Opera

Question 1

What term does “castrati were often cast in heroic roles in 17th and 18th Italian operas” refer to?

Answer 1

castrato

Question 2

What term does “Italian for “representational style”” refer to?

Answer 2

stile rappresentativo

Question 3

What type of recitative does “became a prominent practice in the 17th century” refer to?

Answer 3

recitativo secco

Question 4

What term does “a new style that developed in the late 16th century” refer to?

Answer 4

monody

Question 5

What term does “combines vocal and instrumental music with drama (staging and acting), visual arts (costumes and scenery), and often dance” refer to?

Answer 5

opera

Question 6

What term does “the term used by Florentine Camerata musicians to describe the monodic style” refer to?

Answer 6

stile rappresentativo

Question 7

What musical description applies to this recitative? (Thy hand, Belinda)

1. monophony
2. recitativo secco
3. recitativo accompagnato

Answer 7

recitativo secco

Question 8

Which of the following enable Monteverdi to capture an expression of Orfeo’s grief in the melody?

1. including imitation between the melody and the bass line.
2. opening with a dissonant descending diminished fourth.
3. featuring extreme ranges in the vocal line to create tension.
4. marking the melody with chromatic inflections and emphasis on half-step movements

Answer 8

opening with a dissonant descending diminished fourth

marking the melody with chromatic inflections and emphasis on half-step movements

Question 9

What term does “a more dramatic style than in recitativo secco” refer to?

Answer 9

recitativo accompagnato

Question 10

What term does “may have lyrical or dramatic qualities; often serves to reveal the character’s feelings and emotions” refer to?

Answer 10

aria

Question 11

What term does “a male soprano or alto voice-type” refer to?

Answer 11

castrato

Question 12

What term does “consists of the continuous repetition of a short melody over which free variations occur” refer to?

Answer 12

ground bass

Question 13

What term does “in performance, the return of Section A is generally ornamented” refer to?

Answer 13

da capo aria

Question 14

What term does “literally “one song”” refer to?

Answer 14

monody

Question 15

Who wrote “Le nuove musiche”?

Answer 15

Caccini

Question 16

What term does “Italian for “dry recitative”” refer to?

Answer 16

recitativo secco

Question 17

What was the camerata?

Answer 17

A group of intellectuals led by Count Giovanni de’ Bardi of Florence

Question 18

What term does “usually used for dialogue and to advance the plot” refer to?

Answer 18

recitative

Question 19

What happens in “TU SE’ MORTA (ORFEO’S RECITATIVE)”

Answer 19

Orfeo has just learned that Euridice has died. He resolves to bring her back from the underworld

Question 20

What term does “sung throughout to an Italian-language libretto” refer to?

Answer 20

opera seria

Question 21

What term does “the music was meant to heighten the emotional power of the text” refer to?

Answer 21

stile rappresentativo

Question 22

What term does “follows inflections of the text, resulting in rhythmic flexibility” refer to?

Answer 22

recitative

Question 23

Who wrote “Le Orfeo”?

Answer 23

Claudio Monteverdi

Question 24

What term does “Italian for “air”” refer to?

Answer 24

aria

Question 25

What term does "a recitative-like melody moving freely over a foundation of simple chords" refer to?

Answer 25

stile rappresentativo

Question 26

What term does "Italian for “serious opera”" refer to?

Answer 26

opera seria

Question 27

What term does "the text of an opera, oratorio, or cantata" refer to?

Answer 27

libretto

Question 28

What term does "components include recitatives, arias, ensembles, and choruses" refer to?

Answer 28

opera

Question 29

What term does "Italian for “recitative with accompaniment”" refer to?

Answer 29

recitativo accompagnato

Question 30

What term does "a single vocal melody with simple instrumental accompaniment" refer to?

Answer 30

monody

Question 31

What term does "singers may be participants in the plot (group or crowd scenes) or may be set apart from the staging, serving to comment or reflect on the action, much like a narrator" refer to?

Answer 31

chorus

Question 32

What term does "a castrato voice was created by a surgical procedure before puberty that prevented the male voice from changing" refer to?

Answer 32

castrato

Question 33

What term does "can refer to recitative or simply to an emotional presentation of the text" refer to?

Answer 33

stile rappresentativo

Question 34

What term does "a vocal ensemble, large or small, usually consisting of several voice types" refer to?

Answer 34

chorus

Question 35

What term does "led to the development of recitative" refer to?

Answer 35

monody

Question 36

What term does "originated in Italy around 1600 and remains one of the most popular forms of musical entertainment" refer to?

Answer 36

opera

Question 37

Who wrote "Dido and Aeneas"?

Answer 37

Henry Purcell

Question 38

What term does "a speech-like, declamatory style of singing used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas" refer to?

Answer 38

recitative

Question 39

What term does "allowed for greater expression of emotion and clarity of text than the complex polyphonic textures of earlier madrigals and motets" refer to?

Answer 39

monody

Question 40

What term does "Italian for “work”" refer to?

Answer 40

opera

Question 41

What term does "an aria (solo song) employing a ternary (ABA) structure" refer to?

Answer 41

da capo aria

Question 42

What term does "usually written by someone other than the composer" refer to?

Answer 42

libretto

Question 43

What term does "adds musical variety to the operatic works of many composers" refer to?

Answer 43

chorus

Question 44

What musical characteristics are exemplified in this recitative? (Orfeo's recitative)

Answer 44

homophony. | recitativo secco

Question 45

What term does "melodic recitative style with orchestral accompaniment" refer to?

Answer 45

recitativo accompagnato

Question 46

What term does "two main types in the Baroque era" refer to?

Answer 46

recitative

Question 47

What effect is used on “drooping” and “soft”? (With drooping wings) 1. word painting with close imitation of the musical motive. 2. melismatic treatment of the text and close imitation of the main theme. 3. homorhythmic texture with incidental use of imitation

Answer 47

1. word painting with close imitation of the musical motive

Question 48

What term does "often based on a play, novel, or episode in history" refer to?

Answer 48

libretto

Question 49

What term does "the most common type of aria in Baroque opera and oratorio" refer to?

Answer 49

da capo aria

Question 50

What term does "a speech-like, declamatory style of singing supported only by basso continuo" refer to?

Answer 50

recitativo secco

Question 51

What term does "generally based on a historical or mythological subject, tragic or heroic" refer to?

Answer 51

opera seria

Question 52

What recitative does "became prominent in 18th-century opera" refer to?

Answer 52

recitativo accompagnato

Question 53

What term does "a Baroque compositional device" refer to?

Answer 53

ground bass

Question 54

What term does "highly emotional and often virtuosic" refer to?

Answer 54

aria

Question 55

Who wrote "GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO"?

Answer 55

George Fredric Handel

Question 56

What term does "often provided the basic structure of a Baroque aria" refer to?

Answer 56

ground bass

Question 57

What term does "drama that is sung" refer to?

Answer 57

opera

Question 58

What term does "the author of the libretto is called the librettist" refer to?

Answer 58

libretto

Question 59

What is the structure of "Le Orfeo"?

Answer 59

Prologue and five acts

Question 60

What term does "a solo song with accompaniment, heard in an opera, oratorio, and cantata" refer to?

Answer 60

aria