Baroque Vocal Musical Terms for Music History I Final

Sung without Accompaniment

Emotional states such as anger, fear, or love, which Baroque composers sought to express in listener's mind.

An elaborate song with instrumental accompaniment. It was first introduced in the 17th-century opera

The historical period between 1600's and 1750 and the style of music composed during that era.

The independent bass line played throughout a Baroque composition to provide the foundation for the unnoted harmonic structure.

Expressive term used to indicate a singing style of performance; smooth and flowing.

The term was applied rather to accompanied vocal solos in various forms. There are short and larger cantats written during the 17th century.

A short hymn like form for voices; usually written in four voices and in metrical rhythm; common to german protestant music

A keyboard instrument which was one other instrument provided the nucleus of baroque music. The term continuo also refers to the bass melody played by the keyboard instrument in the baroque period.

A baroque form usually in two sections. The first is a slow and homophonic, the second is fast, using imitative polyphony.

A secular vocal form popular in Italy and England during the 16th sentury; also the name of a secular fourteenth-century form in Italy.

English aristocratic entertainment blending the art of poetry, dance, song, and instrumental music into a dramatic form

It is a modern term for the kind of Italian accompanied song, especially secular song. Most of them were written for high voice and accompanied by keyboard.

A drama set to music, staged with scenery and costumes, and usually based on a secular theme; includes orchestra, chorus, and soloists. One of the most important musical development during the 17th century.

A drama and a large scale composition, usually of a scared nature, set to music with a narrator, soloists, chorus, and orchestra.