Opera Quiz 2

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Greek Theater

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Chanting Choruses, not personal topics

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Roman Theatre

Back 2

family life conflicts, 5 acts

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Antiquity

Back 3

before middle ages

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Baroque topics (2)

Back 4

ancient history, mythology

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Monteveri

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father of melodrama, worked for gonzagas

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Florence

Back 6

Medici and camerata

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Mantua

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Monteverdi/ gonzaga

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Venice

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virtuoso

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Opera was born in ____ (city)

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Florence

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Classical period was centered in ___ and had 3 main composers

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Vienna (haydn, mozart, beethoven)

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Romantic was centered in ____

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germany

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Masquerades are popular before lent?

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Carnavale

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an intermedio is a

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dance and music performed between acts of a play

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4 qualities of monody (Camerata)

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text is able to be understood, sung as spoken, words express feeling are are more important than music and no steady beat

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Dafne

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first opera (1597)

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Euridici

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opera written for medici's in florence for a wedding (1600), text over music

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L'opheo (Monteverdi)

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debuted at Gonzage family wedding, music and text are equal partners

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Humanism

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Renaissance intellectual movement initiated by writers, philosophers and thinkers. Stressed man's accomplishments in opposition to medieval philosophies based on religious teaching initiated by the teachings of Greek philosopher, Aristotle.

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Renaissance

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learning through art, not religion

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Counter-Reformation

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catholic's response to Luther's

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Monteverdi is the father of

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"love duet:

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Castrado

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castrated men than can sing high

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Salome

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daughter of Heriodias, step daughter of herod

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Style of Salome

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late german romantic

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leitmotifs

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light motives or short melodies with symbolic meanings, associated with a person

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ancient history

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before fall of rome

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modern history

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after fall of rome

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Camerata worked with ____ to ____

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galilei (galileo's father), to attempt to recreate greek drama

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Camerata's works became ___

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staid and passionless

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Composers and librettists attempt to ____

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balance drama and music in opera

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Humanism stressed

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man's accomplishments in opposition to medieval philosophies based on religious teachings by aristotle

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Baroque means___

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bizarre, "irregular pearl"

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La favola d'orfea (montiverdi, 1607)

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premeired to gonzaga famile, the theme is weakness in human nature

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1st opera based on ancient history is ___ with themes of __,___,___,__

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The coronation of poppea (1642), ambition, adultery, infidelity, murder

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Opera seria

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Inevitable to any successful performance of an opera seria must be compression by drastic, incessant cutting. The time-factor for performance is a major factor, but also for the impact of continuous line of plot and music.

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Baroque ornamentation is

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elaborate in scope

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Mass, as a musical form

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sacred music

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Opheaus is the son of ____ and is the greats ___/___ in greek mythology

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apollp, musican/poet