Renaissance Era
A _____________ is an Italian love poem set in polyphony for 4+ voices.
madrigal
The __________ ___________ _______________ was a metric, rhymed French translation of a psalm sung to newly composed music.
Calvinist metrical psalm
____________ had sacred topics, no characters or costumes, and were religious reflections.
Oratorios
Sonatas, symphonies, and concertos are all in __________ form.
ternary
A _________ is a German art song sung in an operatic style with the text of a poem. The piano accompaniment plays an equal role to the voice in telling the story.
The _____________ ______________ invented opera.
Florentine Camerata
__________ _________ was polyphony in a Catholic style, but with the text in English.
Anglican polyphony
A __________ is a solo keyboard piece in which voices imitate each other when they enter.
fugue
What is the main difference between a sonata and a concerto?
A sonata is for either a solo or a trio, with no other instruments involved. A concerto is for either a solo or a trio, with a full orchestra functioning as a background.
________ _______ is music that tells a story.
Program music
Humanists wanted to revive ancient learning, especially the ________ and the___________.
trivium and quadrivium
Martin Luther believed that religious authority comes from scripture alone (sola scriptura). He believed that salvation comes by_________ ____.
Faith alone (sola fides)
Ballet and the first use of the overture.
_________ __________ is an opera with a serious or tragic topic, usually involving a death and/or some moral quandary.
Opera seria
Please summarize the plot of each movement of Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique.
Movement 1: He falls in love.
Movement 2: He confesses his love to the girl, she rejects him, and then she dies.
Movement 3: He is depressed and then goes on a criminal rampage.
Movement 4: "The March to the Scaffold;" the French police chase him down and execute him by guillotine.
Movement 5: "The Witches' Sabbath;" Many and sundry evil creatures dance on his grave, including the ghost/reanimated corpse of his dead lover.
Patrons helped composers through__________. Composers helped patrons by__________.
1. composing music dedicated to them, thereby making them famous
2. funding them
The ____________ _______________ was a metric, rhymed German poem sung in unison without harmony or accompaniment.
Lutheran chorale
__________ was a bass line with harpsichord and cello that was always under the melody.
Basso continuo
A _________ __________ is an opera with both serious and comedic qualities, so it cannot be classified as purely serious or purely comedic.
problem opera
The composers Giuseppe Verdi, Georges Bizet, and Richard Wagner were all well known for what kind of music, from which country
Verdi: Italian opera
Bizet: French opera
Wagner: German opera
A __________ is an English or Latin poem about Christmas or the Virgin Mary for 2-3 parts.
carol
Palestrina saved Catholic polyphony by...
Accentuating words correctly; making them understandable
The three types of Baroque concertos were:
Solo concerto, concerto grosso, orchestral concerto
The sections of ternary form, in order, were:
Exposition, Development, Recapitulation
____________________ is a "total-work of art," involving an "inner aspect" (a character's thoughts, conveyed by the instruments) and an "outer aspect" (a character's words, conveyed by the sung words).
Gesamtkunstwerk