Mus History Exam 2

"misshapen pearl" Period of music hisotry from about 1600 to 1750, overlapping the late Renaissance and early Classical periods

Moteverdi's term for practice of counterpoint and composition that allows the rules of 16th century counterpoint (the prima practica) to be broken in order to express the feelings of a text. Also called "stile moderno".

"continuous bass" System of notation and performance practice, used in the Baroque period in which an instrumental bass line is written out and one or more players of keyboard, lute, or similar instruments fill in the harmony with appropriate chords or improvised melodic lines

Performing (or creating a performable edition of) music whose notation is incomplete, as in playing of basso continuo or completing a piece left unfinished by its composer.

In 17th cent music, the combination of voices with one or more instruments, where the instruments do not simply double the voices but play independent parts.

Ensemble of instruments or of voices with one or more instruments, or a work for such an ensemble.

A brief, conventional formula, such as a trill or turn, written or improvised, that adds expression or charm to a melodic line.

Objectified or archetypal emotions or states of mind, such as sadness, joy, fear, or wonder; one goal of much Baroque music was to arouse the affections.

"First practice" Claudio Monteverdi's term for the style and practice of 16th century polyphony, in contradistinction to the seconda practica

1. uniform reduction of note values in a melody of phrase.2. type of improvised ornamentation in the 16th and 17th centuries in which relatively long notes are replaced with scales or other figures composed of short notes.

Melodic pattern made of common-place materials like scales or arpeggios, usually not distinctive enough to be considered a motive or theme.

Highly embellished passage, often improvised, at an important cadence, usually occurring just before the end of a piece or section.

The system, common since the late 17th century, by which a piece of music is organized around a tonic note, chord, and key, to which all other notes and keys in the piece are subordinate.

Early 17th century type of madrigal for one or more voices accompanied by basso continuo and in some cases by other instruments.

In the 17th century, a composition on a sa red text for one or more singers and instrumental accompaniment.