The Invention of Opera

Castrati

________ sang in rome but all male roles because women were banned from singing in church.

Recitative

________- part of the opera where the plot moves ahead, meant to imitate speech and advance the storyline.

Galilei

________ used meis ideas to criticize the theory and practice of vocal counterpoint and proposed a revival of the greek ideal of the union of music and poetry through monody.

Poppea

________- performed for the public, lots of instruments with a story that's kind of just an excuse for showy music, opposite plotpublic opera.

Basso continuo

________ /figured bass- chording instrument plus bass instrument, present in every baroque piece, lots of improvisation.

Imitation of speech

________ was most important because how you speak reveals your underlying emotion.

Monody

________- solo singing with accompaniment.

Dissonance

________- monteverdi referred to it a lot in his first practice, deliberately broke rules regarding ________ as a way of expressing the text.

Monteverdi

________ worked at st. mark's and continued to write operas and other dramatic works.

roman opera

In ________, solo singing increasingly fell into two clearly defined types- recitative and aria.

L'orfeo

________- instruments were more important, performed for nobility, barely an opera, massive instrumentation.

intense emotions

Cantus durus- no sharps or flats, explored the sharper regions, harsher /________.

firm bass

Homophonic, typically consisting of a(n) ________ and a florid treble, held together by unobtrusive harmonies.