Music Test #2
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- Ritornello form-
- a Baroque musical form based on reoccurrences of a Ritornello:
- Secco recitative-
- accompanied only by concerto
- Recitative-
- a half-singing, half-reciting style of presenting words in opera, oratorio, etc. following speech accents, speech rhythm closely
- Aria-
- a vocal number for solo singer and orchrestra, generally in opera, cantata, or oratorio
- Oratorio-
- long semi dramatic piece on a religious subject for soloist, chorus, orchestra
- Fugue-
- a composition written systematically in imitative polyphony, usually with a single main theme, a fugue subject
- Stretto-
- short section, at end of fugue, where subject is imitated in close succession
- Coda-
- the ending section of a fugue
- Recapitulation-
- restatement of the subject
- Subject-
- short melody which is the main point of the fugue introduced in the beginning in a single unaccompanied voice
- Development-
- section of fugue where subject is manipulated, for example (i.e.) change of key sequence imitation, etc
- Exposition-
- part of a fugue where the subject is exposed
- Counterpoint-
- is a background complementary music to the main subject in a fugue
- Accompanied recitative-
- accompanied by orchestra
- Chorus-
- a group of singers singing together with more than 1 person on a voice part
- Homophony-
- a musical texture that involves only one melody of real interest, combined with chords or other secondary sounds
- Baroque sacred music placed special emphasis on the
- choir.
- Baroque sacred music borrowed from secular music, especially opera. What 3 elements were used?
- used recitative & aria also featured virtuoso solo singing.
- The most theatrical genre of Baroque vocal music was
- Oratorio
- Oratorio was most often based on stories from the
- Old Testament.
- Oratorio used ? characters and ? action.
- real;implied
- Oratorio differed from opera by using ? form and incorporating many more ?.
- concert;choruses
- Oratorio was similar to Renaissance choral music because the textures used were ? and ?. It also used word ? just like the Renaissance madrigal.
- polyphony;homophony;;painting
- To provide maximum fullness in Oratorio, composers used voices and ?.
- orchestra
- Handel’s most famous work is ?.
- Messiah
- It took Handel ? days to compose the Messiah.
- 23
- Messiah is unlike any other Handel Oratorio because: the text was taken entirely from the Bible. It uses anonymous ? and ? Narrative episodes from Jesus’ life are depicted by using ?. Comments on these episodes are depicted by using ?,?, and ?
- narrators and commentators;recitative;recitative, aria, and chorus
- During the recitative, “There were shepherds,†the narrator tells the story in four parts. Part 1 & 3 are ? recitative and parts 2 & 4 are ? recitative.
- secco;accompanied
- Parts 1 & 3 are conversational style with ? rhythm and ? accompaniment
- free;continuo
- Parts 2 & 4 are very melodic with clear ? and ? accompaniment
- meter;orchestral
- The text of “Glory to God†comes from the book of ?, chapter ?, verses ? in the bible.
- Luke;2;8-14
- In “Glory to God,†the choir takes the role of the ?.
- angels
- The famous chorus that ends Part II of Messiah is the ?
- Hallelujah! Chorus.
- At the 1st London performance, King George II was so moved that ?
- he stood up at the chorus.