This is the art of creating music spontaneously during a performance, however in Bel Canto opera, it occurs more commonly in ornamentation.
What is Improvisation.
100
The opera Cavalleria Rusticana was written by which verismo composer:
A. Giacomo Puccini
B. Pietro Mascagni
C. Ruggiero Leoncavallo
D. Umberto Giordano
Who is "B" Pietro Mascagni
100
The Baroque era in music history is commonly known to have occurred during which time span:
A. 1750-1830
B. 1830-1910
C. 1600-1750
D. 1690-1770
What is "C" 1600-1750"
100
Fidelio is this prolific composer's only opera.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven.
100
When recitative uses the orchestra it's commonly referred to as...
Accompanied Recitative
200
Who was not considered a Bel Canto composer:
A. Vincenzo Bellini
B. Gartano Donizetti
C. Ludwig van Beethoven
D. Luigi Cherubini
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven
200
The concept of verismo was not only occurring in music in the form of opera, but also in literature, and in this humanities subject...
What is art
200
Which of the following is not a Baroque period opera?
A. Don Giovanni
B. Giulio Cesare
C. Dido and Aeneas
D. The Beggar's Opera
What is "A" Don Giovanni
200
With a lifetime that spanned the Bel Canto and Verismo fads in popular opera this Italian composer wrote over 50 operas that historians have since categorized into three compositional periods: his early - middle - and late operas.
Who is Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901).
200
The classical era of music history was only one branch of a much larger movement that included art, philosophy, and literature.
What is The Age of Enlightenment or The Age of Reason.
300
This Bel Canto composer composed about 40 operas, lived to be 76 years old, but retired from composing in his forties.
Who is Gioacchino Rossini.
300
True or False, in verismo opera, the supernatural, and episodes from Greek Mythology were common plots.
What is FALSE!
300
This comic German opera form was very popular during the classical period.
What is singspiel.
300
Some of this composer's not so famous operas include Daphne, Arabella, and Intermezzo.
Who is Richard Strauss.
300
While his son revolutionized classical era music, this famous composer and teacher left us with an early look at Violin pedagogy with his 1756 treatise "A Treatise on the FUndamental Principles of Violin Playing".
Who is Leopold Mozart
400
A kind of singing that is showy with ornamental passages, and fast runs that indicate florid dexterity.
What is coloratura.
400
Which of the following is considered to be the first verismo opera?
A. Pagliacci
B. Madame Butterfly
C. Edgar
D. Carmen
What is Carmen by Georges Bizet.
400
Popular throughout England during the classical period, this kind of opera was a protest against Italian opera of the time, featuring racy, and often satirical spoken dialect featuring characters often of the lower class and frequently criminals!
What is Ballade Opera.
400
Just as famous as Mozart, this contemporary, not nearly as popular as an opera composer, wrote some 30 operas in contrast to Mozart's 9... His best known Il Mondo della Luna.
Who is Franz Joseph Haydn.
400
Historically used as a practice instrument, the primary mechanism for producing sound in early keyboard happens when a small metal blade called a tangent strikes a brass or iron string.
What is a clavichord.
500
A vocal tone quality characteristic of the style marked by perfect, smooth, even production throughout the rante.
What is Legato
500
In addition to men and women, verismo opera introduces this third group of performers to the chorus...
Who are children.
500
Baroque opera seria is essentially a fifty-fifty split between arias and this type of recitative...
What is secco recitative.
500
This classical era composer refused to write comedic opera, firmly holding on to the serious tones of his Baroque forefathers. One of his most famous operas is Orfeo ed Euridice.
Who is Christoph Willibald Gluck.
500
What are the four operas of Wagner's ring cycle?
What are Das Rhinegold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Gotterdammerung.