Studied by 4 people
Baroque music timeframe
1600-1750
opera
drama presented with singing and music
recitative
part of opera that contributes to storyline and requires strong singers
aria
soloist opera part with orchestral accompaniment and big emotion
Baroque modality system
major/minor
fugue
polyphonic genre with one main theme repeated
sources for development of instrumental music
dance, virtuosity, vocal music
self-appointed "Most Serene Republic"
Venice
rhythm and meter in early Baroque music
more definite, regular, and insistent, with an emphasis on meter
basso continuo
unique Baroque feature, with bass part performed by bass voices, low instruments, and/or an organ/harpsichord
t/f: ground bass is constructed from top to bottom
false
functional harmony
logical and coherent chord progressions, each with a specific relation to the tonic chord
