Opera
This composer is extremely well known for his work with the genre of opera.
Who is Mozart?
With this invention, copies of scriptures and hymns became available to the masses.
What is the printing press (or Gutenberg Press)?
Madrigals originated in this country.
What is Italy?
What is form?
This condition caused Beethoven to feel intense despair and social alienation.
What is deafness?
This type of solo singing features a metered accompaniment part, emotional lyrics, and a contoured melodic line.
What is an aria?
This composer devoted his career to the music of the Catholic Church, serving as music director at St. Peter's Cathedral and composing 450 sacred works.
Who is Giovanni Pieruigi da Palestrina?
This sacred genre is by definition monophonic, but scholars suspect that medieval performers sometimes added musical lines to the texture, likely drones.
What is chant?
The form of "Missa Papae Marcelli"
What is through-composed form?
Antonio Vivaldi was born in this country
What is Italy?
This compositional technique of singing multiple pitches on one syllable of text is a staple of many arias, contributing to it's virtuosic and impressive nature.
What are melismas?
This famous Renaissance work reflects the ideals of the Council of Trent.
What is "Missa Papae Marcelli"?
It originally referred to any instrumental music. Now it refers to a multi-movement work for one to two instruments with continuo.
What is a sonata?
As its name suggests, this form indicates a returning or a refrain played by the full orchestra.
What is ritornello?
Haydn had a nearly 30 year relationship working for this family
Who are the Esterhazys?
This specific term describes the texture of a recitative.
What is homophonic?
"A Mighty Fortress is Our God" was written originally written in this language to promote the participation of the congregation.
What is German?
Many of these types of pieces utilized the text "fa la" to fill the gaps in the melody or to possibly cover risque or illicit connotations.
What are madrigals?
Compositional techniques such as augmentation, diminution, and inversion can often be found in this part of a fugue
What is the development?
This composer wrote "As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill Descending"
Who is Thomas Weelkes?
This group of people was responsible for the creation of Baroque opera.
Who is the Florentine Camerata?
As a result of the Protestant Reformation, congregations began singing these types songs, featuring a strophic form and conjunct melodies.
What are hymns?
The word for this important instrumental genre comes from the Latin and Italian root concertare, which has connotations of both competition and cooperation.
What is concerto?
The main difference between the exposition and this section of sonata form, is that the later stays in the home key.
What is the recapitulation?
This composer was the first in Western Europe to supervise the copying of their music.
Who is Hildegard von Bingen?