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