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Test2; MA; Chp 6-10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Florentine group of scholars & musicians organized to perform dramatic plays based on Greek drama that they set to music. They "invented" opera while trying to recreate the spirit of Greek drama. | Camerata |
| vocal style of these sung dramas was a single melody line or solo singer with simple homophonic accompaniment to make it easy for the audience to hear the words | Monody |
| continuous bass part performed by keyboard, lute or bass instrument (like a cello). It places emphasis on the bass line | Basso Continuo |
| type of shorthand written in the bottom of the music that told the player what chords to play & improvise on to provide accompaniment to the vocal line | Figured bass |
| Rhythmically free- A combination of singing & speech that serves as dialogue to help the audience understand the words or text | Recitative |
| song that stood apart from story as a complete song, more melodic & expressive, showcased the soloists. Ternary form (ABA)= | Arioso/Aria |
| words da capo means "the head" in Italian. In ternary form (ABA), when the singer ends the aria by repeating the first section | da capo aria |
| a group of singers in opera who portray townspeople or villagers | Chorus |
| wrote the earliest surviving opera in 1600 | Jacopo Peri |
| means literally, "book" or the text of the opera | Libretto |
| first master of opera. His opera, Orfeo, was based on Greek legend | Claudio Monteverdi |
| additions to written music | Embellishment |
| was a popular English composer who wrote the opera Dido and Aeneas -- "When I am Laid in Earth" | Henry Purcell |
| ____ opera was based on ____ legend. | Baroque, Greek |
| Music of the Baroque period was as ornamented as ________ & _______ of the period. | architecture & paintings |
| The _____ sang heroic male roles as well as female roles. | castrati |
| was a dramatic work for solo voices, or small chorus & either basso continuo or small orchestra. It was much shorter than the opera & was not staged | Cantata |
| was one of the most prolific composers of the secular cantata, who published about 100 secular cantatas | Barbara Strozzi |
| one of the most prolific composers of the sacred cantata, he wrote about 300 sacred cantatas | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| simple melodies could be sung by the congregation of church;written by Martin Luther&John Calvin for the Protestant Church,they believe congregations should participate in song; a break from Catholic tradition;sung in the Lutheran church in the vernacular | Chorales |
| wrote many cantatas bc was his professional obligation;came from family of musicians stretching back for generations;went blind late in life;used chorales as basic for many of sacred cantatas; The Passion According to St. Matthew(2 ½hr w/string quartet) | All About Bach |
| dramatic work 4 soloists/chorus/orchestra;long/not staged;similar to cantata but longer&larger scale;2/more hrs to perform;Based on Bible stories(singing narrator explained what happened b4/between musical#s);rose in England w/George Fridriek Handels work | Oratorio |
| were musical settings of the suffering & crucifixion of Christ which were frequently performed during Holy Week | Passions |
| German&became English;father wanted to be lawyer;blind late in life;career reached height when worked 4 Royal Academy of Music;most successful oratorio-Messiah(nondramatic)audience stood;England greatest composer;Italian Baroque Opera reached height w/him | George Frideric Handel |
| considered "king" of instruments, most pipe ones contain 2 levels of keyboard (keyboard that the performer plays with their feet); this, harpsichord, & clavichord were all important keyboard instruments of the Baroque period(not piano-wasn't invented yet) | The Organ |
| a successful composer & performer of the harpsichord; composed many French suites for harpsichord; performed regularly for King Louis XIV; she composed the Sarabande from Suite no. 1 from Pieces for Harpsichord | Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre |
| a type of instrumental chamber work requiring four players - two violins, cello & keyboard for the continuo (the cello & keyboard are considered one voice as the continuo) | Trio Sonata |
| a composition that uses imitative polyphony (where one voice imitates the other) & is organized around the returns of a theme or SUBJECT & a COUNTERMELODY | Fugue |
| when the subject has been stated in every voice, the complete section is this | Exposition |
| the "filler" music between each statement of the subject is call this; Johann Sebastian Bach wrote the Little Fugue in G Minor | Episodes |
| is the main melody of a fugue | Subject |
| is an instrumental work based on a chorale melody & designed to be played as an introduction to a Protestant church service | Choral prelude |
| a work for solo instrument consisting of movements based on dance rhythms; could stand by itself as a full composition & featured several styles of dance music; was not intended to be danced to but to showcase the different styles of dance music | Suite |
| the greatest family of violin makers in the Baroque period | Stradivari Family |
| is an orchestral form that exploits the idea of pitting soft sounds against loud ones; a work for solo instruments & orchestra | Concerto |
| a chamber work with a small group of solo instruments pitted against an orchestra | Concerta grosso |
| is the full orchestra of a concerto grosso | Ripieno |
| is the solo instrument of the concerto grosso | Concertino |
| is a collection of concerto grosso composed by Johann Sebastian Bach for Christian Ludwig, the Margrave of Brandenburg | Brandenburg Concertos |
| is a repeated musical theme where short sections of orchestral music returns later during the movements. Many Baroque concertos are in this | Ritornello form |
| instrumental descriptive music that associated with a nonmusical form | Program music |
| 1.) called the "Red Priest"; one of the most prolific composers of solo concertos of the Baroque period; wrote music for a famous orchestra at a girl's orphanage | Antonia Vivaldi |
| 2.) wrote Quattro Stagione[depicts through its music the 4 seasons]-also known as 4 Seasons (set of 4 concertos, program music, 4 sonnets precede the concertos, depots birds/streams/storms/nymphs/shepherds dancing/a flowery meadow with a goat herd & dog) | Antonia Vivaldi |
| is a person who plays an instrument or sings very well | Virtuoso |
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