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Recitatives and Arias serve two contrasting functions in the Baroque Opera. A recitative, also known by the Italian name 'recitativo', acts as a dialogue and allows the characters to move the story onwards t...

Sonata form is the most important form of the Classical period (roughly 1750-1830). It is the most common form for the first movements of, for example, symphonies and sonatas (which usually have three or fou...

Parallel fifths are an example of poor voice leading, especially in chorales. The melodic lines should be easy to sing. Lines composed using parallel fifths are incredibly difficult to sing and are not contr...

The process of Italian unification, know as the Risorgimento, was a long and arduous process that lead to great struggles in Italy all the way up to the rise of Mussolini in 1921. It was the political and so...

When we discuss KEYS in music we must always look at one thing: the KEY signature. This is the bit on the first line, next to the clef (Treble, Bass, Alto or Soprano). You'll notice this as it will have Shar...