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| adjusted or tempered the mathematically "pure" intervals within the octave to equalize the distance between the adjacent tones |
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released through melody the emotional tension accumulated in the course of action -highly emotional -what audiences wait for |
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large scale drama that is sung -combines vocal and instrumental music with poetry and drama |
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a work for one or more solo vocalists with instrumental accompaniment based on secular text |
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a large scale dramatic genre with a religious or biblical text performed by solo voices, chorus, and orchestra not staged or costumed |
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| an instrumental form based on the opposition between two dissimilar bodies of sound |
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a concerto for a solo instrument and an accompanying instrumental group violin used frequently |
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opposition between a small group of instruments, the concertino, and a larger group, the tutti or ripieno "the fire and fury of the Italian syle" |
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refrain returns again and again in alternation with the episodes, which often feature the solo violin |
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| solo vocal declamation that follows the inflections of the text, often resulting in a disjunct vocal style |
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| a contrapuntal composition in which a single theme pervades the entire fabric , entering in one voice and then in another |
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| instrumental music endowed with literary or pictoral associations, especially popular in the 19th century |
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-a time of turbulent change in politics arts and science -religious wars -music served as religion
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