What was the palace of versailles before louis xiv

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What was the Palace of Versailles before Louis XIV had it remodeled? – hunting
lodge.
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What did Louis XIV call himself? – the sun king.
W09 Study: Introduction to the Baroque +
1. What did the word Barocco originally refer to? – a large, irregularly shapes pearl.
2. What does the word affection mean? – emotion.
3. What are the humors? – bodily fluids generated in the glands that effects emotions.
4. Which philosopher saw the world as a perfectly ordered and mathematically
inspired creation? – Rene Descartes.
5. Which country saw the most destruction in the Thirty Years War? – Germany.
6. Which country was wracked by a Civil War between 1642 - 1649? – England.
7. What was another name for the rum-sugar-slave trade in 17 th and 18 th centuries? –
The Triangle Trade.
8. Who used his telescope to prove the heliocentric nature of the solar system? –
Galileo.
W09 Study: Baroque Music +
1. What was the belief that music had the ability and purpose of moving the emotions?
2. What was the name of the style where the bass and harmonies played continuously 3. What do we call it when performers improvise notes not written on the page? – 4. What do we call it when the chords and melodic figures clearly outline a strong 5. The birth of what art form marks the beginning of the Baroque era? – Opera.

6. What kind of singing features music where the words are clearly enunciated in a
7. What is the name of singing where the music becomes more important than the
8. Where did Handel settle and write most of his oratorios? – England.
9. What do we call many notes on a single syllable of text? – Melisma.
10. What musical instrument (besides the voice) was most characteristic of the Baroque
era? – violin.
11. What do we call a multi-movement instrumental work for one or two solo musical
instruments? – sonata.
12. What do we call a large work for full orchestra, with contrasting sections played by a
solo instrument or small group? – concerto.
13. What do we call a section of a composition that keeps returning throughout? –
ritornello.
14. What musical composition sounds like improvisatory finger exercises on a
keyboard? – a toccata, or prelude.