Baroque

Question 1

What country did opera originate

Answer 1

Florence, Italy

Question 2

First opera we have record of

Answer 2

Eurydice

Question 3

First major opera

Answer 3

Orfeo

Question 4

How many movements are in a concerto grosso

Answer 4

3

Question 5

Sonata means

Answer 5

Sound

Question 6

Cantata means

Answer 6

Sing

Question 7

How many people are involved in a trio sonata

Answer 7

4

Question 8

Sonata da camera

Answer 8

Chamber sonata

Question 9

Sonata de chiesa

Answer 9

Church sonata

Question 10

Handel

Answer 10

Wrote messiah
Button saved his life in a duel
Was born in Germany and moved to England

Question 11

Monteverdi

Answer 11

Wrote orfeo

Worked for the court of mantua

Question 12

Bach

Answer 12

Lutheran
Married his cousin Barbara
Four sons to become composers

Question 13

Purcell

Answer 13

Wrote dido and Aeneas

Born in England

Question 14

Vivaldi

Answer 14

Wrote four seasons

Known as the red priest

Question 15

Four instruments that could be used to fill a continuo part

Answer 15

Cello
Bass
Organ
Harpsichord

Question 16

Terraced dynamics

Answer 16

Only loud and soft
No in between
Sound changes suddenly
do not exist

Question 17

Means little book and is where the story of the opera is derived

Answer 17

Libretto

Question 18

Part of opera that is a spoken style of singing that acts like dialogue and is used to move the action along

Answer 18

Recitative

Question 19

What year was the messiah written

Answer 19

1741

Question 20

What are you supposed to do when the hallelujah chorus is played/sung

Answer 20

Stand up

Question 21

Part of opera is which a singer is able to express the emotions of his/her character

Answer 21

Aria

Question 22

Who writes the libretto

Answer 22

Librettist

Question 23

What culture did the camerata look to model opera after

Answer 23

Greek

Question 24

Describe the florentine cameratas role in the creation on opera

Answer 24

In 1575, a group of people got together to create a new style of music that combines singing and drama

Question 25

Difference between opera and oratorio

Answer 25

Opera- like a play

Oratorio- like a concert

Question 26

Polyphonic composition based a theme

Answer 26

Fugue

Question 27

4 ways that the subject of a fugue can be varied?

Answer 27

Retrograde- backwards
Version- upside down
Augmentation- make bigger(extend notes)
Diminution- make smaller(shorten notes)

Question 28

Small group of soloists in a concerto grosso

Answer 28

Concertino

Question 29

Large group that accompanies the soloists in a concerto grosso

Answer 29

Tutti

Question 30

Theme of a concerto grosso that is repeated many times through a movement

Answer 30

Ritornello

Question 31

Multi Movement work soloists, chorus, and orchestra that has a narrative text and is often times based on biblical themes

Answer 31

Oratorio

Question 32

What year was orfeo written

Answer 32

1607

Question 33

2 large sections of a French overture

Answer 33

1- pampas, French, dotted rhythms, broad, and slow

2- light, quick, opens fugue like

Question 34

Describe the circumstances concerning the premiere of the messiah

Answer 34

Premiered in 1742 in Dublin to raise money for a debters prison. The kind stood during the hallelujah chorus

Question 35

Dates of baroque period

Answer 35

1600-1750