Baroque Listening Flashcards
What genre is Jean-Baptiste Lully: “Armide”?
Tragedie lyrique
What genre is Henry Purcell: “Dido and Aeneas”?
Opera
What genre is Johann Sebastian Bach: “Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland” BWV 62?
Cantata
What genre is George Frideric Handel: “Giulio Cesare”?
Opera
What genre is Claudio Monteverdi: “L’Orfeo”?
Opera
What genre is Giacomo Carissimi: “Historia di Jephte”?
Oratorio
Italian; girl (soprano); string instruments lightly in background; slow paced; part with chorus singing with girl
Giacomo Carissimi: “Historia di Jephte,” oratorio, exerpts
(a) Recitative: Plorate colles
(b) Chorus: Plorate filii Israel
Moderately paced; has an instrumental part; very dramatic; string instruments; has a part with wooshing sound like if on a boat at sea; girl singing (mezzo/soprano)
Jean-Baptiste Lully: “Armide,” tragedie lyrique, excerpts
(a) Overture
(b) Act II, scene 5: Enfin il est en ma puissance
Slow; “remember me,” girl singing (mezzo/soprano)
Henry Purcell: “Dido and Aeneas,” opera, conclusion
(a) Recitative: Thy hand, Belinda
(b) Lament (ground bass aria): When I am laid in earth
Man singing; sad/slightly dramatic; part with chorus singing with man
Claudio Monteverdi: “L’Orfeo,” opera, excerpt from Act II
(d) Recitative: Tu se’ morta
(e) Choral madrigal: Ahi, caso acerbo
About 4 strings; completely instrumental; has a slow section and a faster section
Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata, Op. 3, No. 2
(c) Adagio
(d) Allegro
Faster paced, happy sounding, violins and some harpsichord, completely instrumental
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 3, No. 6, from “L’estro Armonico”
(a) Allegro
Organ, completely instrumental
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
Orchestra; can sometimes here the trumpet; has an instrumental part; part with chorus singing; fast paced; In 3
Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62, cantata
(a) Chorus: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
All harpsichord; completely instrumental
Girolamo Frescobaldi: Toccata No. 3