ensemble.
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Concerto grosso
Small group of soloists and full ensemble
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Concerto grosso plan
Fast movement, slow movement, fast movement
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Tutti/ripieno
Terms for a group in a concerto
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Soli/concertino
terms for soloists in a concerto
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Ritornello form
Tutti | Soli | Tutti | Soli | Tutti

\[ritornello\] \[episode\] \[ritornello\] \[episode\] \[ritornello\]

Tonic key | modulation | contrast key | modulation | tonic key
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ritornello
recurring tutti section in an ensemble. short instrumental refrain or interlude.
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tonic key
if you are in music history two you should know what the mf tonic is
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modulation
leads to the contrast key
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contrast key
different key. probably closely related
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Prelude/Toccata
Interchangeable names. Most organ preludes were these. A keyboard work made up of several different sections usually alternating imitative and improvisatory style. 
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Buxtehude Preludium
Prelude for organ written by Buxtehude
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Orchestral suite
Composers were influenced by Italian and French styles. They picked up the idea of a suite. They started writing suites of dances for orchestras __not organized in any particular order.__ 
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Antonio Vivaldi
Venice’s leading musician. Music director of one of the cities for orphanages. Wrote a shit ton of sonatas and concertos to the point of standardizing the ritornello form and double violin concertos.
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Concerto in G Minor
Concerto for violin by A. Vivaldi
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Couperin & ordre
Keyboard dance piece by F Couperin
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Rameau
Jean-Phillip. A french organist who LOVED opera and became successful at it after becoming a composer for france’s richest musical patron in 1731
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Hippolyte et Aricie
opera by J P Rameau premiered at Academie Royal Musique in france.
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Traite de l'harmonie
How to write music in a tonal system by J P Rameau