Fine Arts Unit 2

Question 1

Art Song

Answer 1

Song that is written to capture the essence ofa scene, paint a picture by sound, and help the listener create a visual image

Question 2

Mass

Answer 2

The liturgy of the Roman Catholic Eucharist. In music, a mass is a choral setting of the Mass that contains five sections: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Angus Dei

Question 3

Cantata

Answer 3

A composition in several movements for orchestra and chorus often with a sacred text, and utilizing recitatives, arias, and choruses

Question 4

Motet

Answer 4

A polyphonic composition for choir based on a sacred Latin text and typically sung without accompaniment

Question 5

Opera

Answer 5

A theatrical presentation with drama set to music

Question 6

Grand Opera

Answer 6

Also called Opera Seria (serious opera) grand in scale and tragic in tone. Highly stylized treatment of heroic subjects such as gods and heroes

Question 7

opera Buffa

Answer 7

Comic opera that usually does not have a spoken dialogue and typically uses satire to treat a serious topic with humor

Question 8

Concert Overture

Answer 8

An independent composition for orchestra in one movement, 10 typically in sonata form and from the Romantic period.

Question 9

Solo

Answer 9

Music written for one musician, with or without accompaniment

Question 10

Duet

Answer 10

Music written for two musicians, with or without accompaniment

Question 11

trio

Answer 11

Music written for three musicians, with or without accompaniment

Question 12

Quartet

Answer 12

Music written for four musicians, with or without accompaniment