DANCES
-Bourée
-Gavotte -Sarabande -Gigue -Minuet |
-Courante
-Allemande -Rigadoon -Musette -Passpied -Siciliana |
BAROQUE SONATA
-Sonata= to sound
-Piece of music for solo instrument
-Single or multimovement
-Piece of music for solo instrument
-Single or multimovement
KEYBOARD GENRES
-Sonata
-Dances
-Suites
-Inventions →2 parts →main theme (subject) and a contrasting theme (countersubject)
-Sinfonias →like Inventions except 3 parts
-Prelude/Fugue →Prelude means ”before” →3, 4, or 5 parts
-Toccata
-Fantasia
-Dances
-Suites
-Inventions →2 parts →main theme (subject) and a contrasting theme (countersubject)
-Sinfonias →like Inventions except 3 parts
-Prelude/Fugue →Prelude means ”before” →3, 4, or 5 parts
-Toccata
-Fantasia
CHAMBER MUSIC
-Small audience
-Small number of instruments
-(Small room)
-Small number of instruments
-(Small room)
VOCAL MUSIC
Large Scale Vocal Genres
1.Opera
–Singers
-Soloists and chorus
–Conductor
–Orchestra
–Tells a story
–Staged
-Set, costumes, acting
2.Oratorio
–Sacred (occasionally secular)
–Singers
-Soloists and chorus
–Conductor
–Orchestra
–Tells a story
–Unstaged (in church)
3.Cantata
–Singers
-Soloists and chorus
–Conductor
–Orchestra
–Shorter (20-30 min compared to 2 hour operas)
4.Mass
–Catholic church service
–Liturgy
-Set order, same each week
5.Requiem
–Funeral mass
6.Passion
–Greek Pathos and Latin passios = suffering
–Oratorio
-About crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ
ELEMENTS OF VOCAL GENRES
-Chorus (group or piece)
-Soloists sing:
–Aria
-A dramatic descriptive solo with lots of emotion
-Shows off vocal virtuosity
-Da Capo Aria
-Typical ternary form
-A|B→D.C A repeated and embellished
–Recitative
-Lots of text with simple melody to advance plot
-Secco
–Accompanied by basso/ continuo only
-Accompagnato
–Full orchestra
-Overture (prelude)
–Piece played by orchestra before
-Libretto
–Text of opera or oratorio (script)
1.Opera
–Singers
-Soloists and chorus
–Conductor
–Orchestra
–Tells a story
–Staged
-Set, costumes, acting
2.Oratorio
–Sacred (occasionally secular)
–Singers
-Soloists and chorus
–Conductor
–Orchestra
–Tells a story
–Unstaged (in church)
3.Cantata
–Singers
-Soloists and chorus
–Conductor
–Orchestra
–Shorter (20-30 min compared to 2 hour operas)
4.Mass
–Catholic church service
–Liturgy
-Set order, same each week
5.Requiem
–Funeral mass
6.Passion
–Greek Pathos and Latin passios = suffering
–Oratorio
-About crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ
ELEMENTS OF VOCAL GENRES
-Chorus (group or piece)
-Soloists sing:
–Aria
-A dramatic descriptive solo with lots of emotion
-Shows off vocal virtuosity
-Da Capo Aria
-Typical ternary form
-A|B→D.C A repeated and embellished
–Recitative
-Lots of text with simple melody to advance plot
-Secco
–Accompanied by basso/ continuo only
-Accompagnato
–Full orchestra
-Overture (prelude)
–Piece played by orchestra before
-Libretto
–Text of opera or oratorio (script)