Baroque: Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
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Act 3 Final Scene "Dido's Lament" Aria "When I am laid in Earth" ground bass pattern is __ measures and repeats ____ times
g min
Act 3 Final Scene "Dido's Lament" Aria "When I am laid in Earth" key
3/2
Act 3 Final Scene "Dido's Lament" Aria "When I am laid in Earth" time signature
ground bass
Act 3 Final Scene "Dido's Lament" Aria "When I am laid in Earth" uses
descending melisma on "laid in earth"
Act 3 Final Scene "Dido's Lament" Aria "When I am laid in Earth" wording painting
poignant eulogy
Act 3 Final Scene "Dido's Lament" Chorus "With drooping wings" is a
contemplative
Act 3 Final Scene "Dido's Lament" Chorus "With drooping wings" makes the conclusion of the work
death
Act 3 Final Scene "Dido's Lament" Recitative "Thy hand, Belinda" chromaticism on
recitativo secco
Act 3 Final Scene "Dido's Lament" Recitative "Thy hand, Belinda" is this type of recitative
c min
Act 3 Final Scene "Dido's Lament" Recitative "Thy hand, Belinda" key
darkness
Act 3 Final Scene "Dido's Lament" Recitative "Thy hand, Belinda" melisma on
descending vocal line
Act 3 Final Scene "Dido's Lament" Recitative "Thy hand, Belinda" uses word painting this way to symbolize death and grief
Trojan Prince, Founder of Rome
Aeneas role
Baritone
Aeneas voice type
Dido's lady
Belinda role
soprano
Belinda voice type
Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas Composer
1689
Dido and Aeneas first performance
English opera
Dido and Aeneas genre
Nahum Tate
Dido and Aeneas librettist
Josias Priest's School for Girls
Dido and Aeneas originally written by students of
epic Aeneid
Dido and Aeneas source of plot:
dynamic string writing, French overture, lyricism
Dido and Aeneas uses all elements from the Italian, English, and French style. Name these 3 elements
kills herself
Dido does this in the final scene
Queen of Carthage
Dido role
Soprano
Dido voice type
mezzo soprano
Sorceress voice type
