Music History Friday #13

Opera Buffa or Comic Opera did NOT include spoken dialogue.

A German, Baroque-era composer, keyboardist, and violinist who composed all musical genres except opera.

Known as the "Age of Reason," this cultural and intellectual movement embraced reason, rationalism, and idealism.

A French term to describe sophisticated, easy, free, and modern Classical-era music, art, and literature.

He composed the well-known Brandenburg Concertos: a collection of six concerto grossi for various instrumentations.

The Classical era blended idealism with realism whereas the Baroque era embraced naturalism and the affections.

The Opera Reform movement was marked by composers no longer meeting the demands of prima donnas.

A very popular Baroque-era German/English composer known for composing operas and oratorios, such as The Messiah.

A German word used to describe intimate or sensitive Classical-era music, art, and literature.

Also known as serious opera in Italian, this Classical-era genre includes serious characters and subject matter.