Bel Canto means:
Beautiful Singing
The term “—” became common as preference changes from preferring castrati to the virtuoso female voice
Prima Donna
A new form of opera set to familiar, cateny tunes of the days, and were very funny
Ballad Opera
Main developer of the oratorio
George Frederick Handel
Multi-movement dramatic vocal work on a religious subject; similar to opera but based on religious story
Oratorio
Handel’s — is the most famous oratorio and was composed in about three weeks
Messiah
Bach was a man of the —, while Handel was a man of the —
Church
Theatre
Composed nearly 200 dramatic vocal works (many were cantatas), had 20 children, and lived from 1685-1750
Johann Sebastian Bach
The — and — were the most popular instruments in the Baroque era
Harpsichord
Organ
Abrupt dynamic change introduced during the Baroque
Terraced Dynamics
Brief keyboard piece that may be either independent composition or an intro to another piece
Prelude
Melody that is close to spoken inflection; usually narrow range of pitch
(Recitative/Aria)
Recitative
Melody designed to express emotion and display the singing voice
(Recitative/Aria)
Aria
Rhythm that is usually free and flexible
(Recitative/Aria)
Recitative
Metered rhythm
(Recitative/Aria)
Aria
Form that is flexible, and adapted to text
(Recitative/Aria)
Recitative
Form that follows a formal design
(Recitative/Aria)
Aria
Homophonic texture
(Recitative/Aria)
Both Recitative and Aria
Keyboard or orchestra accompaniment
(Recitative/Aria)
Recitative
Orchestra Accompaniment
(Recitative/Aria)
Aria
Short and spectocular dramas that were used to entertain the audience between acts of plays
Intermedii
— showed that a soloist could express text clearly and dramatically while singing beautiful music
Monody
The early operas (c.1600) were (more/less) elaborate that the intermedii
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