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Opera
for MU361
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The group of scholars from Florence, Italy who discussed literature, science and the arts | Florentine Camerata |
| Recitative | Speech song, declamatory style over a chordal bass |
| composer of L'Orfeo of 1607 | Claudio Monteverdi |
| stile concitato | fast repeated notes to musically express anger and war |
| was given exclusive rights to produce all sung drama in France | Lully |
| the preferred dramatic presentation in France until the mid-17th century, made popular by King Louis XIV | ballet |
| French version of opera called | Tragedie lyrique |
| the tempo structure of the French Overture was | slow-fast-slow |
| performing a series of eighth notes with a lilt similiar to dotted rhythms | notes inegales |
| performing a dotted note longer than its notated value and shortening the following note | overdotting |
| brief ornaments to be added to cadences and other important notes | agrements |
| instrumental section of music that separated sections of action in an opera | ritornello |
| opera reform occurred in the middle of this century | 18th century |
| leading composer in opera reform | Gluck |
| aria in ABA form; second A section is usually ornamented | Da Capo aria |
| Italian poet who was the most prolific librettist of opera seria in the 18th century | Pietro Metastasio |
| type of opera is famed for its focus on the solo singer or "diva/divo" | Opera Seria |
| The story line for the first REFORM opera | Orfeo |
| The divos of the mid-18th century operas were these unique men | castrati |
| type of recitative that used basic chords and simple harmonic movement to accompany voice | seco recitative |
| type of recitative that used an active accompaniment that contributed more to the melodic structure of the opera | accompanied recitative |
| Fast repeated notes musically express anger and war | stile concitato |
| Who is the composer that called for less ornaments, less over-singing, and more equality between instruments and the singers? | Gluck |
| This English composer wrote Dido and Aeneas | Henry Purcell |
| Florentine Camerata, a group of scholars who discussed literature, science and the arts was led by | Count Giovanni Bardi |
| The Italian form of comic opera | Opera Buffa |
| The French form of comic opera | French Opera Comique |
| The German form of comic opera | German Singspiel |
| He writes Italian Opera for London audiences | GF Handel |
| The first public Opera house - built in 1637 | Teatro San Cassiano |
| Composer who took over as music director of St. Marks Cathedral in Venice after Gabrielli | Claudio Monteverdi |
| Ancient dramatic model that the plot of an Opera was commonly based on | Greek Tragedy |
| The tempo structure of the Italian Overture was | fast-slow-fast |
| This composer was credited with first utilizing fast repeated notes to express anger | Claudio Monteverdi |
| Known as the greatest Castrati of all | Farinelli |
| The type of opera where the plots were often far-fetched depictions of real-life situations | Opera Seria |
| characteristics of reform opera | simplicity poetry expresses the drama less ornamentation less focus on the diva/divo |
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