Jean-Phillippe Rameau
This is how old Rameau was when he wrote his first opera and became famous.
What was 50 years old.
The bass and keyboard are used to play this.
What is basso continuo
This country was made up of powerful city states.
What is Italy?
That was Vivaldi's nickname.
Who was the Red Priest?
The orchestra and one soloist.
What is a solo concerto?
This was Rameau's patron.
Who was Pouplinière?
This is the aesthetics that governs baroque music.
This country was large and centrally controlled. Music was composed in a style that would define the country.
What is France.
That is where Vivaldi worked.
What was the Pio Ospedale della Pietà (The Pious Hospital of Mercy)?
The orchestra and more than one soloist.
What is a concerto grosso?
This was Les goûts réünis.
This is perhaps the most popular genre to continue into the 18th c.
What is opera?
This country imported most of their music.
What is England?
Orphanages were once called this.
What is a conservatory?
This type of concerto uses all the orchestral instruments.
What is an orchestral concerto
These are the two styles that were combined to create a new French musical style.
What are French and Italian?
This is the most common type of aria form in Italian music
What is da capo aria?
These city states were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and imported all styles of music to create their unique style.
What is Germany?
Vivaldi taught these students.
What were girls?
This is what we call the form of a concerto, particularly the first and last movements.
What is ritornello form?
This invention by Rameau changed the face of music theory.
What is the fundamental bass?
You missed one: chains of suspension, imitation, walking bass, and.....
What is a sequence?
During the 18th century, this country "the united style," incorporating the two most dominant styles of the 17th c.
What is France?
Vivaldi wrote all kinds of music, but he is best known for composing these types of muscal works.
What are concerti?
This is a description of the type of musical material the soloists play.
What are main themes from the opening orchestra introduction that are developed, turned into virtuosic passagework, and modulated.