Composers
____ was a German late baroque composer who was an organist and violinist
Bach
1680-1750 is considered what part of the baroque period?
Late
Text in Opera is called...
Libretto
Opera can be serious, comic, or...
both
Instrumentals that open opera acts is called...
Prelude or Overture
____ was a late baroque italian composer and violinist. He taugh music at a girls orphanage in Venice
Vivaldi
1600-1640 is considered what part of the baroque period?
Early
____ gives cues to singers
Prompter
Volumes are constant with abrupt changes called...
Terraced Dynamics
___ expresses emotion, usually a showcase vehicle for the singer
Aria
_____ was a German late baroque composer who was not born into a music family and his father wanted him to be a lawyer.
Handel
1640 - 1680 is considered what part of the baroque period?
Middle
Groups of actors playing crowd parts
Chorus
____ was the first large-scale (great) opera
Orfeo
___ presents plot material
Recitative