What is a passion? A passion is a special oratorio telling the story of Chrism's crucifixion. What is an oratorio?Ī vocal dramatic work conceived for entertainment based on a religious subject often with a story derived from the Old Testament 27. What is the first significant opera? Monteverdi L'Oreal 6. The bass pattern recurs throughout the piece, supporting the melody and harmonies above it 25. What is the ground bass aria? Composing a piece over a bass station. The first and second sections contrasting in mood, melodic material, and key, are presented then the singer repeats the first section adding vocal embellishments 24. What is a dad capo aria? A form with an ABA design. It resembles sung ordinary speech more than a formal musical composition. It does not repeat lines as formally composed songs do.

What is a recitative? It is a style of delivery much used in operas in which a singer is allowed to adopt the withy's of ordinary speech. They often have soaring melodies, metered rhythm, and formal design 22.

What is an aria? A song-like vocal piece, more concerned with music than with text, and accompanied by an orchestra. What is the libretto? The texts that early operas were composed to. What is opera? What does it include? Where was it invented? The opera is a musical drama that tells a story and is sung throughout. What is the primary or most important way that the movements might contrast one another? They should contrast in tempo, key, material, texture, and timbre, but cost importantly, only one mood should be expressed 19. What is a movement? Did baroque compositions often consist of multiple movements? A movement is a semi-independent section within a work, in baroque compositions there were many enlivenment works 18. What family of instruments were the most important? The violin family 17. What was a baroque orchestra like? Basically string ensembles with a few wind instruments 16. What is the basso continuo? What instruments play it? A strong, supporting, continuous bass line played by a cello, bassoon, or string bass 15. What voices or parts become more important? The outermost voices (bass and soprano) acquired a dominant position. Were chords becoming more important? Yes 13. What are the dynamics like in Baroque music? Abrupt shifts from loud to soft achieved by adding or subtracting instruments. A characteristic often found in baroque melodies is a short opening phrase followed by a longer phrase with an unbroken flow of rapid notes. They give the impression of dynamic expansion.

What are some characteristic traits of baroque melodies? Often are elaborated and ornamental. What are some characteristic traits of baroque rhythms? Fast harmonic, often continuous, made up of repeating patterns 10. Did instrumental music become Just as important as vocal music? Yes 9. Church modes gradually gave way to what? The major and minor scales 8. The musical style of the Baroque era began in what country and then spread throughout Europe? Italy 7. What texture did late baroque composers prefer? Homophony 6. It was a new concept in texture, a melody in one voice supported by a harmony in the others 5. Why did early baroque composers favor homophony? Was did the term Baroque originally mean? Odd, irregular,rough, or uneven 4. It was also a time of scientific research and astronomical studies. There was controversy between Catholics and Protestants which caused long periods of religious war. It was a time of personal expression and drama. What was going historically during this era? What was life like? New ideas and art was being introduced everywhere. What does 'musical style' mean? Different types of musical compositions developed throughout different eras 2.