Composers
composed Messiah.
Who was G. F. Handel?
This genre was the polyphony of the early Middle Ages with a tenor voice of original chant held on long tones and upper voices with many other melodies.
What is organum
What is "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah, G.F. Handel
The two lowest sounding registers of the choir, typically sung by adult male singers.
What are Tenor and Bass?
This instrument is a conical bore, double-reed woodwind instrument made in Europe from the 12th century to the present day. It achieved its peak of popularity during the medieval and Renaissance periods, after which it was gradually eclipsed by the oboe family.
What is the shawm?
His career as a performer and composer was spent in the Italian cities of Cremona, Mantua, and Venice. He wrote Orfeo.
Who was Monteverdi
a polyphonic composition for choir setting a religious, devotional, or solemn text, often sung a cappella
What is a motet?
This type of vocal music was intended for entertainment as well as spiritual edification, makes no use of acting, costumes, or staging.
What is oratorio?
When the flute acts as a soloist and performs with the Baroque orchestra as the accompaniment component.
What is a flute concerto?
This composer, who was born and raised in Venice, was also an ordained priest as well as a virtuoso violinist. During his career he was engaged to teach music for a girl’s orphanage, the Hospice of Mercy, and wrote many solo concertos for the all-female orchestra.
A piece for solo instrument that is accompanied by a basso continuo.
What is solo sonata?
What is "Spring" Violin Concerto in E Major by Antonio Vivaldi
This musically heightened speech that relates the action or dramatic narrative. The text is usually in prose rather than poetic meter and the musical setting mirrors the natural rhythms of everyday speech.
What is recitative?
In Baroque music, an accompanying part that includes a bassline and harmonies, typically played on a keyboard instrument and with one or two other instruments such as cello or lute.
What is the basso continuo?
He learned to compose music by studying the works of Vivaldi, Pachelbel, and Palestrina. He also learned to play the organ, in part by emulating others, and soon became the most renowned organ virtuoso in Germany.
Who was Johann Sebastian Bach?
A social genre of music, sung in some vernacular (non-Latin) language that frequently emphasizes the meaning of the poetry at any given moment
What is madrigal?
This piece was composed to commemorate an important military victory by the army of Henry V during the Hundred Years’ War. It exemplifies Troubadour music of the Renaissance era.
What is "Agincourt carol" by Anonymous?
A French instrumental type of Baroque music where typically each movement was composed in binary form. This music was mainly for listening pleasure although that is contrary to its name.
What is dance suite?
This composer began his career with the primary goal of composing operas, was employed in the homes of the aristocracy, became financially successful during his life, and after his death became a national institution in his adopted country.
Who was Handel?
This Baroque genre opens with a section called the “exposition”
What is fugue?
What is Brandenberg Concerto 5, no. 1 Allegro (concerto grosso) by J. S. Bach
Sung text in poetic meter, with an elaborate vocal setting that features word repetition and melismatic extension, accompanied by orchestra, who's purpose is to convey the character’s emotional state.
What is Aria?
This family of instruments dominated the first orchestras during the Baroque period.
What is the String family?