Musical Forms 1
A drama that is sung to an orchestral accompaniment with staging and scenery.
What is an Opera?
A large-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra, with no acting or costumes.
What is an Oratorio?
The intellectual and philosophical movement of the 17th and 18th centuries.
What is the Age of Enlightenment?
Composer of the famous oratorio, “The Messiah.”
Who is George Friedrich Handel?
The musical technique of repeating an idea at different times in different voices.
What is imitation?
A composition for several instrumental soloists and a small orchestra.
What is a Concerto Grosso?
Melodic vocal solos with instrumental accompaniment.
What are Arias?
The texture of early baroque music.
A collection of four concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, each representing a season..
What is The Four Seasons?
A musical technique that emphasizes the meaning of words through sound.
What is word painting?
A single piece of vocal music, also known as a hymn tune, used for religious services.
What is a Chorale?
Vocal pieces for two voices and instrumental accompaniment.
What are Duets?
A male singer castrated before puberty to preserve a high vocal range.
What is a castrato?
Composed the first great opera, Orfeo.
Who is Claudio Monteverdi?
Singing a single syllable over several notes.
What is melisma?
Comic operas with a light-hearted storyline that often have happy endings.
What is Opera Buffa?
Singing that matches the flow of spoken word.
What is Recitative?
The composer who performed Bachs St. Matthew’s passion, bringing newfound fame into this almost lost music.
Who is Felix Mendelssohn?
A German composer who was not famous during his lifetime but gained recognition later.
Who is Sebastian Bach?
Sudden shifts in dynamics, moving abruptly from soft to loud.
What are terraced dynamics?
A musical work for one or more voices with instrumental accompaniment, not staged and with no scenery.
What is a Cantata?
A composition in several movements for one to eight instrument.
What is the sonata?
The primary areas of employment for musicians during the Baroque period.
What is Aristocratic courts, the church, and opera houses?
An English composer who mastered all musical forms popular in the late 17th century.
Who was Henry Purcell?
Operas with serious content and plots that often end in tragedy.