Baroque History
What texture was used in the early Baroque period?
Homophony
ABA
Ternary
Women could not be directors or instrumentalists, but they often achieved fame as this.
singers/composers
What was the name of the first Opera?
Orfeo
What is the Texture of a fugue
Polyphonic
What texture was used in the late baroque period?
polyphony
AABB; ABB; AAB; AB
Binary
this is a Bass instrument and a Keyboard instrument
Basso Continuo
Who wrote the First Opera?
Monteverdi
What is the main theme called?
Subject
What are the names of the two key baroque composers?
Bach and Handel
A Drama set to orchestra
Opera
This is a form of music just like the Opera but without the theatrics and about a religious text.
Oratorio
This is the solo song that represents plot materal
Recitative
What is repeated material that doesn't happen at the beginning called?
countersubject?
this is when a piece of music expresses one mood throughout the piece.
Unity of Mood
ABACABA; ABACADACABA
Rondo
The Chorale and the Cantata were both related to this religion.
This is the solo song that expresses emotion.
Aria
What is the music after the subject?
Answer
The opening melody was often heard over and over again in a process called __________
imitation
A form which contrasts a soloist and the Tutti
Concerto Grosso
Why do people stand at the End of the Messiah
The King Stood
What is the name for the person who writes the text in an opera?
Librettist
What is it called when the composer writes whatever they want in a fugue?
an episode