UNIT 4: BAROQUE & CLASSICAL OPERA

In accompany monody ...

• ... the higher voice became more important than the others.

• ... the lower voice became more important than the others.

• ... the melody disappeared.

• ... there were more than one melody.

The Basso continuo ...

• ... was the higher voice and it had melodic functions.

• ... was the lower voice and it had harmonic functions.

• ... was the lower voice and it had melodic functions.

• ... was the higher voice and it had harmonic functions.

The Opera was created by ...

• ... the Camerata Fiorentina.

• ... the Camerata Napolitana.

• ... the Roman citizenships.

• ... the Camerata Valentina.

The Camerata Fiorentina tried to resucitate ...

• ... Greek classical theatre. The accompanied monody was perfect because indispensable requisite of opera was the intelligibility of the text .

• ... English classical theatre. The accompanied monody was perfect because indispensable requisite of opera was the intelligibility of the text .

• ... Greek classical theatre. The polyphonic texture was perfect because there were a lot of characters in the opera.

Composers needed Castrati because ...

• ... Church didn't allow women to sing.

• ... women couldn't sing the higher register.

• ... they sing lower.

• ... Church didn't allow men to sing.

Melodic fragments in which the singing is more expressive.

• Interludes

• Recitatives

• Aria

• Overture

• Chorus

Fragments in which singers sing very clearly (almost like speaking), accompanied by a harpsichord.

• Interludes

• Recitatives

• Aria

• Overture

• Chorus

Performed by a group of singers.

• Interludes

• Recitatives

• Aria

• Overture

• Chorus

An instrumental piece of music played by the orchestra before the opera begins.

• Interludes

• Recitatives

• Aria

• Overture

• Chorus

Instrumental sections that are inserted in order to join and put together the different parts of the opera.

• Interludes

• Recitatives

• Aria

• Overture

• Chorus