Sonata

Instrumental genre in several movements for solo instrument and orchestra.

Concerto

Instrumental genre in several movementsfor soloist or small ensemble.

Often 2 - 4 movements contrasting temposslow, fast, slow, fast

Often 3 movements Fast, Slow, Fast

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Concerto Grosso -unique to baroque

concertino group ripieno group

J. S. BACHThe Brandenburg Concertos

Christian Ludwig von Brandenburg

soloists AccompanimentGroup

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BWV - Bach cataloguing system

Trio sonata

Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis(Bach Works Catalogue)

Baroque 2 soloists and continuo - 4 people!

fugue

Polyphonic form popular in the Baroque era in which one or more themes are developed by imitative counterpoint.

A fugue is a complex composition in which the theme (called the subject) is developed by imitative counterpoint.

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Counterpoint AKA Polyphony

Prelude & Fugue

Exposition -

Subject

Counter Subject Episode

Answer

Pedal