What does figured bass look like?

  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:  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.

A:  Francesco Caccini