Identify Vocal Style Question: Flashcards
(13 cards)
Story telling work with arias, recitatives, chorus
Opera
Solo piece in an opera/oratorio and descended from ayre
Aria
Large scale choir in an opera/oratorio
Chorus
German piece for piano and voice where both parts are of equal importance
Lied
Sacred work using RCCL: gloria, kyrie elison, credo, sanctus/hosanna/benedictus, agnus dei
Mass
Half spoken/sung before an aria (to give context on the story)
Recitative
Sacred music in the medieval period (latin, accapella, homophonic)
Plainchant
religious opera style
oratorio
Renaissance religious latin work not a mass
Motet
Renaissance religious work in english
Anthem
Secular group song normally polyphonic and through composed
Madrigal
Secular group song strophic fa-la-la homophonic
Ballet
Solo piece for singer and accomp
Ayre