MUSI 1F10 Study Guide - Final Guide: Concerto Grosso, Gesamtkunstwerk, Oratorio

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The most important new genre of the baroque era was opera, a large- scale music drama that combines poetry, acting, scenery, and costumes with singing and instrumental music. In the baroque era, instruments were improved and featured in several large-scale genres, including the suite (a collection of dances) Two types of concertos were popular during the baroque: the solo concerto, with one instrument set against the orchestra; and the concerto grosso, with a small group of soloists and orchestra. Baroque instrumental music was often set in forms built on a repeating bass line (ground bass. Oratorio multi-movement dramatization of passage from bible. Started in 17th-century italy in oratorio (place of prayer) By mid 17th century lost its staging. What remained was a musical genre with soloists, chorus, continuo and orchestra. Contained recitatives, arias, duets, trios and choruses. Style: strong rhythmic drive, diatonicism rather than chromaticism, flowing melodies, use of chords/tones colour, sense of drama.