Terms
A staged drama that is mostly sung with an orchestra as accompaniment.
What is an opera?
A short piece usually serving to introduce a fugue or other composition.
What is a prelude?
This composer had 20 children, changed the tuning for pianos, as well as gave us a set of rules that would govern all compositions for the rest of time.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
Music with multiple lines which move independently of one another, often referring in a blurry effect in the sound
What is Polyphony
This warrior nun was a composer, poet, and philosopher. She was also pretty good with a sword.
Who was Hildegarde?
What is a concerto?
Vocal line in an opera, oratorio, or cantata that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech.
What is a recitative?
This composer wrote the Hallelujah Chorus.
Who is George Frederic Handel?
Strings for violins at this time were not made from metal. They were made of this material.
What is intestine?
The most common type of chant from the Medieval time. We wrote one of our own.
What is Gregorian Chant?
A musical work involving an orchestra and singers, usually telling a story based on a sacred text or theme.
What is an oratorio?
The text of an opera.
What is a libretto?
This composer wrote the Brandenberg Concertos.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
The German Church that most large works were written for at this time. (Hint: It's someone's last name)
Lutheran
Music not played in church during the Middle-Ages was played for one purpose at parties. This activity is was a fun social activity.
What is dancing?
Baroque comes from a Portugese term meaning "irregularly shaped ___________."
What is a pearl?
The person who writes the text of an opera.
What is a librettist?
This composer wrote the first great operatic work.
Who is Claudio Monteverdi?
This singer (name the voice part) in opera was often fought over by a tenor and bass, and usually died at the end of the opera.
This is how many vocal lines chant usually has.
What is one?
What is an aria?
Music for a small group of soloists and orchestra, a multi-movement work (usually 3 movements)
This composer wrote the Four Seasons.
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
Composer Lully died after conducting a piece of his own music by stabbing himself with his staff. Where did he stab himself?
What is his foot?
Of your two teachers, this one is older.