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1 bachrsquos brandenburg concertos are fine examples of the concerto grosso as vivaldirsquos are of the solo type
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1 hildegard of bingen 1098-1179 is an important figure from the medieval period she produced a large and highly
1 the importance of the christian church in the life of the medieval man and woman can not be over emphasized this was
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1 imitative vocal polyphony became the renaissance ideal the motet and the mass were still the most popular sacred
1 the camerata was a group of scholars and musicians many of them amateurs that met in individual homes as with any
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1 although the sacred cantata is associated with bach and his great works in that genre the secular cantata was more
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1 although the oratorio sounds much like an opera having recitatives and arias it has no costumes scenery or dramatic
1 what were the principal instruments of the baroque can you describe how they work how they sound2 how does a composer
1 the baroque era in music initially heralded in the new vocal style monody which led to the development of opera this
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