Baroque Period

Composers

100

____ was a German late baroque composer who was an organist and violinist

Bach

200

____ was a late baroque italian composer and violinist. He taugh music at a girls orphanage in Venice

Vivaldi

300

_____ was a German late baroque composer who was not born into a music family and his father wanted him to be a lawyer.

Handel

Period

100

1680-1750 is considered what part of the baroque period?

Late

200

1600-1640 is considered what part of the baroque period?

Early

300

1640 - 1680 is considered what part of the baroque period?

Middle

Opera Jobs

100

Text in Opera is called...

Libretto

200

____ gives cues to singers

Prompter

300

Groups of actors playing crowd parts

Chorus

Opera Facts

100

Opera can be serious, comic, or...

both

200

Volumes are constant with abrupt changes called...

Terraced Dynamics

300

____ was the first large-scale (great) opera

Orfeo

Opera Music

100

Instrumentals that open opera acts is called...

Prelude or Overture

200

___ expresses emotion, usually a showcase vehicle for the singer

Aria

300

___ presents plot material

Recitative