17th century vocal music

Question 1

_________ were the composers most readily associated with early-seventeenth-century opera

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Peri and Monteverdi

Question 2

Comboof muchRec w madrigalistic choruses,few declamatory arias+canzonettas- typ of following op

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Florentine opera

Question 3

Following type of piece employs contrasting sections 2 repr contents of each portion of text:

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Choral sections (in motets, madrigals, and dramatic genres)

Question 4

The Italian city of Venice is associated with:

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the development of mid-Baroque opera

Question 5

The instrumental genre that originated in the Renaissance G4 motet is known as:

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ricercare

Question 6

Schütz’s Saul, Saul can better be classified as a:

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Large church concerto

Question 7

Lutes, keyboards, ensembles, and orchestra are:

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the four performance media typical of Baroque instr music

Question 8

A mid-seventeenth-century Italian cantata can best be defined as a:

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solo Voc piece w continuo,combos Rec sects (dif types)+aria

Question 9

An aria in which the same music is repeated over different stanzas is known as a:

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strophic aria

Question 10

The following is true of motets,madrigals, and opera&oratorio choruses in 17cent (+even later):

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They use similar techniques and procedures

Question 11

A church concerto can be summarily characterized as:

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A Baroque motet

Question 12

Strozzi’s cantata,occ.use ofmetered rhythm+organized melody w declamatory,open-ended structures

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expresive recitative

Question 13

Which of the following operatic genres used the largest and most complex orchestra?

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Florentine

Question 14

The purpose of Peri’s recitative style in Florentine opera was to

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all of the above

Question 15

The first public Venetian opera house was founded in approximately in:

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1637

Question 16

Polychoral music was first associated with the following Italian city:

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Venice

Question 17

Baroque church music:

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Employed polyphony, recit,chorales dealt w in various ways

Question 18

Which of the following church genres existed as polychoral settings?

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All of the above

Question 19

In early 17th cent, the use of unprepared/unresolved dissonances for expr purposes is known as:

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seconda pratica

Question 20

Venetian opera typically featured:

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flexible mix of dif kinds of recits&arias,almost no choruses

Question 21

Claudio Monteverdi’s production:

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Included both secular music and sacred music

Question 22

Gabrieli and Grandi are composers most readily associated with:

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early-seventeenth-century church music

Question 23

Italian Baroque music is characterized by:

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expressive chromaticism

Question 24

An Italian cantata is roughly similar to the following religious genre:

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Small church concerto

Question 25

Which of the following is true of Monteverdi?

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he took Florentine opera to its artistic peak

Question 26

Solo madrigals,declamatory arias, +canzonettas r subtypes of wich Baroque small-size Voc genre?

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monodies

Question 27

In Venetian opera, the drama includes:

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action tightly accomp by diff kinds of recitatives+arias

Question 28

In L’incoronazione di Poppea (1643), the composer’s toolbox features:

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freq switches betw aria, aria snippets, dif types of recit

Question 29

The Italian city of Florence is associated with:

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the development of early-Baroque opera

Question 30

Rather small court halls were the main venue for the following operatic genre: was the:

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Florentine opera

Question 31

Which of the following cities is famous for its large-scale prods of court opera c. 1600-1620?

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Florence

Question 32

Italian small secular voc genre early 17th cent, typically set for solo voice,continuo known as

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monody

Question 33

Early-to-mid seventeenth century ritornellos can better be characterized as:

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instrumental prelude or interlude for a strophic aria

Question 34

Salient features of recitative generally include:

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long bass notes in the accompaniment, a speech-like, non-rhythmic vocal line

Question 35

Alessandro Grandi is best known for his:

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Small church concertos

Question 36

Which of the following is true of castrati singers?

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among most highly acclaimed soloists in later Venetian op

Question 37

The following are prominent composers of church music in the early- to mid-seventeenth century:

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Gabrieli and Schütz

Question 38

Lengthy, multi-sect 17cent comps 4 soloists, choir, instr based uponLutheran chorale r known as

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Chorale concertos

Question 39

The earliest operatic masterpiece, performed today on a regular basis, is:

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Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo

Question 40

Which kind of music led the way in early-to-mid seventeenth century?

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secular music

Question 41

Cavalli and Cesti are composers most readily associated with:

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mid-seventeenth-century opera

Question 42

Madrigals, canzonettas, and declamatory arias were featured in the following famous publication

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Caccini’s Le nuove musiche

17th century vocal music

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17th century vocal music

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