fourth prelim quiz

Question 1

also brought changes in the world of vocal music

Answer 1

romantic period

Question 2

distinctive forms. short piece for solo voice and piano

Answer 2

art song

Question 3

a group of poems by one and poet set to music by a composer

Answer 3

song cycle

Question 4

master of the song

Answer 4

franz schubert

Question 5

2 structures

Answer 5

through composed

strophic

Question 6

poem is different for each stanza

Answer 6

through composed

Question 7

form in each stanza of the poem is set up to the same music

Answer 7

strophic

Question 8

characteristics of an art song

Answer 8

short piece for solo voice
well written verses may either be through composed and strophic
often accompanied by the piano using virtuoso technique
high artistic and literary quality
ends with a prelude

Question 9

the script of the opera

Answer 9

libretta

Question 10

the writer of the script

Answer 10

librettist

Question 11

sung by rhe artists in opers

Answer 11

text

Question 12

highsst male voice

Answer 12

tenor

Question 13

middle male voice

Answer 13

baritone

Question 14

lowest male voice

Answer 14

bass

Question 15

highest female voice

Answer 15

soprano

Question 16

middle female voice

Answer 16

mezzo-soprano

Question 17

lowest female voice

Answer 17

contralto for women/ alto

Question 18

does not only serve the libretto and the singing but completes and exalts them

Answer 18

music

Question 19

extraordinary place with spectacular visual effects and big machinery

Answer 19

(opera) stages

Question 20

different singing styles:

Answer 20

recitative
aria
bel canto
castrato

Question 21

components of opera

Answer 21

libretto
text
music
stage

Question 22

imitating the pattern and rhythm of speech

Answer 22

recitative

Question 23

when a character expresses feelings through a flowing melody

Answer 23

aria

Question 24

italian for beautiful singing

Answer 24

bel canto

Question 25

young boys were castrated before puberty

Answer 25

castrato

Question 26

europe’s leading musical countries

Answer 26

france
germany
italy

Question 27

6 types of operas

Answer 27

comic opera
serious opera
opera semiseria
opera comique 
grand opera
opera verismo

Question 28

known as light opera

Answer 28

comic opera

Question 29

also known as opera seria

Answer 29

serious opera

Question 30

an opera that has a serious story but has a happy ending

Answer 30

opera semiseria

Question 31

instead of singing the lines are spoken

Answer 31

opera comique

Question 32

larger scale opera. emerged in paris during the 19th century

Answer 32

grand opera

Question 33

italian for “realism”. based of everyday people

Answer 33

opera verismo