Music History II-Exam II
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- Description of Handel's Messiah
- Oratorio, For full orchestra and chorus, 4 soloists, 3 parts (Prophecy, Birth Death, Ressurection) 53 sections, Includes: Recitative, Aria, and Choruses
- Well tempered Clavier
- Two books of preludes and fugues for the clavier composed in all the major/minor keys. by Bach
- Vivaldi Choral Works
- Gloria, Dixit Dominus
- How many brandenburg concerti did bach compose?
- 6
- Handel's grand concerto
- Concerti Grossi
- Handel's dates
- 1685-1759
- Vivaldi's example of program music
- Four seasons
- Opera by Rameau
- Les Indes galantes
- Purpose of Bachs contatas
- Music for church services.
- Corelli's only genre
- Instrumental
- How many concerti did Vivaldi compose
- over 500
- Program music
- instrumental work associated by the composer with an extra muscial idea or subject
- Pio Ospedella della pieta
- Orphanage in venice were Vivaldi was a teacher.
- Trio sonata
- Two violins and a Basso continuo (Cello or Bassoon, and a harpsichord)
- Name two Handel operas
- Giulio Cesare, Serse
- Bach Choral Works
- Wchet Auf, Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio, St John/Matthew's Passion, Mass in B minor
- Handel's Burial Place
- Westminster Cathedral
- How many orchestral suites did bach compose?
- Four
- Premeired on the Thames river
- Music for the royal fireworks
- Thomaskirche
- Church in leipzig
- J.S. Bachs final Composition
- Art of the fugue
- Handel Oratorios
- Messiah, Saul
- Tragedie Lyrique by Rameau
- Castor Et Pollux
- The Harmonious Blacksmith
- Set of variations for keyboard based on a blacksmiths song
- Sonata Da Camera
- an instrumental suite consiting of an introductory free movement followed by 2-4 dances
- Bach's Dates
- 1685-1750
- Vivaldi's Nickname
- The Red priest
- A work by bach to help intermediate organists how to play
- Orgelbuchlein
- A work by Bach which borrows German Lutheran chorale tunes.
- Serse
- Who was a major influence on Rameau's operatic style, and how do Rameaus opera reflect this influence?
- Lully, He would take one of his operas and re work it.
- What language did Handel write his opera's in for his london audience and why?
- Italian, because it is what the people of london wanted even though they could not understand it.
- Concerto Grosso
- Multi movement work contrasting a small instrumental group with a larger one.
- What are the Brandenburg Concertos and how many are there?
- They are concerto grossi and there are six of them.
- Name the two major forms in which corelli composed?
- Concerto Grosso, and Trio Sonatas
- How many surviving contatas by Bach are there and what is their purpose?
- Over 200, and they were written for Lutheran Worship services.
- Who wrote Traite de L'Harmonie and why is it significant?
- Rameau, and it is the Treatise from which we derive our modern theory practices.
- What three coutries did Handel live and work as a composer?
- Germany, Italy, and England.
- What type of piece is Water Music, and what historical event did it celebrate?
- Orchestral Suite, The coronation of King George I
- What quotation does Bach put into his sacred contata's, also how many survived
- Solus Dei Gloria, Over 200, Subject of contata usually linked to the gospel of the day.
- Sonata Da Chiesa (Corelli)
- Instrumental suite of four or more abstract movements(Slow, Fast, Slow, Fast)
- Bachs musical offering
- Chamber work for flute violin and basso continuo. Many ricecare, Ends with trio sonata.
- Bach's Magnificat
- Liturgical work for full chorus and Orchestra. Italian influence , based on the text of Luke.
- Bach birthplace?
- Eisenbach, Germany
- Handel birthplace?
- Halle, Germany
- war of the buffoons
- Pamphlet war: Rameau vs. Light Italian opera (Pergolessi championed by Rousseau)
- BWV
- Abbreviation for Bach Werke-Verzeichnis
- Goldberg Variations (BACH)
- long set of 30 variations with each third variation as a canon. Written for goldberg
- Bach founded?
- Royal Academy of Music, which was an opera house.