Midterm: Similarities/Differences

Question 1

Compare Montiverdi’s Crudo Amarilli and Caccini’s Vedro ‘I mio sol

Answer 1

• Difference: Cruda polyphonic, Vedro one voice
• Difference: Monteverdi’s music violated the strict rules of counterpoint, whereas Caccini’s did not
• Madrigal v. Monody

Question 2

Compare Peri’s Euridice and Monteverdi’s Orfeo

Answer 2

• Difference: Monteverdi addressed rhetorical devices in subtler way
• Difference Monteverdi contains much more stylistic variety
• Difference: Monteverdi allowed more expression through text

Question 3

Compare Monteverdi’s Orfeo and Monteverdi’s L ‘incoronazione di Poppea

Answer 3

• Difference: Poppea has more variety in form of musical styles
• Difference: Poppea more dramatic due to dissonances and semitones
• Difference: Poppea more realistic in terms of character interactions, such as with characters interrupting each other

Question 4

Compare Monteverdi’s : ‘incoronazione di Poppea and Carissimi’s Historia di Jephte

Answer 4

• Opera v. Oratorio
• Difference: Italian v. Latin
• Similarity: Both have similar music aspects, such as arias, rectitatives, etc.
• Difference: Chorus commentary vs. chorus narration

Question 5

Compare Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Monteverdi’s Poppea

Answer 5

• Similarity: realistic character interactions
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Question 6

Compare Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Carissimi’s His. and Jep.

Answer 6

• Difference: Opera v. Oratorio
• Similarity: Both have similar music aspects (arias, recitatives, choruses, etc.)
• Difference: Chorus commentary vs. chorus narration

Question 7

Compare Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona

Answer 7

• Difference: opera seria v. opera buffa
• Similarity: both have repeating musical sections/themes (de capo)
• Difference: Handel more musically developed, longer more thought out musical lines, etc.
• Difference: portrayal of the upper class

Question 8

Compare Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Bach’s Nun Komm

Answer 8

• Difference: Opera v. Cantata
• Difference: performed after gospel, performed at all times
• Sim/Diff: Both have de capo form, but different (cantata has no prime)

Question 9

Compare Frescobaldi’s Toccata and Bach’s Fugue

Answer 9

• Difference: Toccata allowed more room for expression
• Similarity: Both inspired by opera
• Similarity: both shift moods