Vocabulary - Messiah - p. 35 Flashcards
What is a large-scale work for soloists, chorus, and orchestra developed in Baroque? Usually has biblical text. Consists of recitatives, arias, ensembles, and choruses.
Give one example title and its composer.
oratorio
Messiah by Handel
What is the following?
a Baroque orchestral genre, often the orchestral introduction to an opera or oratorio. Usually in two parts A (slow, homophonic textures, dotted rhythm) and B (fast, imitative texture). Developed by Lully.
Give one example title and its composer.
French overture
Messiah by Handel
What is the following?
half-singing, half-talking way of singing used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas. It follows the natural rise and fall of the texts so it has rhythmic flexibility and gives hints of the plot to the audience.
Give one example title and its composer.
recitative
Messiah by Handel
What is the following?
“A half-singing, half-talking way of singing, supported only by continuo and used in opera, oratorio, and cantata”
Give one example title and its composer.
recitativo secco (Italian for “dry recitative”)
There were shepherds” soprano recitative in Messiah by Handel
What is the following?
A half-singing, half-talking way of singing used in opera, oratorio, and cantata. Supported by instrumental ensemble or orchestra so it allows for greater connection with the text.
Give one example title and its composer.
recitativo accompagnato
(Italian for “accompanied recitative”)
Messiah by Handel
What is the following?
Give one example. Name the title and its composer.
Italian for ‘air’. Solo song with accompaniment in opera, oratorio, and cantata. Emotional and often virtuosic. May have lyrical or dramatic qualities; often reveals the character’s feelings and emotions.
aria
“Rejoyce Greatly” from Messiah by Handel
What is the following?
an aria (solo song) in ternary (ABA) structure. The returning A is usually ornamented in performance. It is the most common type of aria in Baroque opera and oratorio.
Give one example title and its composer.
da capo aria
“Rejoice Greatly” from Messiah by Handel
What is the term for musical pictorialization so the music mirrors the literal meaning of the words? Achieved through melody, harmony, or rhythm.
Describe one example. Name the title and its composer.
word painting
“Glory to God in the highest” is sung in upper register in “Glory to God” chorus of Messiah by Handel
What is many notes to a syllable/vowel and demonstrates vocal virtuosity and often highlights key words?
Describe one example.
Name the title and its composer.
melisma
“re-_joice”_ from ‘Rejoice Greatly” (soprano aria) from Messiah by Handel
What is the following?
-all voices sing or play the same rhythm. Results in a blocked chordal texture (homophonic) to deliver the text with clarity and emphasis.
Describe one example. Name the title and its composer.
homorhythmic texture
“Hallelujah!” from “Hallelujah!” chorus of Messiah by Handel
Give definition of the oratorio.
Provide the title and composer
- a large-scale work for soloists, chorus, and orchestra developed in Baroque. Usually has biblical text. Consists of recitatives, arias, ensembles, and choruses.
Messiah by Handel
Provide defintion of French overture
Give one example title and its composer.
a Baroque orchestral genre, often the orchestral introduction to an opera or oratorio. Usually in two parts A (slow, homophonic textures, dotted rhythm) and B (fast, imitative texture). Developed by Lully.
Messiah by Handel
Give definition of “recitative”
Give one example title and its composer.
half-singing, half-talking way of singing used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas. It follows the natural feel of words and gives hints of the plot to the audience.
There were “shepherds” from Messiah by Handel
Give definition of recitativo secco
Give one example title and its composer.
A half-singing, half-talking way of singing, supported only by continuo and used in opera, oratorio, and cantata.
Messiah by Handel
Provide definition for recitativo accompagnato*
Give one example title and its composer.
(Italian for “accompanied recitative”)
A half-singing, half-talking way of singing used in opera, oratorio, and cantata with instrumental ensemble or orchestra accompaniment.
Messiah by Handel
