DATES

Question 1

1610

Answer 1

Monteverdi makes his “Vespers” and he becomes the music director of San Marco, Venice

Question 2

1685

Answer 2

Birth of Bach, Handel, and Domenico Scarlatti

Question 3

1689

Answer 3

Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” based on Virgil’s “Aeneid” book 4

Question 4

1711

Answer 4

Handel’s first Italian opera in London, Rinaldo

Question 5

1714

Answer 5

Death of Queen Anne and the accession of George 1, and Handel composes “Water Music”

Question 6

1727

Answer 6

Coronation of George 2 and Queen Caroline, with Anthems composed by Handel

Question 7

1728

Answer 7

“The Beggar’s Opera” establishes “Ballad Opera” as a new Genre, replacing Italian opera

Question 8

1733

Answer 8

Carlo Broschi AKA “Farinelli”, the most famous castrato in Europe, comes to London to sing for Handel’s rivals, The Opera of Nobility

Question 9

1737

Answer 9

Opera of Nobility goes bankrupt; Queen Caroline dies and Handel composed an anthem for her funeral

Question 10

1738

Answer 10

“Israel in Egypt” helps establish a new genre, ENGLISH ORATORIO, which allows Handel to keep performing during Lent when the theaters were dark

Question 11

1607

Answer 11

Monteverdi made his “Orfeo”