chap 5-8 baroque

Question 1

opera

• __+___
• composed for
• first public opera house in
• about what
• modeled after the speech
• lead roles by

Answer 1

• greek drama + music
• courts
• in venice (1637)
• greek and roman mythology
• the recitative
• castrati

Question 2

claudio monteverdi

-2 things (what did he do, create)

Answer 2

1. music director of the court of Mantua and created Orfeo

2. music director at St.Mark’s, Venice and worte for the first opera house

Question 3

Tu se’ morta

• translation
• from who
• what does it mean

Answer 3

• you are dead
• orfeo
• Orpheus goes down to Hades to bring back is new bride Eurydice to life

Question 4

recitative

Answer 4

-vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech

Question 5

Henry purcell

• created what
• 2 components

Answer 5

• Dido’s lament
• 1. recitative
     
     2. aria

Question 6

aria

Answer 6

more song-like, steady rhythm

Question 7

ground bass or basso ostinato

• known as what in pop music
• definition

Answer 7

• riff

- a bass line repeated over and over while melody above it continually changes

Question 8

the castrati

-castrato

Answer 8

male singer who has been castrated before puberty and sang even female roles