Chapter 10

Question 1

Artistic Style

Answer 1

Sculptures were no longer posing, but caught in dramatic action. Architecture juts and protrudes with decorative ornamentation

Question 2

Firsts

Answer 2

First Opera House, Churches, Courts, and governments became artists’ primary employers

Question 3

Multimovement Works

Answer 3

Sonatas, concertos, symphonies, and suites were created following the Doctrine of Affections that stated only one mood could be expressed per piece

Question 4

Musical Texture

Answer 4

Became Homophonic

Question 5

Tonality

Answer 5

The rise of the tonality and tonal system occurred during the baroque period

Question 6

Early Opera

Answer 6

Difficult to find the balance of Recitative (The Story) and Aria (The Drama)

Question 7

Mastered the balance of Opera in writing L’Orfeo (1607)

Answer 7

Claudio Monteverdi

Question 8

Late Opera

Answer 8

Public Opera Houses opened (1637) Elaborate staging, costumes, scenery, and machinery

Question 9

Most Popular Form of Opera

Answer 9

Bel Canto Opera - Emphasized the beauty and virtuosity of the singing voice, even at the expense of dramatic integrity.

Question 10

Best Singers

Answer 10

Castrati, Heightened interest in Women’s voices (Prima Donna)

Question 11

George Frederic Handel

Answer 11

Composed many Italian operas. Began writing oratorios to avoid bankruptcy

Question 12

Oratorio

Answer 12

Vocal dramatic work based on a religious subject

Question 13

Oratorio vs Opera

Answer 13

No props or effects. Religious-Based

Question 14

Johann Sebastian Bach

Answer 14

Wrote primarily for the church. Wrote nearly 200 cantatas

Question 15

Instrumental Music

Answer 15

Increase in keyboard variety and quantity, Terraced Dynamics

Question 16

Baroque Styles

Answer 16

Basso Continuo, Chamber Music, Orchestral Music, Concerto Grooso

Question 17

Antonio Vivaldi

Answer 17

Wrote the Four Seasons (A violin concerto).

Question 18

Giovanni Gabrieli

Answer 18

Famous Organist, teacher, composer, wrote for St Mark’s basilica. Most famous for writing Sonata plan’e forte.