If it ain't Baroque...
This texture is common in Medieval chant.
What is monophonic?
Two of the most important composers of the classical era
Who are Mozart and Haydn?
The era in which composers started composers operas
What is the baroque era?
Many pitches/notes sung on one word.
This oratorio told the story of the life of Jesus Christ, but is popular around Christmastime.
What is Handel's Messiah?
Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
The speaking part/declamation in an opera/oratorio
what is a recitative?
Bach based a piece on a chorale by this composer.
Who is Martin Luther?
In Western art music, this can have a major or minor quality.
What is a scale?
This composer wrote "When I am Laid in Earth."
Who is Henry Purcell?
This composer wrote many hits such as "Sumer is icumin in."
Who is anonymous?
Unlike the genre of Opera, this genre doesn't have staging, set designs, or costume design and sacred subjects.
What is an oratorio?
This work features two violin soloists accompanied by the orchestra
What is a double concerto?
This element of music is the organization of strong and weak beats.
What is meter?
This recitative in Handel's Messiah can be described as both accompanied and simple.
What is "There were shepherds abiding in the fields."
The name of the polyphonic Madrigal by Monteverdi
What is 'Io mi son giovinetta'?
The meter for minuet and trio
what is triple metre?
What are subject, episode, and answer?
This is the organization of a piece of music
What is form?
These are three examples of movements found in a baroque dance suite.
What is Minuet, sarabande, and gigue?
This English composer also played the lute.
Who is John Dowland?
A theme from this piece is used in the German national anthem.
What is the Emperor String Quartet?
This selection on your listening list is the "wild card" movement of a Bach dance suite.
What is the "Badinerie?"
This is the scale degree associated with the fifth note of a scale.
What is the dominant?
The genre is similar to oratorio in many ways but composed of secular subjects
What is a cantata?