Name That Tune
This movement from the Catholic Mass
What is the Kyrie?
I was born in Germany, trained in Italy, and made my greatest fame in England
Who is George Friderich Handel?
The quintessential genre of the Renaissance, a through-composed vocal work with an emphasis on witty text painting effects
What is a madrigal?
Since inventing opera at the turn of the 17th Century, this country has embraced the genre more than any other country
What is Italy?
I was known as a visionary convent leader in my lifetime, but today people celebrate my chant compositions.
Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
The term used for this kind of polyphonic writing that began at the Notre Dame Cathedral in France
What is Organum?
I helped to invent staff notation and solfége
Who is Guido of Arezzo?
Due to the nebulous national identities of the Renaissance, many prominent Renaissance composers of continental Europe are categorized by this label
What is Franco-Flemish?
French opera differed from Italian opera in that it usually included these extended episodes at the center of acts, which featured songs choruses, and instrumental dances.
What are divertissements?
I am the oldest known composer by name
Who is Enheduanna?
This vocal genre, which was invented for the new Lutheran church
What is a chorale?
I wrote the earliest surviving opera
Who is Jacopo Peri?
This style of improvised polyphony based on first inversion chords started in England, then became all the rage throughout Europe
What is faburden?
Germany had its own tradition of secular singers similar to the Troubadors and Trouvéres, which went by this name
I was a countess in southeastern France, and the only trobairitz whose music has survived to this day.
Who is Comtessa de Dia?
This style of vocal writing invented for opera in the 17th Century
What is recitative?
J.S. Bach once walked over 200 miles just to see me perform on the organ
Who is Dietrich Buxtehude?
A popular kind of mass setting that reworks all voices of an existing polyphonic work
A popular dance from the New World that uses a repeating chord progression
What is a chaconne? (Chacona)
I was the leading composer of cantatas in the early 17th Century
Who is Barbara Strozzi?
This kind of Medieval secular song popular in Spain
What is a cantiga?
I was the first Spanish playwright, and I wrote many popular villancicos
Who is Juan del Encina?
As Palestrina's music came to be studied by later generations, they assigned this label to his compositional style to distinguish it from the newer techniques of the Baroque Era
What is stile antico?
A Russian equivalent to the sacred concerto, composed without instruments to meet the restrictions of the Russian Orthodox Church
Kontsert
I was perhaps the first operatic diva, thanks to lots of media hype
Who is Anna Renzi?