Baroque Composers
This composer wrote the Messiah
Who is Handel
Baroque music is described as
What is fancy or embellished
This is a solo for voice in opera
What is an Aria
This is a large scale work for chorus set to biblical text
What is Oratorio
These are the years Baroque music was popular
What is 1600-1750
This composer had 20 children
Who is Bach
This music is dance like
What is a suite
This is the text of an opera
What is the Libretto
This is a bass characteristic of Baroque music
What is Basso Continuo
This is the orchestral music played before the curtain rises
What is the Overture
This composer was the first composer to compose operatic masterpieces
Who is Monteverdi
This is music that is unaccompanied
What is Acapella music
This is a vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech in opera
What is Recitative
These are the three main keyboards in Baroque music
What is the organ, clavichord, and harpsichord
Two music giants of the Baroque Period
Who are Handel and Bach
This composer was known for his Preludes & Fugues, Bradenburg Concertos and Passions.
Who is J.S. Bach
This music has a subject, answer and episodes
What is a Fugue
This is the birth place of opera
What is Italy
This was a piece based on the crucifixion of Christ
What is Passion
This is a rapid alteration of 2 or more tones played a whole to half step apart
What is a trill
This composers nickname was "The Red Priest"
Who is Vivaldi
This music is a play set to music and sung to orchestral accompaniment
What is Opera
Baroque Opera based on noble, historical, or mythological subjects and focused on vocal virtuosity
What is Opera Seria (Serious Opera)
This is the main theme of a Fugue
What is Subject
Name 3 voice categories of Baroque Opera
What is Coloratura Soprano, Lyric Soprano, Dramatic Soprano, Lyric Tenor, Dramatic Tenor, Basso Buffo Basso, Profundo Basso