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Identify at least two musical features that enabled the Baroque concerto grosso to generate that prized facet of the era:drama.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What was the typical size of the Baroque orchestra? How large could it become on special occasions or at a
  particularly splendid court like that of Louis XIV?


 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: terraced dynamics, contrast between major and minor keys, the tension resulting between the concertino's
virtuosic elaboration and the tutti's repetition of ritornello themes



Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: usually no more than 20, could become as large as 80


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