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Helped move music from the Renaissance to the Baroque; 9 books of madrigals and several operas
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Finest organist of Early Baroque who influenced Bach. Worked at St. Peter's Cathedral
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Soprano and daughter of Giulio; first woman to compose opera and often sang lead in several. Family worked for the Medici's
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First opera, composed by Caccini and Peri
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Popularized during the Baroque; dance music entering the concert hall and virtuosos praised
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Figured bass; used solo bass instrument and chording instrument
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Two styles of mono-voice. Secco and Accompagnato that became very popular
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First extant opera; composed by Caccini and Peri
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Switch to Equal Temperament where all half steps were tuned equally
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Extremes and ornamentation; affect and emotions became the goal of art and music; favored virtuosos. Functional tonality also became a thing
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Solo voice with basso continuo; homophonic and new style. First time in history this was preferred
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Studied under Cavalli; wrote eight sets of songs with each dedicated to a wealthy patron. Most of her works are ariettas and arias.
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Accomplished dancer and king of France during the Baroque
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Most desired and appreciated pieces
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Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist who lived in Salzburg; invented new techniques for playing violin
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Opera; Cantatas; Oratorio; Arias
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Composer who made clear distinctions between the types of sonatas; master at trio sonata
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Singer, organist, and composer who worked in court of Charles II. Wrote incidental music for plays
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Father of Domenico Scarlatti; teacher in Naples and many helped create. Death marks best indicator for end of Baroque
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"the wonder of our century"
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French composer
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Reached England in 1670s; Created in Italy and spread to France next. Focused on the dramatics
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Strings made of gut; WW made of wood; trumpets and horns didn't have valves
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Solo pieces that featured orchestra; works for concert hall. Usually fast-slow-fast. Grosso --> featured concertino. Ripieno --> entire ensemble functions as one w/ different groups/soloists
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Composer and music director at Pieta; composed tones of music including "The Four Seasons." Extremely popular during the height of his career. Wrote over 800 concertos; master of Baroque concerto
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German composer w/ more than 125 orchestral suites; helped establish the French style
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Composed for the son of King Louis XIV; operas, suites, and grand divertissments
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Keyboard virtuoso who served Portuguese and Spanish royal families; progressive style. over 500 sonatas
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Extremely popular and talented composer; most popular being "Music for the Royal Fireworks" and "Water Music"
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Master of the fugue and very popular composer. Super influential and wrote The Art of Fugue.
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Chamber piece for solo instrument and keyboard; first started w/ violin. Two types of Sonata; da camera (chamber or room) and da chiesa (church). Trio sonata was for two treble lines and basso continuo
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Music that takes something outside of self and uses it to determine music; Symphonic poems popular in 19th century
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Set of dances in same key with contrasting characters. Allemande --> German; in 4 w/ moderate tempo. Courant --> french in 3, moderate. Saraband --> Spanish in 3, slow/steady. Jig (Gigue) --> English in 6/8 or 4/4 and fast
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Passacaglia --> principle of ground bass; triple meter
Chaconne --> related to passacaglia; harmonic progression repeated
Keyboard Free Forms --> Harmony w/ strong element of improv
Strict --> Worked on counterpoint
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