Composer
Known as the Red Priest, because of his vocation and hair color, this virtuoso taught violin at the Pio Ospedale della Pietà orphanage in Venice.
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
Translated as "flawed pearl," it describes a period of art and music marked by elaborate ornamentation.
What is "baroque?"
Next to the Four Seasons, this is one of the most influential pieces from the Baroque Period. Where would you hear it performed?
What is a wedding?
Some examples would be allemande, gavotte, minuet, and bourrée.
What is dance?
He had 20 children between his 2 wives, but only 10 survived and a few became famous composers.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
Born in 1685, this composer is considered the father of the Baroque Period.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
Opera was more popular in Germany and France. Opera was not popular in England but this work changed the perception in England. It is known to be the first opera written and performed in English. Name the opera and the composer.
What is Dido and Aeneas and Purcell?
This is a prime example of program work, where the music evokes a musical narrative, say about the weather.
What is The Four Seasons?
A dramatic theatrical art form featuring singing, acting, and music, with a narrative text.
What is opera?
The London Symphony Orchestra was booked to travel on this ship's maiden voyage, but they changed boats at the last minute.
What is the Titanic?
Born the same year as JS Bach, this German composer moved to London and achieived great success, working for Queen Anne in 1712.
Who is George Frideric Handel?
This country received it's independence the same year that Mozart wrote the Serenade No. 6 (K. 239), also known as "Serenata Notturna," and the Haffner Serenade (K. 250), along with Piano Concertos Nos. 6 (K. 238), 7 (K. 242), and 8 (K. 246) in 1776.
What is the United States of America?
A tragic opera which contains the famous aria, "When I am laid in earth," sung by a mezzo-soprano.
What is Dido and Aeneas?
A large-scale musical work for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra, often with a religious narrative, but not staged like an opera. An example would be Handel's Messiah or Haydn's Creation.
What is an oratorio?
This New Jersey Native Rock legend lived with his wife and children in their Middletown Mansion.
Who is Jon Bon Jovi?
This Italian composer's keyboard influence on the Classical period was his mark in the Baroque Music Period.
Who is Domenico Scarlatti?
One of the most prominent keyboard instruments in the Baroque period.
What is the harpsichord?
Although this major work is traditionally performed during the Christmas Season, it celebrates Christ's Resurrection from the Dead.
What is Handel's Messiah?
A contrapuntal composition where a short melody (the subject) is introduced and then imitated in different voices. Bach wrote a very famous one for organ.
What is a fugue?
This single instrument is made from over 70 pieces of wood.
What is a violin?
Although he wanted to be a musician, his family discouraged him, so he went to Law School, but musical endeavors took over. He was self-taught and eventually ended up as the music director in Hamburg and eventually the Hamburg Opera. He turned down an organist position at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig which was given to JS. Bach.
Who is Georg Philipp Telemann?
This Italian Baroque composed his 'cat fugue' after his cat, Pulcinella, walked across his keyboard.
Who is Scarlatti?
Bach wrote these 6 pieces for a large group of soloists along with a small orchestra for Christian Ludwig, the younger brother of King Frederik I, King of Prussia.
What are the Brandenburg Concertos?
Elaborate embellishments found in Baroque music.
What is ornamentation?
This popular pastime adopted from the Japanese, comes from a phrase meaning 'empty orchestra'.
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