The English court's favored form of entertainment in the late 17th century was the masque, allegorical spectacles that typically centered on topics such as peace and love in performances that featured poetry and music. Melodic music in an opera that is introduced by recitative is commonly called: An aria True/False "A cappella" music is written for Voices alone Listen to the selection from Strozzi's "Voglio morire" What element is used here to unify the composition as a whole? The regularly repeating ground bass pattern Which statement about Lully's career is NOT true? Lully was the first composer to believe that the French language would be a visible vehicle for opera. Operas may, but do not always, include a chorus. Which did Monteverdi NOT do while working in Venice? Produce madrigals, but only for voice alone (no instruments) True/FalseĪn opera, which is a dramatic work set to continuous music and acted out on a stage, always includes a chorus, orchestra, and cast of solo singers.
Cori spezzati Which of the following works demonstrated Monteverdi's mastery of polychoral composition? The Vesper settings of 1610 Which statement about recitative is NOT true? The melodic line is lyrical and sweeping, with little regard to the accents and inflections of the text. At the dramatic climax of Orfeo, which mythological character does Orpheus lull to sleep? Charon, the ferryman for the river Styx Listen to the selection from "Possente spirto" and identify which of the following Baroque instruments or practices is NOT used. Monteverdi worked for more than 20 years at the ducal court of MANTUA. True/FalseĬlaudio Monteverdi, who published his first piece at the age of 15, worked for more than 20 years at the ducal court of Venice before taking over the post of music director at the cathedral of St. True Which of the following correctly describes the function of bar lines? To divide the music into recurring beat patterns Which is a term for placing choirs in separate galleries in a church? Cori spezzati Which of the following features would identify a piece of music as one of Monteverdi's "songs of wars"? A rapidly repeated instrumental figure What is the term for the dramatic text of an opera? Libretto Which of the following is a key distinction between the operas Orfeo and Coronation of Poppea? Orfeo was intended for performance at court, while Coronation of Poppea premiered in a public Venetian opera house. Baroque composers sought above all to highlight unity of mood within a composition, capturing one particular emotion-such as rage, sorrow, joy, or grief-through various musical "figures of speech" that represented these moods.
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