chapter 10 vivaldi Flashcards
1
Q
the opera house
-4 components
A
- supertitles
- orchestra overture plays before curtain rises
- box
- orchestra pit
2
Q
antonio vivaldi
- what was he
- sunday church concerts
- who did he write for
- composed
A
- violin teacher, composer, conductor for a music school/orphanage for girls in venice
- girls performed behind an iron screen
- wrote for Venetian opera houses
- the four seasons
3
Q
the four seasons
-definition
A
-4 solo concertos; a set of four solo concertos for violin (soloist), string orchestra, a basso continuo
4
Q
basso continuo
A
a baroque accompaniment played by a keyboard or lute and a bass instrument
5
Q
solo concertos
A
a piece for single soloist and orch
6
Q
The four seasons
- # of movements
- # of concertos
- what prefaces each concerto
A
- 3 per concerto
- 4
- sonnets
7
Q
movement
A
a fairly independent piece thats part of a larger composition
8
Q
4 concertos and 3 movements
- spring
- summer
- autumn
- winter
A
all fast-slow-fast
9
Q
spring concerto
- ___ vs___
- tutti plays
- solo plays
A
- tutti/ritornello vs solo
- ritornello (terraced dynamics)
- alternating with tutti/ritornello
- violin (birds, streams, thunder and lightening)