People

Question 1

Monteverdi

Answer 1

Baroque 1567-1643
Experiments with polyphony, harmony, and opera
Was a court musician
Wrote first opera

Question 2

J.S. Bach

Answer 2

Baroque 1685-1750
Father of western music
Experiments with harmony, chord progression
Court and church organist
Wrote 1,000 pieces

Question 3

Antonio vivaldi

Answer 3

Worked in a girls orphanage to teach them
Priest
Work was performed by children

Question 4

G.F Handel

Answer 4

Wanted to make Italian operas popular in London
Established the royal academy of music
Failed then glorified the oratorio

Question 5

Hildegard of Bingen

Answer 5

Middle ages 1098-1179
German nun, playwright,poet,musician,and philosopher with 77 chants

Question 6

Josquin Desprez

Answer 6

Renaissance
Worked in the sistine chapel
writing high music,and motets

Question 7

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestina

Answer 7

Renaissance
Proved music still should be in the roman catholic church
Wrote a mass for Pope marcelli
Followed all of trent’s rules