Music 111 Chapter 8

The singers in The Coronation of Poppea are:

In the opening recitative of The Coronation of Poppea, there is:

In the opening recitative of The Coronation of Poppea, which word is repeated in several different ways, sometimes sounding minor, sometimes sounding major?

The opening recitative of The Coronation of Poppea is interrupted by a very short section in regular meter sung by Nero. It is a(n):

How is the word addio treated at the end of the recitative section of The Coronation of Poppea?

In the aria part of The Coronation of Poppea, what does not change from section to section?

Who composed Dido and Aeneas?

Dido and Aeneas is a(n):

Where was Dido and Aeneas composed?

There are __________ sections in Act III, final scene of Dido and Aeneas. They are a ____.

Who is singing to whom in the recitative section of the final scene of Dido and Aeneas?

How can you tell when the aria portion of the final scene of Dido and Aeneas has begun?

In which section of the final scene of Dido and Aeneas do you hear a ground bass?

When does the chorus begin to sing in the final scene of Dido and Aeneas?

What textures do you hear in the closing chorus of Dido and Aeneas?

What was the most "advanced" form in late Renaissance music?

At the end of the Renaissance an influential group of Florentines reacted against the madrigal because of its:

Opera began in:

In the early Baroque period, composers subdivided choirs in order to exploit more:

Which texture gained prominence in seventeenth-century Venice?

Musical form in the early Baroque period was becoming:

Who were the most important composers in Venice around 1600?

Where did the Gabrielis work?

"O magnum mysterium" was written for:

The Baroque period spans the years:

The original meaning of baroque was:

In the Baroque period, rhythm became more:

Which accurately describes the Baroque treatment of meter?

The term basso continuo:

Which two instruments would most likely have played the basso continuo in the Baroque era?

In Baroque music, what is the form in which there is a repeated bass figure with chords, above which the upper lines play different melodies?

What feature of harmony disappears during the Baroque period?

Drama set to music is:

Early Florentine operas were:

The first public opera theater was opened in:

Opera provided the perfect vehicle for the Baroque idea of:

The operatic equivalent to dramatic dialogue is a(n):

In a recitative, the rhythm:

Which is true of recitatives?

The operatic equivalent of a soliloquy or meditation is a(n):

An aria is:

Which is true of arias?

Which composer was the first whose music was attacked for being too radical?

Who is known as the "last great madrigalist and the first great opera composer"?

During which phase of Monteverdi's career did he compose The Coronation of Poppea?

The plot of Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea involves:

An aria-like fragment in an opera that is neither a recitative nor an aria is a(n):

Who is considered to be the greatest English composer of the Baroque period?

Purcell wrote the first English examples of which genre?

What was the source for Dido and Aeneas?

"Remember me, but ah, forget my fate" is part of the text of:

What are the three main sources of instrumental music?

In the Baroque period, dance music gained popularity because of:

A set of dances collected from an opera or ballet is called a:

Pieces written in the form or style of dance music but meant for listening, not dancing, are:

What characterizes the art of the early instrumental virtuosos?

Which feature of vocal music was transferred to Baroque instrumental music?

Points of imitation in vocal music led to the development of the __________ in instrumental music.

A Baroque composition that treats one melody imitatively is called a:

Fugues were composed and improvised mainly by:

The foremost organ virtuoso of the early seventeenth century was:

The keyboard virtuoso and composer who was influenced a century later by Frescobaldi's music was:

A keyboard genre that means "touched" in Italian is a:

The genre of keyboard work that emphasized imitative polyphony is the:

A keyboard genre based on melodic or harmonic patterns borrowed from vocal music is a:

Frescobaldi's Suite consists of a canzona followed by:

The balletto and corrente of Frescobaldi's Suite have a formal design that is:

A set of variations on a brief harmonic progression and the bass line associated with it is a:

The passacaglia in Frescobaldi's Suite bears a close relationship to the: