Composers
Red haired priest who wrote La Primavera, in celebration of all four seasons.
Vivaldi
Catholic service music
Mass
Sounds fairly complete, but is part of a larger composition
Movement
Imitates rhythms & pitch fluctuations of speech
Recitative
Famous for his 2.5 hour oratorio in 53 movements, celebrating Easter and Christmas.
Handel
Lutheran service music
Cantata
Drama sung to orchestral accompaniment
Opera
Song for solo voice
Aria
The Margrave of Brandenburg requested of this chap to write specifically so he could show off his new harpsichord.
Bach
Big concerto with multiple soloists
Concerto Grosso
One main melody with chordal accompaniment
Homophony
Whether sung or played
Voices
Strove to create unprecedented passion in his operas.
Monteverdi
Consists of a subject, answer and counter-subject
Fugue
Interest in chords which gave prominence to the base part, usually played by a harpsichord
Basso Continuo
Highest female voice
Soprano
A master of the fugue style of writing demonstrated by his "Little Organ Fugue in G Minor."
Bach
Italian word for "work," it is secular - a fusion of music, drama, visual arts and dance
Opera
Main theme as in a fugue
Lowest male voice
Bass