MUL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Rondo, Fidelio, Minuet
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All answers are correct (german church music; french dance pieces; italian concertos) The music director of a baroque court was usually not responsible for publicity in reaching an audience. All answers are correct (were male singers who had been castrated before puberty; received the highest fees of any musicians; combined the lung power of a man with the vocal range of a woman) The ____________ is the person who beats time, indicates expression, cues in musicians, and controls the balance among instruments and voices. conductor. In many fugues, the subject in one voice is constantly accompanied in another voice by a different melodic idea called a(n) countersubject. The early baroque was characterized by homophonic texture. The main theme of a fugue is called the subject. A major factor that distinguishes chamber music from the symphony of concerto is that chamber music is performed by one player per part.
