Music Appreciation (Baroque) question n answers graded A+ 2023

Music Appreciation (Baroque) The vocal style in opera that imitates the natural infliction of speech is called: - correct answer recitative It was through the musical innovations of the ______________ that opera was born - correct answer Florentine Camerata The text of an opera is called: - correct answer the libretto Who is best viewed as the first master of opera? - correct answer Monteverdi A type of English entertainment combining music, poetry, and dance was called: - correct answer masque The greatest native-born English composer of the Baroque was: - correct answer Henry Purcell Dido's Lament from Purcell's opera Dido Aeneas is composed: - correct answer over a ground bass The sacred cantata was an integral part of the: - correct answer Lutheran church service Which of the following does NOT describe a chorale? - correct answer chorale tunes were originally conceived for polyphonic settings During his lifetime, Bach held the position of: - correct answer all of the above What is the form of the chorale tune Wachet auf? - correct answer bar form (A-A-B) George Frideric Handel was considered a master of: - correct answer the oratorio