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a large-scale musical work for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra based on a biblical story and performed in a church or hall without scenery, costumes, or acting.

a three part A-B-A' form and the composer usually did not write out the third part, since it duplicated the first.

a work for one or more solo vocalists with instrumental accompaniment (chorus was later added to the genre).

a recurring hymn tune

a concerto for solo instrument and an accompanying instrumental group

based on the opposition between a small group of instruments, the concertino, and a larger group, the tutti, or ripeno.

small group of instruments

large group of instruments

refrain that returns again and again (representing the general mood of spring) in alternation with the episodes, which often feature the solo violin.

German, in quadruple meter at a moderate tempo

French, triple meter at a moderate tempo

Spanish, a stately dance in triple meter

optional dances

English, in a lively 6/8 or 6/4

had plucked strings and its tone could not be sustained

a contrapuntal composition in which a single theme pervades the entire fabric, entering in one voice and then another.

main theme of the fugue stated alone at the beginning in one of the voices

imitated in another voice while the first often continues with a countertheme

the first section of the fugue

longer time values, often twice as slow as the original

shorter time values that are faster than the original

pitches started backwards

pitches turned upside down, moving by the same intervals but in the opposite direction

a movement that establishes a home key, then moves to another key, and ultimately returns to the home key.

opening section of sonata form

conflict and action and the essence of drama in sonata form

the restatement is the psychological climax of sonata form

an extension of the closing idea that leads us to the final cadence in the home key in sonata form

the theme is clearly stated at the outset and serves as the point of departure in this form

solo player embellishes a popular tone with a series of decorative flourishes.

the chords that accompany a melody are replaces by others, perhaps shifting from major to minor mode

note lengths, meter, or tempo can be changed

form based on the recurrence of a musical idea in alternation with contrasting episodes

two violins, a viola and a cello

one of the principal instrumental genres of the classical era set in the standard four movement structure

how many movements does the classical concerto have?

a fanciful solo passage in the manner of an improvisation that, toward the end, interrupts the movement

piano solo of for two instruments, an important genre for amateurs in the home, as well as for composers performing their own music at concerts

"serious" or tragic Italian opera, a highly formalized genre inherited from the Baroque consisting mainly of recitatives and arias specifically designed to display the virtuosity of star singers to the aristocracy

genre of Handel, Water Music, Suite in D major

Who wrote the chorale tune Bach, Cantata No. 80 A Might Fortress Is Our God is based on?

What is Bach, Cantata No. 80 A Might Fortress Is Our God's genre?

Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik genre? & form of the 1st movement?

Haydn, Symphony No. 94 (Surprise) form of the 2nd movement?

Beethoven, Piano Sonata in C# minor (Moonlight) form of the 1st movement?