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MGLQZ

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What was the character of Baroque architecture, its decoration, and how music translated these ideas into sound?
  Give at least one example of each (architecture, decoration, music) and mention how it illustrates your point.


 
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What type of pattern was typically used in the basso ostinato of a lament aria?
 
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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: colossal scale (Versailles, St. Peter's basilica), elaborate decoration adds warmth to vast space (Bernini's
baldachin or monastery of St.Florian), energetic detail within large compositions in music (e.g., Corelli sonata)



Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: a chromatically descending line, or bass line that descends by step




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Reply 2 on: Jul 25, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Wow, this really help

 

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