Speech-like singing in opera that is accompanied by the basso continuo.
What is secco recitative?
100
The overlapping of voices in a fugue.
What is stretto?
100
An English genre that combines vocal and instrumental music with poetry and dance.
What is Masque?
200
A large scale secular vocal composition performed by solo voices, chorus and orchestra, and set to a religious narrative text.
What is an oratorio?
200
An English composer who wrote one of the finest operas in the English language and is buried underneath the organ at Westminster Abbey?
Who is Purcell?
200
A recurring passage (refrain-like) played by the orchestra in the concerto grosso.
What is ritornello?
200
Handel's most famous oratorio that has no plot.
What is Messiah?
200
Literally meaning "a piece that was sung" and derived from the Italian word "cantare" which means to sing it is a composition for vocalists, chorus and instrumentalists based on a lyric or dramatic poetic narrative.
What is a cantata?
300
A polyphonic composition based on 1 main theme or subject based on imitation.
What is a fugue?
300
A composer who had 20 children, was the cantor of St. Thomas Church and his death marked the end of the Baroque era.
Who is J.S. Bach?
300
The small group of soloists in the concerto grosso.
What is a concertino?
300
The sudden shifting of dynamics from loud to soft.
What is terraced dynamics?
300
A genre that is based on two opposing groups (concertino and ripieno) and is derived from the word concertare which means to contend with.
What is a concerto grosso?
400
Literally meaning "work," a large-scale drama set to music that includes acting, poetry, scenery, costumes and orchestra.
What is an opera?
400
The Baroque composer who is most famous for his oratorio "Messiah."
Who is Handel?
400
An introductory movement for opera.
What is an overture?
400
The text of an opera.
What is a libretto?
400
A bass melody that contains numerals (figures) to indicate the implied harmony.
What is figured bass?
500
A composition for solo instrument and orchestra.
What is a solo concerto?
500
Known as the red-headed priest.
Who is Vivaldi?
500
A repeating melody in the bass.
What is ground bass/basso ostinato?
500
The Baroque practice of one mood per movement.
What is Doctrine of Affections?
500
Italian for continuous bass; refers to a bass melody with harmony and requires at least two instruments (melody and chordal) to perform.