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