Music Appreciation Part 3

Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos

Bach

The first era of Western music history in which instrumental music was as important as vocal music was

Baroque

musical innovations from what school gave birth to opera

Florentine Camerata

The Beggar's Opera was written by

Gay and Pepusch

Who was born in Germany and studied in Italy, but spent most of his creative life in England

Handel

The greatest native-born English composer of the Baroque was

Henry Purcell

The Beggar's Opera was first presented in

London

The sacred cantana was an integral part of the

Lutheran church service

Who is best viewed as the first master of the opera

Monteverdi

Bach's last demonstration of contrapuntal mastery was

The Art of Fugue

what is a well known set of concertos by Vivaldi

The Four Seasons

in the field of keyboard music, Bach's most important collections was

The Well-Tempered Clavier

what is Bach's set of forty-eight preludes and fugues

The Well-Tempered Clavier

Vivaldi worked and lived in

Venice

who was the greatest and most prolific italian composer of concertos

Vivaldi

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, from Messiah is an example of

a da capo aria

a gigue is best described as

a lively sextuple-meter dance

Purcells opera Dido and Aeneas was composed for

a production at a girls' school

what are standard dance types in a Baroque Suite

allemande, sarabande, courante

a highly emotional song in an opera is called

an aria

in the slow movement of Spring, from the Four Seasons, Vivaldi evokes a dog barking through

an ostinato rhythm

The orchestral introduction heard at the beginning of an opera is called

an overture

after the fugue subject is stated, the second entrance of the subject is called the

answer

what is the form of the chorale tune Wachet auf

bar form (A-A-B)

what is the form of each individual movement in a suite

binary

during his lifetime, Bach held the position of

cantor of St. Thomas's Church in Leipzig, Court organist and chamber musician to the Duke of Weimar, and court musician to the prince of Anhalt-Cothen

Where is the libretto for Handel's oratorio Messiah from

compilation of verses from the bible

a concerto based on the opposition of small and large groups of instruments is called a

concerto grosso

Characteristics of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

concertos are based on poems, concertos project pictorial images, concertos are structured in three- movement forms

what are characteristics of the suite

contains a series of dance movements each movement is a dance type from a different country the movements are contrasting in tempo and character

what is the principal element of a fugue

counterpoint

In a fugue, the technique of stating the theme in faster rhythmic values is called

dimunition

In a fugue, the areas of relaxation where the subject is not heard are called

episodes

the opening section of a fugue, in which all voices successively introduce the subject is called the

exposition

How many voices, or individual lines are there in Bach's Contrapunctus 1, from The Art of Fugue

four

Earliest operas took their plots from

greek mythology

what keyboard instrument is played by plucking the strings with quills

harpsichord

what were important keyboard instruments in the Baroque

harpsichord, organ, clavichord

characteristics of Rococo

it was an ornate art it aimed at enchanting the senses the term derives from the french word for shell

opera buffa is a comic opera from

italy

Dido sings her famous lament in Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas just prior to

killing herself

The Alla hornpipe movement from Water Music is characterized by

lively duple meter binary form instrumental groups exchanging motivic ideas

when Handel arrived in London, he established his fame by composing

operas

vocal style in opera that imitates the natural inflections of speech is

recitative

characteristics of an oratorio

recitatives arias choruses

The opening movement of Spring, from the Four Seasons features

ritornello form

Bach's Cantana No. 140, Wachet auf, has how many movements

seven

how many different concertos does BAch's Brandenburg Concerto have

six

the concept of the suite was applied to

solo instrumental music keyboard music and orchestral music

Water Music by Handel is best descibed as a

suite

where are the stories for oratorios generally drawn from

the Bible

Vivaldi was known as the red priest for

the color of his hair

the solo group in a concerto grosso is called

the concertino

text of an opera is called

the libretto

George Frideric Handel was considered a master of

the oratorio

Late in life, Handel turned his efforts from the opera to

the oratorio

Bach was most famous in his day as a performer on

the organ

the accompanying group in a concerto grosso is

the ripieno

characteristics of a chorale

they were intended to be sung by the congregation the texts are in german many adapted from Gregorian chant

the typical solo concerto has how many movements

three

The dominant instrument in Mouret's Rondeau is

trumpet

What are major differences between Baroque and modern violins

type of strings playing techniques cost of the instrument

The solo instrument in Spring, from the Four Seasons, is

violin

The form of the rondeau is

A-B-A-C-A