The following terms and concepts in boldface (as well as other basic ideas indicated in these review questions) will cover the concept of Early Baroque Music. You should know all of these terms, including their (1) spelling, (2) pronunciation, and (3) definition, and be able to use them correctly in speaking and writing about music.

Dictionary definitions may be found in the GLOSSARY of your textbook (p. 455-466) various online resources, including Cengage's MindTap (if you have access to that non-required resource), and you may also use reference works such as The Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music (UCF Library REF ML 100 .N8 1988), The New Harvard Dictionary of Music (REF ML 100 .N485 1986), the Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music (REF ML 100 .H36 1999), or other similar brief dictionaries of music found in that area of the library. For an extended explanation of any term or other general topic in music, look at The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians II (REF ML 100 .N48 2001), which is also available as an online database (look for "Oxford Music Online" on the UCF Library list of "Databases Titles" to find an online version of the Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians).

Do not forget to look at the PowerPoint slides associated with the lectures on these materials.

Chapter Six : Early Baroque Music, Opera

1. What does the term Baroque mean, and why was it applied to various arts, including music?

Baroque Architecture and Music

2. What similarities can be found in comparisons between Baroque architecture and music of the Baroque era?

Baroque Painting and Music

3. What similarities can be found in comparisons between Baroque painting and music of the Baroque era?
4. What is the Doctrine of Affections, and what does it hold for music?

Early Baroque Opera

5. What is an opera, and when and where (roughly) did this new genre arise?
6. What is the libretto of an opera, and what is an opera's overture?
7. What is monody (origins and intentions), and how might the texture of this genre be described?
8. What is basso continuo, and how does it contribute to the creation of monody's texture (and that of other genres in the Baroque)? What is figured bass?

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

9. Who was Claudio Monteverdi, where did he work, and what sorts of music did he compose? What is his reputation, both in his time and today?
10. What is Orfeo, and why is it an important work in the history of music?
11. What--in very general outline--is the story of Orfeo? Why might this story have been chosen for an opera plot?
12. Know the Listening Guide (p. 91)? What is the purpose of this toccata? What is the texture of this work, and how does the sound reflect the instruments used?
13. Know the Listening Guide (p. 91-2)? Who (what character) sings this example, what is the texture of this work, and what genre does it resemble?
14. What is a ritornello, and how is it used to create musical form?
15. What is recitative, what is an aria, and how can you distinguish one from the other?

An Opera in English: Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (1689)

16. Who is Henry Purcell, and what is his reputation in history?
17. What is Dido and Aeneas, and what is the source of this work?
18. What is an ostinato (or ground bass)?
19. Know the Listening Guide (p. 95-6)? What is the difference in the sound of "Thy Hand, Belinda" and "When I am Laid in Earth"?

Chapter Seven : Toward Late Baroque Instrumental Music

1. Why might musical instruments have become more important in the Baroque era?
2. Who was one of the most important makers of string instruments in the Baroque era?
3. What is idiomatic writing, and what is virtuosity (or virtuoso playing)?

The Baroque Orchestra

4. What is an orchestra like in the Baroque era? (kinds of instruments, numbers, etc.)

Mouret and Trumpet Music for the French Court

5. Know the Listening Guide (p. 101)? What is the formal organization of this piece?

Pachelbel and His Canon

6. What basic formal techniques are used in the composition of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D?
7. Know the Listening Guide (p. 103)? What is the formal organization of this piece? What is the texture of this piece, and what specific devices are used to create that texture?

Vivaldi and the Baroque Concerto

8. What is a concerto, and what is the difference between a solo concerto and a concerto grosso?
9. What are the differences between solo, concertino, and tutti in a concerto?
10. How is a ritornello used to create form in a concerto?
11. Who is Antonio Vivaldi, what sort of career did he have, and what sorts of works did he compose (especially in large numbers)?
12. What was the Ospedele della pietà, why and how was music important there, and what sort of work did Vivaldi do there?
13. How does Vivaldi's "Spring" Concerto tell a story?
14. Know the Listening Guide (p. 103)? What is the formal organization of this piece? How does Vivaldi use a minimum of material to create the ritornello of this work?
15. What is a sequence, and how might this be useful in creating long musical passages?