Ch 13
What is the term for an English round or canon whose text is funny or ribald?
a catch
What were the name for the Italian state-run institutions wherein women learned to play musical instruments?
ospedali
What was the name of the collection of 45 chorale preludes written by Bach?
Orgelbuchlein
This is the term for the way one writes for a particular instrument based on its strengths and weaknesses.
Idiomatic
What were the three main benefits to being a Diva?
power over the composer
power over the impresario
enormous fees
Two nicknames for Louis XIV were: "Dieudonne" (godgiven) and...
The Sun King
Which composer was known for his use of 'perpetual motion?'
Bach
Oratorios use choruses. Which composer made the biggest deal out of his choruses in his oratorios?
Handel
What is the term for the section of French opera which contains dance, chorus, and solo singing, and is often only loosely related to the plot of the opera?
divertissement
An instrumental section of a concerto that returns in whole or in part multiple times in a given movement.
ritornello
Who is said to have founded the theory of tonal music?
Rameau
Who was the mid-Baroque composer who established the da capo aria form so that Handel could later blow it up?
Scarlatti
An instrumental section in a da capo aria is called a...
ritornello
What are three ways to describe Vivaldi's music?
•Spontaneity
•Clear formal structure
•Driving harmony
•Varied texture
•Forceful rhythm
•Striking contrast (solo vs. tutti)
•Dominant presence of soloist
The quick figures in French keyboard which sound like ornaments but are actually written out are called....
tirades
Which composer used madrigalisms in his keyboard works?
Bach
What is the name for the businessman who manages and oversees the production of Italian operas?
The impresario
Name the THREE types of large-scale religious vocal music Bach wrote.
cantatas, passions, a mass
Who were the two major composers whose KEYBOARD works we studied in this chapter?
Couperin & Bach
Name the five composers whose operas we studied in this unit.
Rameau Handel