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Baroque (Artists (Annibale Carracci, Giobanni Battista Gaulli (Baciccio),…

- - - - Smaller scale private contemplation, beauty, naturalism, expression of wealth.
    - - Showing the church as divinely-sanctioned, persuasion back to Catholicism, To inspire the faithful even those who cannot read, making the divine feel physically present,
  - - - Vocal
        
        Oratorio
        
        Definition: an extended musical drama with a text based on religious subject matter, intended for performance without scenery, costume or action.
        
        Difference from opera: oratorio is strictly a concert piece
        
        Opera: solo singers,aria
        
        Singing styles: coloratura, lyric and dramatic soprano, lyric and dramatic tenor, basso buffo and basso profundo
        
        originates from (where & when): Italy,Florence 17th century
        
        Cantata
        
        Definition: An extended piece consisting of a succession of recitatives and set pieces such as arias, duets and choruses.
        
        Lutheran equivalent: Lutheran motet (incorporating elements such as recitative and aria) as dramatic expression.
      - Instrumental
        
        suite
        
        What: The first multi-movement work for instruments. The suite was essentially a series of dances in the same key, most or all of them in two-part form.
        
        Classical sequence of movements
        
        an introductory movement such as a prelude, ouverture or fantasia
        
        often bourreés (“contentedness”), gavottes (“jubilant joy”) and minuets (“moderate gaiety”)
        
        allemande, courante, sarabande and gigue
        
        sonata
        
        Definition: A work in several movements for one or more instruments. Sonatas da chiesa (“church sonatas”), usually comprised of four movements alternating between slow and fast tempos, or sonatas da camera (“chamber sonata”), which consisted of a series of dances akin to the suite.
        
        Principal instrumental variants: one or more instrument ( most frequently violins) and basso continuo, ( 2 violins + bass=trio sonata), solo sonatas for keyboard instruments.
        
        concerto
        
        Modern definition:a multimovement work for instrumental soloist (or group of soloists) and orchestra
        
        Mostly written for: piano, violin, cello