Chapter 10
In Monteverdi's Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, he portrayed anger and warlike actions with rapid reiteration of a single note.
This is called... (Italian term)
Concitato genere
What is the Italian term for the divided choirs used in music by composers such as Gabrieli?
cori spezzati
What is the broken/arpeggiated texture in French lute/harpsichord music called?
Style brise
What is the Italian term for the spectacular stage effects in early opera, such as making it appear that a character is being consumed by flames or flying off into the heavens?
Meraviglia
What is the Italian term for a repeated pattern in the bass?
basso ostinato
Name two ways in which oratorio is different from opera.
Religious subject matter
RARELY staged
Narrator (storicus/testo)
Chorus – changing roles
Sometimes Latin
Name an abstract, sectional genre.
Sonata
In which country was organ music most popular?
Germany
Who criticized Monteverdi's 'seconda prattica,' creating a Baroque sized controversy in the music world?
Artusi
What TEXTURE (monophonic, polyphonic, etc.) were the French airs de cour?
Homophonic
A melodic pattern which is repeated at different pitch intervals is called a....
sequence
Name the 3 main TYPES of characters (personnel) found in early Baroque opera.
• Two pairs of lovers
• Wise advisor
• Comic servants
Baroque composers and audiences favored __________. This could be a shift from a fast tempo to a slow tempo. Or a loud, thick section to a softer, thin one.
What oratorio depicted the burnt offering of a daughter in exchange for military victory, using aria, recitative, duet, chorus, and other conventions of the early Baroque?
Historia de Jephte (Carissimi)
Name one of the vocal idioms 'borrowed' by instrumental composers.
basso continuo, Theory of Affections, soloist, virtuosic embellishment, stylistic contrast
What two MAJOR events/ideas were ongoing throughout the Baroque era?
The Scientific Revolution
Colonialism
Francesca Caccini
What was the name of the Lutheran sacred concerto which depicted the origin story of the apostle Paul?
Saul, Saul...
(was verfolgst du mich)
While a sonata da camera (chamber sonata) featured a prelude and stylized dances, what could you expect from a sonata da chiesa (church sonata)?
Abstract movements
Which group is credited with inventing opera?
The Florentine Camerata