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| vocal genre for solo singers, chorus and instrumentalists based on a lyric or dramatic poetic narrative. it generally consists of several movements including recitatives, arias, and ensemble numbers | cantata |
| the chorale was a baroque congregational hymn of the german lutheran church. it served as the battle hymns of the reformation . luther, as one of his reforms, required the congregation to participate in the service. Services were in german rather than Latin. The first chorales were created by adapting tunes from Gregorian chant, from popular sources, and from secular art music. Hymns were originally sung in unison but later written in four part harmony to be sung by a choir. The melody was in the soprano so that the congregation could join in . Chorales greatly strengthened the trend to clear cut melody supported by chords. The chorale served as a unifying thread to the elaborate vocal works that were sung in the church service. The chorale nourished centuries of german music | lutheran chorales |
| a polyphonic composition based on imitation. a fugal texture is a type of texture that is imitative | fugal texture |
| type of polyphonic composition in which one musical line strictly imitates another at a fixed distance throughout | canon |
| short, aria like passage, a recitative of the more melodious type. a short melodious passage at the beginning or end of an aria. A short air in an opera or oratorio | arioso |
| hunting obe. obsolete predecessor of cor anglais. an english horn. An alto oboe pitch a 5th below the oboe | oboe da caccia |
| oboe of love. pitch a minor third below the normal oboe. has a pear shpaed bell, whih gives it its mellow and inidividual tone colour. midway in size between oboe and cor anglais. | oboe d |
| old name for middle voice and for instrument of similar register. In Bachs cantats taille is taken to mean tenor oboe. | Taille |
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