Briefly define or describe the following:
- CONCERTO and CONCERTO GROSSO
- RITORNELLO FORM
- VARIATION FORM
- FUGUE
- OPERA SERIA
- SECCO RECITATIVE and ACCOMPANIED RECITATIVE
- DA CAPO ARIA
- ORATORIO
- CHURCH CANTATA
- RONDO FORM
- MINUET FORM
- ABSOLUTISM
- As found in works of the late Classical Period, the sonata form always contains three large sections. State the names of these sections in order from first to last. (Note that this question has to do with sections making up a movement, not movements making up an entire multi-movement piece.)
Briefly describe, in order, the things that happen in the first large section:
Briefly describe what generally happens in the second large section:
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