Early Baroque Opera
The name of the academy of artists, musicians, and scholars that met at the home of Count Bardi
What is the Florentine Camerata?
The composer who held a virtual monopoly on all operatic compositions in the 17th century
Who is Jean Baptiste Lully?
Term used to describe a improvisational "touch piece"
What is toccata?
Keyboard style derived from lute playing that consists of playing the melody "broken up"
What is Style brisé
The city in which Bach held his first professional post
What is an Arnstadt?
The term applied to all solo singing with instrumental accompaniment in the late 16th and early 17th centuries
What is Monody?
Of the two sections of a French Overture, this section contains faster fugal passages.
What is the second section?
Term used to describe a fugue-like imitative keyboard work
What is Ricercare?
The form of most movements of a dance suite
What is binary?
The city in which Bach composed most of his Cantatas
What is the Leipzig?
Term used to describe the repeated descending line in "Dido's Lament" that serves as the main organizing force in the aria.
What is Ground Bass?
the french word for brief ornaments
What is agréments?
Type of composition for two treble voices and a basso continuo
What is a Trio Sonata?
The French name for the harpsichord
What is clavecin?
This composer's violin compositions were a major influence on the keyboard works of Bach
Who was Vivaldi?
Composer who spent 30 years as the maestro di capella at St. Mark's in Venice
Who is Claudio Monteverdi?
Section of extended episodes of dances, songs, and chorus found at the middle of each act of a Lully opera
What is a divertissement?
Composer known for his violin sonatas and trio sonatas
Who is Arcangelo Corelli?
Composer who performed for King Louis the XIV at age 5
Who is Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre?
He once had an open rehearsal that attracted 12,000 spectators and stopped traffic for 3 hours
Who is Handel?
As the 17th century wore on, this Italian city became the center of opera in Europe
What is Venice?
French performance practice performing straight 8th notes with a lilting, almost swing-like rhythm
What are notes inegales?
Other than Stradivari, one of the other two famous italian violin makers
Who is Guarneri or Amati?
These were used systematically in French instrumental music as a sign of refined taste
What are agréments?
The term that describes brilliant displays of florid ornamentation as found in many Handel arias
What is coloratura?