midterm

Question 1

aria

Answer 1

to elaborate song form of opera and oratorio especially the threefold form with da capo.

Question 2

aba

Answer 2

aria of the conventionality were divided into several class and not other can follow another

Question 3

aria cantabile

Answer 3

quiet slow movement, characterized in works of the best master by a certain tender pathos has false appearance in intro

Question 4

aria di portamento

Answer 4

slow movement, generally a telling one. rhythm was strong than cantablie, more measured, allows intro more options

Question 5

aria di mezzo carattere

Answer 5

open to great variety of treatment, expresses greater depths of passion. pace is andante faster then 1st song

Question 6

aria parlante

Answer 6

more of a declamatory character which adapted for the expression of deep passion or violent emotion

Question 7

aria agitata, aria di strepito, aria infuriata

Answer 7

movements exhibiting a greater or less amount of dramatic power

Question 8

aria di agilita di bravura

Answer 8

generally allegero filled with brilliant divisions or passages of rapid agility calculated to display the utmost power of the singer for whom the movement was intended

Question 9

aria concertata

Answer 9

same as the aria di mezzo and aria parlante w/ more elaborate or original accompaniment

Question 10

aria seza accompagnamento

Answer 10

w/o accompaniment of any kind

Question 11

cavatina

Answer 11

distinguished from all other types by the absence of the 2nd part & its attendant da capo is nothing more than an abbreviated form either of the aria cantabile, portamento, mezzo

Question 12

cabaletta

Answer 12

generally short aria normally place in conclusion of scena, or aria cabaletta of the 19 century where express as melodious slow movement followed by the cabaletta “a fiery “ALLEGRO” w/ vocal effects of a climatic close… bringing it into connection w/ ongoing dramatic action

Question 13

arioso

Answer 13

vocal piece, singer delivers words in declamatory fashion while musical movement is given more or less define formal shape. it also partakes of both recitative and aria

Question 14

duetto

Answer 14

composition of 2 voice

Question 15

cantata

Answer 15

secular composition 1 voice w/ 1 instrument

Question 16

finale

Answer 16

last w/ many work

from start music becomes a continuous web of arias concerted numbers and recitative accompanied by orchestra

Question 17

melody

Answer 17

the denote single note made musical sence

Question 18

monody

Answer 18

melody is confined to a single part instead of being equally distributed b/w all voices employed as in the polyphonic school

Question 19

ottetto

Answer 19

8 voices

Question 20

polyphony

Answer 20

broadest and fundamental, is the simultaneous sounding of two or more notes of different pitch

Question 21

quartetto

Answer 21

4 voices

Question 22

quintetto

Answer 22

5 voices

Question 23

recitativo

Answer 23

name given to the declamatory portions of an opera, oratorio or cantata as opposed to the lyrical

Question 24

recitativo secco

Answer 24

denotes the tupe of recitative where the rhythm is free to follow the verbal accentuation, the interest thus lying in the vocal part, the accompaniment being reduced to the merest frame

Question 25

recitativo strumentato

Answer 25

more elaborate instrument part music becomes more rhythmical pattern

Question 26

ripresa

Answer 26

retaking… a reapeat

Question 27

rondo

Answer 27

a piece of music having 1 principle subject, to where a return is made several times after the intro aka episode which gives a symmetrical or round form of a whole

Question 28

scena

Answer 28

musical scene applied to an operatic movement generally, though not always, for a solo voice which differs from the ordinary recitative and aria by its dramatic rather than lyrical or reflective character.

in older version consisted of accompanied recitative, either interspersed with passages of rhythm melody or followed by a regular aria

sometimes called scena or aira

Question 29

sestetto

Answer 29

6 voices

Question 30

settimino

Answer 30

7 voices

Question 31

stretta

Answer 31

rapid acceleration of movement at the conclusion of the finale voice sing all together

Question 32

terzetto

Answer 32

3 voices