Voltaire
Rousseau
chamberMusic
Enlightenment
OperaBuffa
Concerto
homophony
cadence
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'Father of the Enlightenment', rational, moral influence on French politics and artistic expression. Author of The Philosophical Dictionary
author, composer, rhetorician and reformer; wrote The Social Contract
Source of income for composers during the Baroque
Philosophical movement which culled thought from the sciences, moral and political philosophy to shape an egalitarian, rationale approach to life.
comic opera
Where both the solo and the orchestra have an exposition.
One melody with accompaniment.
strong harmonic resolution at the end of phrases and especially strong at formal junctures