Alessandro Scarlatti Clori Vezzosa, E Bella

o Cantata female counter tenor soloo 17th – 18th Century Italyo Performing forces

Arpeggiated Compound meter 6/8 Short ritornello theme De Capo ABA Dim 7 chords Chromatic bass Modulations Irregular rhyme Secular

o Harpsichord w/ luteo Recitative, ariao Pastoral poetry about love

La Griselda o 18th Centuryo Opera about perfect wife and commanding husband relationship and

her loyalty gets tested when her children get taken but it was all staged

o Performing forces Da Capo form Ritornellos Instrument + voices Homophonic Concertato medium Monodic Lyrical Florid Duple Diatonic/Major Castrati’s

Arcangelo Corelli Trio Sonata Op. 3, No. 2

o 17th Century Romeo Church sonata in 4 movements Grave, Allegro, Adagio, Allegro

Slow-fast-slow-fasto Performing Forces

Polyphonic Stepwise melody Diatonic/major Fugal imitation in 2nd movement

Chains of suspensions Walking bass Binary form Parallel thirds 4 performers: 2 violins, cello, basso continuo

o Dance suite influences – sarabande, gigue

Dieterich Buxtehude Praeludium in E Major

o 17th Century Germanyo Free form organ prelude

Pre = to improvise Intro piece to a suite

o Keyboard instrumento Performing Forces

Separated into sections Unpredictable changes in rhythm Monophonic melody Direction Harmony Phrasing Texture Duple meter Diatonic/major

o Merge of toccata (improvisatory) and fugue (imitative) styles

prelude – introductory piece for solo instrument, often in the style of an improvisation, or introductory movement in a multimovement work such as an opera or suite.

allemande – moderately fast 4/4 beginning with an upbeat

courante – a dance in binary form, in compound meter at a moderate tempo and with an upbeat, featured as a standard movement of the baroque dance suite

sarabande – a slow dance in binary form and in triple meter, often emphasizing the second beat; a standard movement of a suite.

gigue – stylized dance movement of a standard baroque suite, in binary form, marked by fast compound meter such as 6/4 or 12/8 with wide melodic leaps and continuous triplets. The two sections usually both begin with imitation

da capo aria – aria form with two sections. The first section is repeated after the second section’s close, which carries the instruction da capo

sonata da camera – baroque sonata, usually a suite of stylized dances, scored for one or more treble instruments and continuo

sonata da chiesa – baroque instrumental work intended for performance in church: usually in four movements-slow, fast, slow, fast- and scored for one or more treble instruments and continuo

trio sonata – common instrumental genre during the baroque period, a sonata for two treble instruments above a basso continuo. A performance feature four or more players if more than one was used for the continuo part

walking bass – bass line that moves steadily and continuously

concerto – ensemble of instruments or of voices with one or more instruments, or a work for such an ensemble

concerto grosso – Instrumental work that exploits the contrast in sonority between a small ensemble of solo instruments (concertino), usually the same forces that appeared in the trio sonata, and a large ensemble

collegium musicum – an association of amateurs from the educated middle class who gathered to play and sing together for their own pleasure or to hear professional in private performances