A vocal composition with instrumental accompaniment and containing more than one movement.
Masque
Festive courtly entertainment. Involves music with dancing, singing and acting and elaborate stage design (which might have been designed by a renowned architect.
Monody - (this was very important as it was used in opera in the form of Recitative. jp)
Either:
A synonym for Monophony (a single solo line)
Solo vocal style with one melodic line and accompaniment
Oratorio
Large musical composition with orchestra, choir and soloists. It is similar to an opera in the use of characters and arias but oratio has no props or costumes and deals with strictly sacred subjects.
Instrumental
Fugue
A contrapuntal (independent in contour and rhythm, and interdependent in harmony) composition with a fixed number of parts.
Chaconne
A musical form whose texture involves variation on repeated harmonic progression. Usually in major key, triple meter, begins on the secind beat of the bar and has a theme of four measures.
Fantasia
Features no strict musical form or rules, as it is based on improvisation. In the Baroque period, most pieces were written for keyed instruments.
Sonata
Opposite of cantata (a sung piece) i.e. an instrumental.
Concerto
A piece of music consisting of one solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra.
Vocal
Cantata
A vocal composition with instrumental accompaniment and containing more than one movement.
Masque
Festive courtly entertainment. Involves music with dancing, singing and acting and elaborate stage design (which might have been designed by a renowned architect.
Monody - (this was very important as it was used in opera in the form of Recitative. jp)
Either:
- A synonym for Monophony (a single solo line)
- Solo vocal style with one melodic line and accompaniment
OratorioLarge musical composition with orchestra, choir and soloists. It is similar to an opera in the use of characters and arias but oratio has no props or costumes and deals with strictly sacred subjects.
Instrumental
Fugue
A contrapuntal (independent in contour and rhythm, and interdependent in harmony) composition with a fixed number of parts.
Chaconne
A musical form whose texture involves variation on repeated harmonic progression. Usually in major key, triple meter, begins on the secind beat of the bar and has a theme of four measures.
Fantasia
Features no strict musical form or rules, as it is based on improvisation. In the Baroque period, most pieces were written for keyed instruments.
Sonata
Opposite of cantata (a sung piece) i.e. an instrumental.
Concerto
A piece of music consisting of one solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra.