Handel Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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 a...

Music Praxis 5113 Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2024. WWHWWWH major scale WHWWHWW minor scale leading tone vii soprano B3-G6 mezzo soprano G3-A5 Alto E3-F5 Tenor C3-B4 Bass D2-E4 Organum polyphony that is parallel, early middle ages Gregorian Chant Guillaunme de Machaut Renaissance Period John Dowland, William Byrd, Thomas Morley Renaissance composers Josquin des Prés master of polyphonic vocal music of the Renaissance period motet vocal composition o...

Music Appreciation (Baroque) fully solved to pass The vocal style in opera that imitates the natural infliction of speech is called: - Answer ️️ - recitative It was through the musical innovations of the ______________ that opera was born - Answer ️️ -Florentine Camerata The text of an opera is called: - Answer ️️ -the libretto Who is best viewed as the first master of opera? - Answer ️️ -Monteverdi A type of English entertainment combining music, poetry, and dance was cal...

Music Content Knowledge (5113) Exam With 100% Correct Answers 2024 Antiquity 500AD - 500BC Medieval 500 - 1400 - Monophonic (plain chant) Renaissance - Polyphonic voice lines (motet & madrigal), added bass instruments Baroque - Counterpoint, small orchestras (flutes, oboes, horns, and violins), harpsichord and organ become more popular Classical - Strings, opera, symphony, and chamber music Romantic - More expressive, free-form, middle class music education, nationalism 2...

Music Appreciation Tests Questions and Answers 100% Correct. Part 1 Quiz 1. When did music for solo piano become common? ● Second half of the 18 th century ● Early 21st century ● Late 15th century ● Middle of the 8th century 2. Which statement about Britten's The Young Person's Guide the Orchestra is true? ● Britten borrowed his theme from an earlier famous British composer: Handel ● Several different instrument groups repeat the exact same notes and rhythms to express ...

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 a...

Baroque PeriodBaroque style fills space with ___ and ___ - correct answer Action, movement Painters, sculptors, and architects became interested in forming a ___ ___ - correct answer Total illusion The ___ was enormously rich and powerful during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries - correct answer Aristocracy Baroque period is known as the... because ... - correct answer Age of absolutism Rulers exercised absolute power over subjects During the Baroque period, Europe was split ...

The OratorioOratorio - correct answer 1. a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text 2. For chorus, vocal soloist and orchestra 3. Contains arias, recitatives, duets and orchestral interludes 4. First appeared in early 17th century Italy Oratorio differs from Opera - correct answer 1. No Acting, no scenery and no costumes 2. based on biblical stories 3. Not intended for religious services Messiah by G.F. Handel is one of the most highly regarded ___ ...

Antiquity - 500AD - 500BC Medieval - 500 - 1400 - Monophonic (plain chant) Renaissance - - Polyphonic voice lines (motet & madrigal), added bass instruments Baroque - - Counterpoint, small orchestras (flutes, oboes, horns, and violins), harpsichord and organ become more popular Classical - - Strings, opera, symphony, and chamber music Romantic - - More expressive, free-form, middle class music education, nationalism 20th Century - - Rejection of common practice Important Medie...

Baroque Period Questions and Answers Already Passed Characteristics of Baroque bizarre, flamboyant, ornamented, extreme emotion Baroque AKA ____________ "Age of Absolutism" 2 major composers Handel and Back Other well known composers Monteverdi, Purcell, Corelli, Vivaldi Early baroque favored... homophonic texture over poly Late baroque ... polyphonic returned Characteristics of Baroque Usually expresses ONE MOOD, unless vocals are involved Affections moods (joy, grief, agitation) Baro...