Baroque Composers
Italian composer who was also an ordained Priest. Most famous composition is The Four Seasons.
Vivaldi
List the seven roles of Baroque opera.
Composer, Librettist, Stage Director, Vocalists, Instrumentalists, Dancers, Supers/Extras
The "librettist" composes the music for opera.
False. What DO they do?
What is this clip from? Describe the virtuosity of this work.
Dido and Aeneas. Not virtuosic! it was written for a girls' private school, and does not require virtuosic skill.
Define "recitative".
A vocal technique in which the singer imitates patterns of speech.
German composer wrote music at an extraordinary rate. Wrote in all forms except opera. He was not famous during his lifetime, but gained fame in the mid-1800s. Worked at 4 churches in Leipzig.
Bach
Comic opera with a light-hearted storyline that often have happy endings.
Opera buffa
An oratorio is similar to an opera, except an oratorio is not staged and it is always sacred.
What is a single piece of vocal music used for congregational singing in religious services that is easy to sing and remember (Bach wrote many of these!)
Chorale
Italian composer from the early Baroque who wrote what is considered to be the first great opera, Orfeo.
Monteverdi
Operas with serious content and plots. They often end in tragedy.
Opera seria
The Baroque period is known as "The Age of Decline".
False. What is it actually known as?
What is the name of this piece? Who composed it? And is it from an opera, oratorio, or cantata?
Hallelujah Chorus, Handel, oratorio (The Messiah)
What does "Baroque" mean?
Irregularly-shaped pearl
Master of Italian opera and English oratorio. He was originally from Germany, but also lived in Italy and England. His most famous works are his oratorios, the most renowned being The Messiah.
Handel
Orfeo
A composition in several movements for one to eight instruments is a concerto.
Who composed this fugal work? What instrument do you hear?
Bach (Little Fugue in G Minor), organ
What is a polyphonic composition based on one central theme, called a "subject" or "theme".
Considered the greatest English composer from the 16th-18th centuries. He was a choirboy in the royal chapel and worked for the British court at 18. he is buried under the organ at Westminster Abbey. Composer of Dido and Aeneas.
Purcell
The subject matter for most Baroque opera is taken from...
Greek mythology
True
The title of this piece is "Jauchzet, frohlocket" and it is from Bach's Christmas oratorio. What language is this in?
German
A male singer who could sing high for the entirety of his career.