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During the Renaissance, musicians worked for
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Churches, towns, and courts
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Main patron of Renaissance Music was
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The Church
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How did courts get musicians; how many did they have
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Courts competed for composers, every court had 10-15 musicians
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Most musicians came from
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Northern Regions
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What was the center for Renaissance music
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Rome
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What are the twp types of Renaissance Music
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sacred and secular
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what are the 2 types of secular music
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madrigal and ballett
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What are the two types of sacred music
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a motet and the mass
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Characteristics of a Motet
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Polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than that of the mass; one of the two main forms of sacred Renaissance music.
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Characteristics of a the Mass
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polyphonic, Sacred choral composition made up of five sections: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Agnus Dei, Santus, and Agnus Dei.
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Characteristics of a Madrigal
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Composition for several voices set to a short secular poem, usually about love, combining homophonic and polyphonic textures and often using word painting; common in Renaissance music.
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Characteristics of a ballett
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simple form of secular music, dance like song, homophonic, “la la la la” used often in refrain
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Ave Maria
(Composer/Era)
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Josquin des Prez/Renaissance
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Pope that only reigned 22 days
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Pope Marcellus II
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As Vesta Was Descending
(Composer/Era)
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Thomas Weekles/Renaissance
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Pope Marcellus Mass
(Composer/Era)
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Palestrina
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Why was Pope Marcellus Mass written
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written for Pope Marcellus II who only reigned for 22 days
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Why was As Vesta Was Descending written
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written as a tribute to Queen Elziabeth
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Renaissance Music Period
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1450-1600
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Baroque Music Period
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1600-1750
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humanism
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During the Renaissance, the dominant intellectual movement which focused on human life and its accomplishments.
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lute
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Plucked string instrument shaped like half a pear, used in Renaissance and baroque music.
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word painting
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Musical representation of specific poetic images-for example, a falling melodic line to accompany the word descending-often found in Renaissance and baroque music.
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viol
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Member of a family of bowed string instruments popular during the Renaissance. Viols had six strings and a fretted fingerboard.
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a cappella
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Choral music without instrumental accompaniment
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TUTTI
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All of the members--play the full orchestra.
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RITORELLO
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In Italian: the Refrain; a repeated section of music usually played by the full orchestra or tutti in Baroque composition.
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RITORNELLO FORM
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Compositional form usually employed in the Baroque Concerto Grosso, in which the tutti plays a ritornello, or refrain, alternatin g with one or more soloists playing new material.
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CONCERTO
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A Solo piece written for instrument and orchestra
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SYMPHONY
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A composition for Orchestra
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SONATA
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A work written for a small group of instruments one to eight players.
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ORATORIO
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Opera-like large-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra usually set to a narrative text, but without acting, scenery, or costumes; often based on biblical stories.
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CONCERTO GROSSO
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Small group of artists (soloists) are pitted against the whole group (tutti). Usually consists of 3 movements: 1) fast 2) slow, 3) fast.
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HARPSICHORD
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A keyboard instrument that has strings that are plucked
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PIANO
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A keyboard instrument that has hammered keys.
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MOVEMENT
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A piece that sounds fairly complete and independent but is part of a larger composition.
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FUGUE
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Polyphonic composition based on one main theme or subject.
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OPUS
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Latin for work. An opus number is a way of identifying a piece or set of pieces.
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PROGRAM MUSIC
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Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene, often found in Baroque and especially Romantic music.
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Two most important baroque composers
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Bach & Handel
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What ended the Baroque period
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Bach's death
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Characteristics of Baroque Music
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More passion and context, more lighthearted, stressed drama and texts, early on favored monophonic sound.
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Where does the baroque period start and end?
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Italy/Vienna
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Most Baroque pieces written for what instruments?
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violin and harpsichord
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Describe a baroque piece
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In each movement of a piece, same mood remains, generally had 3 movements, tempo: fast, slow, fast.
Movements have slight pause between them. Dynamics remain very constant
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Size of Baroque Orchestras
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10-40 Members
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Composers were ______
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servants;had contracts of servitude to patrons
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the common entertainment in the Baroque Period was
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opera
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Conservatories were _________
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Orphanages were musicians were trained
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Restrictions on Women composers/musicians?
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Women had to sit behind a screen in order to play
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The 3rd most famous Baroque Composer was?
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Vivaldi
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
(Composer/Era)
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Bach/Baroque
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Orchestra Suite No. 3
(Composer/Era)
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Bach/Baroque
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Organ Fugue in G Minor
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Bach/Baroque
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Three of Bach's musical talents at a young age
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Singing, violin, organ
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Three of Handel's musical talents at a young age
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Harpsichord, violin, organ
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worked for whom early in career
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George Ludwig
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After Queen Anne Died who reigned over England?
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King George I (George Ludwig)
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Handel & Bach both lost what sense?
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eyesight
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The Messiah was
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a 2 hour piece composed in 28 days
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The Messiah
(Composer/Era)
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Handel/Baroque
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3 Parts of The Messiah
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1. The Prophecy of messiah’s coming, announcement of birth
2. Accomplichment of redemption by sacrifice of Christ, mankind’s rejection of god’s offer, mankind’s utter defeat
3. Fate of certainity of christ’s life as eternal redeemer
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How Many movements does the Messiah have
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Over 50
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When the Messiah was first performed, It was performed by
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a small orchestra and 20 singers
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