Zusman MUS 191A Exam 2: Baroque
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Claudio Monteverdi is From? - CORRECT ANSWER- Venice
Orfeo - CORRECT ANSWER- Italian for Orpheus-Greek Ledgend, L'Orfeo= Monteverdi's
Opera about Orpheus
Maestro di capella - CORRECT ANSWER- Director of music
Church...
Zusman MUS 191A Exam 2: Baroque UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Claudio Monteverdi is From? - CORRECT ANSWER - Venice Orfeo - CORRECT ANSWER - Italian for Orpheus -Greek Ledgend, L'Orfeo= Monteverdi's Opera about Orpheus Maestro di capella - CORRECT ANSWER - Director of music Church of St. Mark - CORRECT ANSWER - Church in Venice, Where Mo nteverdi was Maestro di capella Venice - CORRECT ANSWER - City in Italy, Site of first public opera Aria - CORRECT ANSWER - Moment where vocalist steps away from scene to sing inner feelings Recitative - CORRECT ANSWER - Many words fast sung in opera, duri ng dialogue or monologue, sounds like chant Arioso - CORRECT ANSWER - Between Aria and Recitative, Usually triple meter, too short to be an aria (15 -20 sec.) Basso continuo (Continued Bass) - CORRECT ANSWER - Instruments that accompany voice from a bass/ c hordal line Barbara Strozzi - CORRECT ANSWER - From venice, composed many chamber contatas Chamber cantata - CORRECT ANSWER - 10-minute opera like scenes that were for purchase (unlike operas) Henry Purcell - CORRECT ANSWER - From England, wrote english Chruch and theater music, one act operas Westminster Abbey - CORRECT ANSWER - Church in England, Where purcell was head organist ground bass (basso ostinato) - CORRECT ANSWER - Repeated Bassline p attern Versailles - CORRECT ANSWER - Palace in France, center of wealth in France, where a lot of music was written (for king) Louis XIV - CORRECT ANSWER - Owned palace of Versailles, "Sun God" Jean-Baptiste Lully - CORRECT ANSWER - Louis XIV's composer, d irected "24 violins" early orchestra, wrote a lot of instrumental dance music French overture - CORRECT ANSWER - ABA Style, dotted rhythms, for king dance suite - CORRECT ANSWER - Not sonata or concerto, written by Lully Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre - CORRECT ANSWER - From Paris, France, composer, first woman to compose an opera in France Arcangelo Corelli - CORRECT ANSWER - From Rome or Bologna, very well -regarded violinist, composer of secular music Rome - CORRECT ANSWER - Capital city in Italy, popular city for music and art, where Corelli's orchestra was based Cardinal Ottoboni - CORRECT ANSWER - Italian Cardinal, wrote his own cantata texts and librettos for oratorios and hired Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Vivaldi and Antonio Caldara to compose the m usic, held secret opera concerts in his palace when the pope banned them
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