Music 2711F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Glissando, Contin, Aria
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In the same key (m and m) dance) Idea of half step from next equal temperament just adjustment (tuned to particular key) ( made it hard to play in different keys. Well-tempered clavier: written as a idea of different keys like an encyclopedia for even temperament. Basso continuo: contin uous bass provided framework for the voice above it. Oratorio: began in 1600, church needed own opera ( banned it during lent operas as they wanted people to focus on sacred opera usually without elaborate costumes sometimes not staged. God- but they realized that music made people listen: large scale religious works, replacement for banned opera, no staging or costumes, narrator instead ( sometimes staged, used all conventions of opera ( recitative, da capo aria, chorus) Jept (1645) by carrissimi ( in latin: became synonymous for a new type of vocal virtuosity ( very broad, meant someone who was. Surgery was illegal, though it wasn"t really enforced, 1700 more frowned upon.