Final exam 2008-4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Italy | Jean-Baptise Lully was born in (country) |
| Ballet de Cour | a type of ballet danced at the French royal court in which members of the court participated. |
| Louis XIV | Known as the "Roi Soleil" reigned from 1643-1715. |
| French Overture | A genre which begins slow with dotted rhythms. |
| Lully | Composer who wrote the French Overture |
| Couperin | a family is continuous in music from 1661 til 1826 longer than the Bach family. |
| Francois | perhaps the most important member of the Couperin family. He wrote L'Art de toucher le clavecin. |
| Harpsichord | Clavecin is the french word for.. |
| Notes inegales | The french practice of substituting dotted rhythms in performance for notated runs of equal notes |
| Rameau | a composer and a theorist. His Treatise on harmony was published in 1722. |
| Henry Purcell | The most important British composer after the Restoration |
| Venus and Adonis | John Bull is the composer of the opera entitled. |
| Dido and Aeneas | Henry Purcell composed this opera. |
| Masque | this genre was a courtly entertainment using music, dance, and drama to portray and allegorical story. |
| Henry Purcell | Composed incidental music to many plays. |
| St. Cecilia | The patron saint of music |
| counter Tenor | the name of a male singer performing alto parts in falsetto. |
| German | George Frideric Handel's nationality at birth was |
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