MUSHIS Midterm!!!!!
MUSHIS Midterm
Pri ma Practi ca musi cal beauty and decorum (pri ma)
Seconda Pratti ca text-pai nti ng and rhetori cal expressi on (seconda)
CAMERATA l earned soci ety i n F l orence that proposed the i dea of opera
MONODY sol o reci tati ve i n earl y opera
BASSO CONTI NUO the foundati on of Baroque styl e, a bass l i ne wi th i mprovi sed chords
RI TORNELLO a repeati ng i nstrumental secti on that f rames the sol o
STROPHI C ARI A mul ti pl e verses wi th the same musi c
PUBLI C OPERA f i rst publ i c opera house opens i n Veni ce i n 1637
9/14/2026
, MUSHIS Midterm!!!!!
MUSHIS Midterm
1) mi xture of seri ous and comi c el ements; 2) stage machi nery; 3) greater sense of
CHARACTER OF VENETI AN OPERA
drama
a secul ar I tal i an work for sol o voi ce(s) and conti nuo, consi sti ng of reci tati ves,
EARLY CANTATA
ari osos, and ari as
F I GURED BASS bass l i ne wi th numbers to show chord i nversi ons
LAMENTO BASS a repeati ng bass l i ne that descends f rom 1 to 5, often chromati cal l y
ARI OSO vocal wri ti ng mi dway between reci tati ve and a ful l y-formed ari a
uni que archi tectural desi gn, wi th opposi ng bal coni es, gi ves ri se to pol ychoral
ST. MARK’S CATHEDRAL, VENI CE
styl e
POLYCHORAL STYLE use of anti phonal choi rs
CANZ ONA i nstrumental genre deri ved f rom the F rench chanson
9/14/2026
MUSHIS Midterm
Pri ma Practi ca musi cal beauty and decorum (pri ma)
Seconda Pratti ca text-pai nti ng and rhetori cal expressi on (seconda)
CAMERATA l earned soci ety i n F l orence that proposed the i dea of opera
MONODY sol o reci tati ve i n earl y opera
BASSO CONTI NUO the foundati on of Baroque styl e, a bass l i ne wi th i mprovi sed chords
RI TORNELLO a repeati ng i nstrumental secti on that f rames the sol o
STROPHI C ARI A mul ti pl e verses wi th the same musi c
PUBLI C OPERA f i rst publ i c opera house opens i n Veni ce i n 1637
9/14/2026
, MUSHIS Midterm!!!!!
MUSHIS Midterm
1) mi xture of seri ous and comi c el ements; 2) stage machi nery; 3) greater sense of
CHARACTER OF VENETI AN OPERA
drama
a secul ar I tal i an work for sol o voi ce(s) and conti nuo, consi sti ng of reci tati ves,
EARLY CANTATA
ari osos, and ari as
F I GURED BASS bass l i ne wi th numbers to show chord i nversi ons
LAMENTO BASS a repeati ng bass l i ne that descends f rom 1 to 5, often chromati cal l y
ARI OSO vocal wri ti ng mi dway between reci tati ve and a ful l y-formed ari a
uni que archi tectural desi gn, wi th opposi ng bal coni es, gi ves ri se to pol ychoral
ST. MARK’S CATHEDRAL, VENI CE
styl e
POLYCHORAL STYLE use of anti phonal choi rs
CANZ ONA i nstrumental genre deri ved f rom the F rench chanson
9/14/2026
