Baroque Period Music Part 2

a keyboard instrument that could make gradual dynamic changes, but only within a narrow range. It produced sound by means of brass blades striking the strings. Usually preferred for home use, because the tone was too weak for large halls.

• harpischord

• clavichord

• viola

• double bass

• cello

an alternation between loud and soft in Baroque music

• mezzo forte

• terraced dynamics

• fortissimo

the new emphasis on chords and the bass part resulted in the most characteristic feature of baroque music, an accompaniment called the ...

• piano fortissimo

• piano forte

• basso continuo

• figured bass

Italy during the 1600s saw the development of 3 important vocal genres:

• cantata

• opera

• fugue

• oratorio

a piece that sounds fairly complete and independent but is part of a larger composition

• variation

• verse

• movement

• sonata

define tutti

• all

• none

• nothing

• some

composer of Orfeo

• Purcell

• Monteverdi

• Strozzi

• De La Guerre

composer of The Coronation of Poppea

• Purcell

• Monteverdi

• Strozzi

• De La Guerre

composer of Le Sommeil d'Ulisse (The Sleep of Ulysses)

• Purcell

• Monteverdi

• Strozzi

• De La Guerre

composer of Dido and Aeneas

• Purcell

• Monteverdi

• Strozzi

• De La Guerre