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Baroque Era Baroque Definition - correct answer a jeweler's term for large pearls of irregular shape. Baroque Period - correct answer Time period: "Early" Baroque c. 1600 - 170 Baroque Rhythm - correct answer Single or similar rhythm often heard throughout piece or major segment of piece Baroque Meter - correct answer Emphasized •strong & weak beats played in clear & concise manner -Systematized •bar lines regularly used; strong beat at bar lines Baroque Texture - correct answer Both Homophony & Polyphony Becomes More & More Polyphonic Basso Continuo - correct answer Set of chords continuously underlying melody • Instruments playing the continuo Ground bass/ Basso ostinato - correct answer •Music constructed from the bottom up •Bass instruments play single short melody many times •Generates same set of repeated harmonies above it •Played by continuo instruments Baroque Harmony - correct answer -Harmony becomes more functional -Chords become standardized - inter-relationships "logical" -One chord following another in predictable, purposeful ways in relationship to the tonic (key) baroque Tonality - correct answer -Baroque marks the solidification of major/minor system MOTET DEFINITION - correct answer •A genre •From French word mot - meaning "word" MOTET CHARACTERISTICS - correct answer •Sacred •Focus on voices -Can contain instrumental parts •Both music (melody & harmony) and words can change EARLY BAROQUE OPERA DEFINITION - correct answer Drama presented to music EARLY BAROQUE OPERA RECITATIVE - correct answer • Declaiming words musically in a heightened theatrical manner • Instrumental accompaniment kept to minimum • Used to relate information, for plot action, dialogue EARLY BAROQUE OPERA ARIA - correct answer • More melodic, rhythm is more consistent, meter clearer • Entire orchestra accompanies • Used to show emotion, feelings, what's going on in mind of singer GIOVANNI GABRIELI - correct answer c. Organist at St. Mark's Basilica Catholic cathedral in Venice, Italy CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI - correct answer • • Music "superstar" from 1607 till death • Spans genres - "last great madrigalist" - "first great opera composer" • Court of Mantua () • St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice () • Operas: