Exam 3

Question 0

Barbara Strozzi

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Adopted by poet Giulio Strozzi. Female composer. Attended meetings with poets and philosophers. Published eight volumes during her lifetime. Composed 125 individual works

Question 1

Antonio Vivaldi

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“Red Priest.” Music director at orphanage for girls in Venice. Extremely prolific, almost 400 concertos.
J. S. Bach studied Vivaldi’s concertos

Question 2

J.S. Bach

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Sons were J.C. W.F. C.P.E. Wrote in every genre except opera. Never widely traveled.

Question 3

G.F. Handle

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Traveled. Studied law before music. Operas and oratorios.

Question 4

Claudio Monteverdi

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Renaissance and baroque eras. Served for many years at the court in Mantua, produced Orpheus there. 1613 (became director of music at St. Marks basilica in Venice.

Question 5

Jean Baptiste Lully

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Worked for French monarch (Louis XIV). considered THE most famous composer of French Baroque music (even though he wasn’t French at all). Had exclusive rights to publish opera music in France for many years. Wrote many dance numbers exclusively for the king.

Question 6

Henry Purcell

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• Born into a family of musicians
• Worked as composer and organist at English court and Westminster Abbey
• Dido and Aeneas his only true opera
• English-language opera not popular in England until after Purcell’s time
• Dido and Aeneas rediscovered in late eighteenth century

Question 7

Concerto

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Instrumental work for a soloist and a large ensemble

Solo and grosso

Question 8

Concerto grosso

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A concerto for multiple soloist.

Question 9

Chamber music

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One performer for each part

Question 10

Opera

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a drama sung from beginning to end

Question 11

Oratorio

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–Satisfied the church and music lovers
–Included recitatives, arias, and choruses
–Not staged
–Performed during penitential seasons

Question 12

Operas and oratorios have _________

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Aria, recitative, and chorus

Question 13

Fugue

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Polyphonic work based on a central theme

Question 14

Passion

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sung musical setting that covers the parts of the Gospel covering the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus

Question 15

Cantata

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A work sung during a service of worship

Question 16

Ritornello principle

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basic to most Baroque concerto movements. Orchestra will play a theme that will return.

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Virtuosity in demand

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• Rulers and the public coveted virtuoso singers and instrumentalists
• Compositions became more difficult to play

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Basso continuo

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a group of instruments that provide a “continuous” bass line and harmonies

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Ground bass/ostinato

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A short, reoccurring melodic pattern in the bass part of a composition that serves as the principal structural element

Question 20

Program music

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Instrumental music associated with a story, event, or idea

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Tutti

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Orchestra

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Virtuoso

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Soloist Embellish from music

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Castrati

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Male singers with high voices

Question 24

Recitative

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A style of singing between singing and speaking

Question 25

Supertitles

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Help listeners understand during operas

Question 26

Baroque trumpets are different from today’s trumpets because…

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They have no valves.

Question 27

“Baroque”

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Refers to immense ornamentation and detail