HISTORY 121 WEEK #2

Question 1

What are the emphases of the Venetian public opera?

Answer 1

• Solo Singing

- A small Orchestrial ensemble

Question 2

What are the subject matters of the Venetian public opera?

Answer 2

• History, not legend;

- Human Relationship

Question 3

What is recitative

Answer 3

Speech like, strophic(poetic formula),

Question 4

what is aria

Answer 4

melodic lines, proper meter, stays the same

Question 5

what is arioso

Answer 5

a middle ground between aria and recitative

Question 6

Why was Venice the hub for music?

Answer 6

• Had nine opera houses
• Had a desireable and sizeable audience base
• Allowed multiple performances of one opera
• TOURISM and Carnival

Question 7

What is Libretto

Answer 7

-text, not music that you can buy at the door so you can follow the show.

Question 8

What did Monteverdi’s NAWM 75 emphasize?

Answer 8

• Solo singers, not instrumental accompaniment
• The dramatic content, not poetic form
• His musical interpretation of the text not the libretto

Question 9

What were Monteverdi’s musical styles?

Answer 9

1) Expressive recitative
2) The rapid alternation between music styles
ex. His text setting important too
Would study text and change it to fit his vision for performance dramatic needs, interpretation.

Question 10

What is the point of Monteverdi’s opera?

Answer 10

Nero is married to Ottavia but Poppea is in love with Nero and is his mistress but has decided she wants nothing to di with Nero until he leaves his wife Ottavia