Hist & Lit 2 Final

Male vocalist who cultivates falsetto to produce an alto or soprano range

Program music, Bach’s predecessor at Leipzig, Musical Depiction of Some Biblical Stories (1700)

Florid ornamentation typically found within ariasCan be written or improvised

Subject starts on note other than tonic, but subject is not directly transposed to avoid sound of modulation

Composed opera, cantatas, sacred music, program music, most well known for his concertos

All voices state subject in home key

When did Kuhnau live?

Concerto for a small ensemble of solo instruments against a large ensemble

Chamber sonata, usually a suite of stylized dances

What time is our exam tomorrow?

Sonata for two treble instruments above a basso continuo

Sonata for one featured instrument, Usually accompanied by basso continuo, harpsichord, or piano

Church sonata, usually in four movements (Slow - Fast - Slow - Fast)

Free, rhapsodic piece

Melody that the entire fugue is based on

Subject is stated in home key by several voices

How many people perform a trio sonata?

Metric, vocal solo, accompanied by full orchestra

Wrote over 3,000 works, Wrote music at a variety of levels of difficulty, Accessible for amateurs and professionals

When did Bach live?

Setting of two brief poetic stanzas with complementing or conflicting thoughts

Born in Halle, Germany, Moved to Italy, Organist and harpsichordist, Operas, cantatas, oratorios

Who performs "Castrati" roles today?

When did Telemann live?

Orchestral accompaniment, Dramatized situations & changes of emotion

Composer of Program Music

Stretches of dialogue set in a speech-like fashion, accompanied by continuo

Sections with no subject, Episodes alternate with subject stated in different keys

Person assigned a male gender at birth who has had their testicles removed specifically intended for singing

Sonatas for up to eight parts with continuo

First Italian opera performed in London

When did Corelli live?

Italian violinist, composed chhamber and church sonatas, Organized and led some of the first orchestras in Italy

Work for orchestra with several movements that highlight the first violin and bass

Musical setting of a sacred text

Most common sonata instrumentation after 1670 for both chamber and church sonatas

When did Handel live?

Who developed the English Oratorio?

Exposition, Development, Recapitulation; based around a subject

Voices overlap at the end of fugue

Instrumental music that depicts a specific story

When did Vivaldi live?