Opera
This large scale drama that is sung originated in this country.
What is Italy?
This genre sounds like an opera but doesn't look like one.
What is an oratorio?
This thematic development device presents a melody upside down.
What is inversion?
This genre features a solo instrument versus a group.
What is a solo concerto?
This composer dedicated his life to perfecting Equal Temperament by writing fugues in every key.
Who is J.S. Bach?
This musical declamation provides necessary information to the listener.
What is recitative?
The Lutherans included this genre in their worship.
What is the cantata?
This thematic development device presents the melody upside down and backwards.
This genre pits a small group against a larger group.
What is a concerto grosso?
This "Father of Opera" represented the height of the Florentine Camerata's artistic maturity.
Who is Claudio Monteverdi?
This lyrical outburst gives the singer a chance to express their emotions.
What is an aria?
This genre uses rounded bar form in its structure.
What is the cantata?
Handel wrote this work to accompany King Charles II's boat party.
What is Water Music?
This composer, known as the "Red Priest," wrote over 500 concertos, most for his own instrument, the violin.
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
This composer had an international influence, composing in Germany, France, Italy, and England.
Who is George Friedrich Handel?
This purely instrumental section of an opera typically follows a fast-slow-fast structure.
What is the overture?
This genre was created by Handel, partly to get around Puritan censorship.
What is the oratorio?
This genre gets its variety from international dances.
What is the suite?
This genre proved that word painting could apply to instrumental music, too.
What is program music?
This composer had more secular music in print than any other composer of the era.
Who is Barbara Strozzi?
This "little book" provides all of the text for the singers.
What is the libretto?
This musical element unifies the canata, appearing in the first, last, and middle works.
What is a chorale?
This thematic device features overlapping statements, usually near the end of the work.
What is stretto?
This unifying musical figure that frequently appears in concertos to "check in."
What is a ritornello?
The greatest opera composer in France died due to gangrene of the foot after a ballet accident.
Who is Jean Baptiste Lully?