History of Western Art Music Chapter 14

Question 1

Scholar whose study of ancient Greek texts led him to believe that all Greek plays were sung is

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Mei

Question 2

The count who hosted gatherings of poets&musicians at his home was ____

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Bardi

Question 3

Monteverdi developed stile concitato to depict _____

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agitation

Question 4

The center for opera development after it's initial development in Florence was

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Rome

Question 5

The text for an opera is called a(n) _____

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libretto

Question 6

Arioso is best defined as _________

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a singing style midway between aria and recitative

Question 7

Which of the following statements best describes the Renaissance antecedents of opera?

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There were several genres that incl. some elements of opera

Question 8

The musician who invented recitative was ______

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Peri

Question 9

2 of Monteverdi's pupils and his successors as composers of Venetian opera were _____

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Cavalli and Cesti

Question 10

which of the following is NOT true of mid 17th century Italian opera style

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a 2 part orchestral sinfonia opened the opera

Question 11

The first public opera house opened in 1637 in which city?

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Venice

Question 12

In Rome, roles for high voices were sung by

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men who had been castrated as boys

Question 13

Le nuove musiche was ______ .

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a collection of songs in monody by Caccini

Question 14

Monody is the modern term for

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all accompanied. solo singing of the early 17th century

Question 15

The Florentine Camerata was ________

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a group of scholars in Florence who discussed lit sci & arts

Question 16

The earliest opera plots were based on ______

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mythological characters and events

Question 17

Cesti composed his most famous opera for audiences in which region?

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Austria

Question 18

The style of monody in which a solo singer sings speechlike dialogue

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reciative

Question 19

The author of Dialogo della musica antica et della moderna who attacked the use of vocal cp ___

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Galilei

Question 20

The poet who wrote the text for some of the first operas was ______

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Rinuccini

Questions 20