Baroque Listening Flashcards

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What genre is Jean-Baptiste Lully: “Armide”?

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Tragedie lyrique

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What genre is Henry Purcell: “Dido and Aeneas”?

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Opera

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What genre is Johann Sebastian Bach: “Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland” BWV 62?

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Cantata

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What genre is George Frideric Handel: “Giulio Cesare”?

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Opera

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What genre is Claudio Monteverdi: “L’Orfeo”?

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Opera

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What genre is Giacomo Carissimi: “Historia di Jephte”?

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Oratorio

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Italian; girl (soprano); string instruments lightly in background; slow paced; part with chorus singing with girl

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Giacomo Carissimi: “Historia di Jephte,” oratorio, exerpts

(a) Recitative: Plorate colles
(b) Chorus: Plorate filii Israel

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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)

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Jean-Baptiste Lully: “Armide,” tragedie lyrique, excerpts

(a) Overture
(b) Act II, scene 5: Enfin il est en ma puissance

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Slow; “remember me,” girl singing (mezzo/soprano)

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Henry Purcell: “Dido and Aeneas,” opera, conclusion

(a) Recitative: Thy hand, Belinda
(b) Lament (ground bass aria): When I am laid in earth

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Man singing; sad/slightly dramatic; part with chorus singing with man

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Claudio Monteverdi: “L’Orfeo,” opera, excerpt from Act II

(d) Recitative: Tu se’ morta
(e) Choral madrigal: Ahi, caso acerbo

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About 4 strings; completely instrumental; has a slow section and a faster section

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Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata, Op. 3, No. 2

(c) Adagio
(d) Allegro

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Faster paced, happy sounding, violins and some harpsichord, completely instrumental

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Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 3, No. 6, from “L’estro Armonico”
(a) Allegro

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13
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Organ, completely instrumental

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543

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Orchestra; can sometimes here the trumpet; has an instrumental part; part with chorus singing; fast paced; In 3

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62, cantata
(a) Chorus: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

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All harpsichord; completely instrumental

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Girolamo Frescobaldi: Toccata No. 3

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Girl singing (soprano); slow-moderate paced; strings softly in background; can sometimes here “V’adoro pupille”

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George Frideric Handel: “Giulio Cesare,” opera, excerpt: Act II
(b) V’adoro pupille