Fine Arts Chapters 14-16

In what year was Handel still conducting, even though he was almost blind?

Where did Oratorios first appear?

What is Bach’s best known cantata?

What are oratorios usually based on?

Why are oratorios different than cantatas?

What opera house did Handel first go to?

What is an arioso?

In what Arioso did a heavenly voice command that a road be prepared for Exiles in the desert?

What is a chorale?

Why are operas and oratorios different?

How many Church cantatas did Bach write?

Handel shares a stature among composers of the late baroque such as...

What two instruments did Handel first play in the orchestra at the Opera House?

How many of Bach’s cantatas are still in extincence?

When did Handel stop composing operas to focus on other things?

In Hallelujah, Handel offers sudden changes among which textures?

What is an oratorio?

What saved Handel from being stabbed with a sword?

How long are oratorios?

What was Handel seen as when he died?

True or False: Oratorios are usually set to a narrative text.

Who wrote the best-known and most-loved oratorio?

Who was George Frederick Handel?

When was Messiah composed?

What was Confort Ye, My People, based on?

What is a cantata?

What happened to Handel‘s career at age 20?

In what year did Handel die?

What verse was Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted based on?

What is seen as the best-known and most-loved oratorio?

Who almost stabbed Handel at the opera house ?

How long did it take for Handel to compose Messiah?

How many melodic phases are there?

What do operas, cantatas, and Oratorios have in common?

What is a chorale prelude?

Where are oratorios performed today?

How many movements of Bach’s #140?