Fugues and other happenings
This group of people sought to create the "new music," and looked to ancient greek music dramas for inspiration
What is the Camerata?
This is the definition of an Opera
A large scale drama that is sung
This is why the Baroque period ends in 1750
Why is it because that is the year Bach died?
This piece of music was performed on a boat, and was written as an appology to the composer's old boss
What is Handel's Water Music?
Name the title, compoer and style of music of this piece
Little Fugue, Bach, Fugue
The baroque period was all about extreme these, and I hope they don't hurt your feelins!
What are emotions?
These are the two parts of a baroque opera
What are the Recitative and the Aria?
This is how both Bach and Handel both passed away
What is cataract surgery (by the same doctor!!!!!!!)
The four seasons by Vivaldi is considered this, which depicts real world things through music
What is "Program music"
Name the title, composer and style of this piece
Pur te Miro, Monteverdi, Opera (Aria)
Composers such as Monteverdi thought that music and text should interact in this way
What is the music should heighten the emotional power of the music?
This is the definition of the Recitative
Mimics speech, "talky"
The plot moves forward
Rapid question and answer dialogue
This is the definition of a Cantata
A multi-movement work (usually 5 to 8) consisting of traditional Lutheran Chorales, solo works and recitatives
In the baroque period, there were thesevtwo types of concerto
What are solo concertos and concerto grossos
Name the title, composer and style of this piece
Water music, Handel, Instrumental Suite
This is the definition of a fugue
A contrapunctal composition in which a single theme pervades the entire fabric, entering in one voice and then another
This is the definition of the Aria
More musical, highly emotional in nature
The "big moments" of the opera
Time stops, emotions are explored
This is the definition of an Oratorio
All the parts of an opera, but without acting
This is the small group of a concrto grosso
what is the concertino?
Name the title, composer and style of this piece
The Four Seasons (spring) Vivaldi, Solo Concerto
These are the four ways a fugal melody can be presented
What are prime, inversion, retrograde, and retrograde inversion?
This is the definition of the Overture
What is at the beginning of the opera, played by the orchestra, lays out the main themes audience is about to hear?
This is the year the Messiah was composed
What is 1742
These are the parts of a Baroque instrumental suite, from memory!
What are the overture, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, some other dance, Gigue (jig)?
Name the title, composer and style of this piece
The Hallelujah chorus (from the messiah), Handel, Oratorio