Genres
This genre includes secular, staged musical dramas in which actors portray characters on stage and all the music is sung throughout.
Opera
This country marks the birthplace of both Bach and Handel.
Germany
This instrument uses air that moves through pipes to create sound.
Organ
This type of person writes music for a living.
Composer
A style of music
Genre
This genre includes sacred, polyphonic works that were used in Lutheran church services.
Cantata
Both Bach and Handel were born on this year.
1685
This instrument uses a jack to pluck the strings.
Harpsichord
This texture is defined by multiple musical lines at once.
Polyphony (Polyphonic)
The Baroque Era ended on this year, which also marked Bach's death.
1750
This contrapuntal genre, associated with Bach, introduces subjects one at a time and develops them throughout the piece.
Between his two wives, Bach had this many children.
Twenty
This very quiet instrument, housed in a small wooden box, is the earliest keyboard instrument.
Clavichord
This is the highest form of something.
Epitome
During the Baroque era, sacred and secular music became much more similar because these were now allowed in church.
Instruments
Handel wrote 12 of these non-staged, sacred musical dramas based on Bible stories.
Oratorio
Handel became a citizen of this country in the latter half of his life.
England/Britain
These rows of keyboards are meant to be played with the hands.
Manuals
DAILY DOUBLE
This word describes someone who is incredibly talented on an instrument.
Virtuoso
These row of keyboards are meant to be played with the feet.
Pedals
This is the name for a vocal solo with orchestral accompaniment in an opera.
Aria
After Bach was orphaned, this family member raised him and taught him keyboard technique.
Johann Cristoph (Brother)
These knobs are pushed or pulled in order to change the sound of the organ.
Stops
This kind of person pays artists or musicians to create for them.
Patron
Handel's most famous Oratorio