MSC 311 Early 17th-c. Vocal Music and Opera

Baroque music covers

The first composer to compose an opera and all its potential was

René Descartes wrote a treatise on the passions

In Caccini view, the addition of ornamentation should

Monteverdi composed strophic arias for his opera L'Orfeo

Monteverdi composed ensemble pieces, dances, and madrigls for L'Orfeo

Which of the following did not form the basis for the creation of opera

The first opera ever performed to survive in score is

The Florentine Camerata was

An opera is

If you encounter a bear in the woods, you would

The representational style (stile rappresentativo ) represents

Artusi critized Monteverdi's madrigal Cruda Amarilli because

Which of the following does not apply to baroque music?

Which kinds of music were NOT part of early seventeenth-century operas?

The one aspect that connects the music written between 1600 and 1750 is

In which piece from Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo does Orfeo morn the death of his beloved Euricice?

A libretto is

Basso Continuo requires that the keyboardist or lutenist improvise the harmonies designated by the figured bass.

The only difference between the first and second practice is the use of modern instruments

Which of the following instrument would not normally play basso continuo