Quiz 3

Question 1

Stile Recitativo

Answer 1

Melodies and rhythms were complies to mimic the natural inflection and cadence of speech. Also called monody.

Question 2

When, where, and by who was opera developed?

Answer 2

Florence around 1575 by a group called the Florentine Camerata. “Opus” in Latin means “work”.

Question 3

What is opera music?

Answer 3

Stile recitativo, stile modero, small orchestras or ensembles accompanies the singers in a mostly homophonic style.

Question 4

French Overture

Answer 4

Slow section with dotted rhythms followed by a faster section usually in triple meter

Question 5

“Tu se’ morta” from Orfeo

Answer 5

Claudio Montverdi. Opera - recitative.

Question 6

“Piangerò la sorte mia” from Giulio Cesare

Answer 6

G.F. Handel. Opera - recitative and da capo aria

Question 7

“Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah

Answer 7

G.F. Handel. Oratorio - chorus.

Question 8

“Little” Fugue in G minor

Answer 8

J.S. Bach. Solo organ fugue.

Question 9

“La Primavera” - First movement from The Four Seasons

Answer 9

Antonio Vivaldi - Violin concerto

Question 10

Prelude from the Cello Suite no.1 in G major

Answer 10

J.S. Bach - Solo cello suite

Question 11

Da capo

Answer 11

ABA form

Question 12

Ornamentation

Answer 12

Embellishment of melody by adding notes or modifying rhythms. Trills and turns.

Question 13

Oratorio

Answer 13

Large orchestra work for chorus, soloists, and orchestra. Biblical stories. They do not use sets, costumes, or dramatic staging. Handel and Bach.

Question 14

Difference between Oratorio and Opera?

Answer 14

Oratorios do not use sets, costumes, or dramatic staging.

Question 15

Structure of oratorio?

Answer 15

Choruses, recitatives, and arias.

Question 16

Invention

Answer 16

Main theme traded off between hands Exposition followed by development where motif would be stated in relative major or minor.

Question 17

Fugue

Answer 17

Multi voice, contains main theme (subject) in tonic, when in dominant it is answer, secondary melody is counter subject, free counterpoint.

Question 18

Concerto

Answer 18

A piece for a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra. Usually 3 movements.

Question 19

Concerto grosso

Answer 19

Piece for small group of soloists accompanied by a larger orchestra. Continuo would play with both concertino and the tutti.

Question 20

Ritornello

Answer 20

Returning melodic theme

Question 21

Program music

Answer 21

Music depicts the imagery of an accompanying sonnet for each movement

Question 22

Terraced dynamics

Answer 22

Sudden change in dynamics

Question 23

Cadenza

Answer 23

Virtuosic solo passage to elongate a cadence in the piece, usually toward the end.

Question 24

Continuo

Answer 24

Refers to music and ensemble. A keyboard instrument coupled by a low instrument. Core of baroque orchestra. Keyboard part has figured bass.

Question 25

Figured bass

Answer 25

Arabic numerals written with the bass line indicating which chords to play

Question 26

Suite

Answer 26

Instrumental work consisting of a number of dance inspired movements. Solo suites, harpsichord suites, and orchestral suites were popular.

Question 27

Form of a suite

Answer 27

Prelude - Allemande - Courante - Sarabande - Gigue

Question 28

Subject (fugue)

Answer 28

Main theme of a fugue that is imitated in another key for answer

Question 29

Countersubject (fugue)

Answer 29

Follows the subject.

Question 30

Aria

Answer 30

Long accompanied song for a solo voice, typically in an opera or oratorio

Question 31

Overture

Answer 31

Orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, or oratorio

Question 32

Ostinato

Answer 32

Short melodic phrase repeated throughout a composition, sometimes slightly varied or transposed

Question 33

Sequence

Answer 33

Melody repeating over and over being transposed up and down by stepwise motion

Question 34

What composers were early Baroque?

Answer 34

Monteverdi

Question 35

What composers were middle Baroque?

Answer 35

Purcell, Lully