Test 2 Review Music Appreciation
Librettist
writes the Book of the Opera called (Libretto)
Libretto
rewrites from the original words
Messiah is based on the
Old and New testaments
Chamber music if often performed with
One player to a part, by performers, and using no conductor
The Baroque Era begins with the rise of
Opera (genre)
The ground of the Palace of Versailles included a magnificent
Opera house
An oratorio is similar to an
Opera, but is performed without sets, stages or costumes and based on religious text staging.
In 1741, Handel abandoned opera altogether and turned his attention to
Oratorio
Handel was one of the first composers to become a
Oratorio composer (oratorio)
Handel also wrote many
Oratorios and operas
The word "tutti" means
Orchestra ( all or everyone)
Churches spent large sums of money on
Organs
The purely instrumental piece that begins an opera is called
Overture
Women musicians were trained primarily as
Performers/virtuoso's
Vivaldi was known as the
Red Priest for his red hair
The main theme of a fugue is called the
imitative counterpoint subject
There were virtually no
professional prospects for women composers
List the characters in Dido and Aeneas
Dido (soprano), Aeneas (baritone), Belinda (Dido's maidservant (soprano))
The main theme of a piece of music refers to which element of music
Melody
Recitative can be compared to
(RAP) Dialogue
A trio sonata consists of Fours players
2 high instruments and basso continuo
A concerto is a
3 movement work for strings and a soloist or a group of soloist
A Chorale
A Lutheran congregational hymn tune
The topic of Dido and Aeneas is based on
A foreign prince (Aeneas) promises to marry the Queen of Carthage (Dido), but abandons her and drives her to suicide
Chamber Music was written for what setting
A privet, a small room like a chamber, living room, or salon
Describe ritornello form.
Alternating sections between orchestra and soloist
Two "giants" (composers) of Baroque composition
Bach and Handel
One of the women that we know of who composed music in the baroque era
Barbara Strozzi
Concerto grosso means
Big concerto with several solo instruments
A sonata to be played in a court is called a
Camera
Define Recitative
Characters talk to each other
A sonata to be played in a church is called a
Chiesa
Bach held jobs as
Church organist, Concertmaster, Violinist, Music director, Cantor
The role of the chorus in an opera is to
Comment on the dramatic action and story
Describe the Baroque organ
Convey church's authority, inspiration to worshipers and lavish decorations
The operas were performed at the
Courts of the nobility and royalty
Music served as a important means of
Education in the church and could be as Elaborate as the sacred architecture (mean of worship)
In the Baroque Era the music had
Energy, Motion, Ornamentation, and Extremes
Dido and Aeneas is performed in what language
English
The term "Baroque" calls attention to
Extravagant, ornate, and somewhat bizarre qualities
The composer of Messiah is
George Frederick Handel
The main keyboard instruments of the baroque era were
Harpsichord and the pipe organ
Which instruments make up the basso continuo
Harpsichord, Bassoons, one keyboard or guitar/lute and one bass instrument like bassoon or cello but not both bassoon and cello. Only 2 players total
Dido and Aeneas is
Henry Purcell's only opera
Castrati often came from rich house holds where families had given consent, in hopes that their sons would be among the
Highest paid performers of the day. Generally poor households
The texture of recitative is
Homophonic
A soloists, musicians were expected to
Improvise and embellish the parts written for them
Define program music
Instrumental work that associated with a story, or event or idea.
Opera
Is a drama that is sung from beginning to end and based upon mythical texts
The Baroque Era ends with the death of
Johann Sebastian Bach
Vivaldi had a gift for melody
Master of melody, string technique, composer fo concerti and "Gloria"
Singing many notes per one syllable is called a
Melisma
An opera aria is a song for a
Soloist with Bass accompaniment (Orchestra accompaniment)
A performer in the baroque period with great shill and confidence is called a
The Virtuoso
The arts become more available to the public during the baroque. ( True or False)
True
Describe Ornamentation
Typically, added notes that are not essential to carry the overall line of the melody, but serve instead to decorate or "ornament" that line, provide added interest and variety, and give the performer the opportunity to add expressiveness to a song or piece
Describe Baroque opera audience
Unruly, and uneducated
Castrati possesses the high range of a
Women's voice and physical power of a Man's voice
A cantata was written for
Worship, the Lutheran worship service, it serves as the musical sermon.
The composer is the
Writer of the Music for an opera