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Anthology aria Bach Bach's ballet Barbara Strozzi Baroque music bass basso continuo Beethoven Bridgeman Art Library called cantata castrato cello chant Chapter choir chorale chords chorus church Classical Claudio Monteverdi composer composition concerto Corelli counterpoint Couperin court created dramatic Dresden early Baroque eighteenth century ensemble Euridice EXAMPLE French fugue genre German Handel harmony harpsichord instrumental music Italian opera Italy J.S. Bach Johann Johann Sebastian Bach Joseph Haydn keyboard king LISTENING CUE London Lully lute madrigal major Mass melody minor Monteverdi motet movement Mozart musicians notes oboes opera seria Opus oratorio orchestra Orfeo organ organist Paris performed piano pieces pitch played popular prelude Purcell recitative Renaissance ritornello Rome Scarlatti score seventeenth century singers singing solo soloist sonata form song soprano sound style sung Symphony term theater theme tion tonal trumpet tune Venice Vienna viola violin vocal music voice wrote