What does figured bass look like?

 

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  I65, V63, IV, etc.

 

 

First performance of Monteverdi’s Orfao took place here

 

Mantua

 

Q:  Two dances that appear as a pair.  First slow in duple meter, second fast in triple meter

 

A:  Pavane and Galliard

 

Q:  This originally meant an irregularly shaped pearl

 

A:  Baroque

 

Q:  Location of St. Mark’s

 

 

A:  Venice

 

Q:  This is a type of solo, accompanied, dramatic, secular.  Leading up to operatic arias.  Usually accompanied by lute. 

(Ex.  Amarilli Mia Bella — Caccini)

 

A:  Monody

Q:  Scholar of ancient Greece.  Found ancient manuscripts and helped Florentine Camarata

A:  Mei

 

Q:  Worked at St. Mark’s and wrote operas for public opera houses in Venice

 

A:  Monteverdi

 

Q:  Part of the opera where singer expresses their emotions and shows off their voice, reflecting on what happened

 

 

A:  Aria

 

Q:  Words of opera are called _________

 

A:  Libretto

 

Q:  He wrote Daphne and Euritichi (sorry, I don’t know how to spell that), two earliest operas.  No longer performed because we don’t have the complete score.

 

A:  Peri

 

Q:  He was put in prison for stating that the Earth revolves around the sun

 

A:  Galileo

 

Q:  System of notation used to lute or other string instruments

 

A:  Tablature

 

Q:  Known as the first great English Opera

 

A:  Dido and Aeneas

 

Q:  Musical interlude performed between acts of a serious dramatic play

 

A:   Intermedio (think of intermission)

 

Q:  Who wrote Orfeo?

 

A:  Monteverdi

 

Q:  Sign indicate the appropriate chords to be played

 

A:  Figured bass

 

Q:  In English, it means “the first practice”.  The music more important than words.

 

A:  Primo practica

 

Q:  In English, this means continuous bass.  Bass line written out, and one or more players fill in harmonies with appropriate chords.

 

A:  Basso Continuo

 

Q:  Sebastian Virdung wrote Syntagma Musicum, which described __________ .

 

A:  Instruments

 

Q:  Henry Purcell spent whole life in _________

 

A:  London

 

Q:  A camarata met here to discuss ancient Greek drama

 

A:  Florentine

 

Q:  During reign of King Louis XIV, he was the only person to write operas

 

A:  I missed that one.  Shit.


Q:  First woman to write opera

 

A:  Francesco Caccini