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concerto grosso

the contrast between a small & large group of instruments

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tutti

larger group

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ritonello form

returning theme in a concerto grosso

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program music

instrumental works associated by the composer with nonmusical ideas

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Antonio Vivaldi

composed The Four Seasons

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fugue

organ composition with lines of music often imitating one another

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voices

the various lines in a fugue

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subject

the main theme in a fugue

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countersubject

the contrasting theme in a fugue

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exposition

the opening section that presents the subject in each voice in a fugue

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development

remainder of the fugue

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episodes

sections of the fugue following the exposition

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toccata

free sounding virtuoso work, usually for keyboard

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recitativo

concluding section of Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

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sequence

pattern of notes repeated several times in succession, with each time at a different pitch level

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suspension

holding a consonant note from one chord over into the next, where it was dissonant, and then resolving that note to a consonant note in the new chord

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Johann Sebastian Bach

one of the most important musicians of the Baroque period

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chorale variations

a chorale melody is repeated several times in succession but with changes each time

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chorale prelude

contrapuntal piece for organ built on a chorale melody

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prelude

a short piece of instrumental music, for keyboard instruments

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passacaglia

keyboard music especially suited to the organ; repeated melody in lower notes