Music History 2 Exam 1 (Baroque) AUDITORY

Strozzi - Lagrime mie (CANTATA)

Eb minor, delicate female voice mostly solo with harpsichord 

Scarlatti - Clori Vezzosa (CANTATA)

C# minor, delicate female voice with harpsichord & light cello accompaniment

Scarlatti - “In voler” (OPERA SERIA)

A major, female voice with harpsichord & string orchestra

Handel - Giulio Cesare, Acts 1 & 2 (OPERA SERIA)

Act 1: starts in F# minor but mostly E major, female voice with harpsichord, horn solos, & string orchestra.

Act 2: mostly E major but ends in Bb minor, female voice with harpsichord, cello solos, & string orchestra, some winds

Monteverdi - Poppea (OPERA)

D minor and various keys, shrill intense female voice with harpsichord & string orchestra, sometimes flute/whistle & lute

Monteverdi - Orfeo (EARLY BAROQUE OPERA)

Act 2: Various keys, upbeat string orchestra/harpsichord/lute accompanying male or female voice depending on the excerpt 

Monteverdi - “Possente spirito” (ARIA from Act 3 of the opera Orfeo)

Ab min/maj, strong male voice with rolled letters and vibrato, long melismas, accompanied by strings/harp interspersing scales/interludes

Monteverdi - Cruda Amarilli (MADRIGAL)

D major, A CAPELLA, male/female voices in a choir

Caccini - Vedro ‘l mio sol (ARIA)

G major, male voice singing long melismas, accompanied by lute and occasionally a few strings

Caccini - Torna deh Torna (ROMANCE/BASSO CONTINUO)

G min/maj, female voice singing long melismas, acccompanied by lute

Strozzi (CANTATA)

Lagrime mie

Scarlatti (CANTATA)

Clori Vezzosa

Scarlatti (OPERA SERIA)

“In voler”

Handel (OPERA SERIA)

Giulio Cesare, Acts 1 & 2

Monteverdi (OPERA)

Poppea

Monteverdi (EARLY BAROQUE OPERA)

Orfeo 

Monteverdi (ARIA from Act 3 of the opera Orfeo)

“Possente spirito”

Monteverdi (MADRIGAL)

Cruda Amarilli

Caccini (ARIA)

Vedro ‘l mio sol

Caccini (ROMANCE/BASSO CONTINUO)

Torna deh Torna

Strozzi - Lagrime mie

Cantata

Scarlatti - Clori Vezzosa

Cantata

Scarlatti - “In voler”

Opera seria

Handel - Giulio Cesare

Opera seria

Monteverdi - Poppea

Opera

Monteverdi - Orfeo

Early Baroque Opera

Monteverdi - "Possente spirito”

Aria from Act 3 of the opera Orfeo

Monteverdi - Cruda Amarilli

Madrigal

Caccini - Vedro ‘l mio sol

Aria

Caccini - Torna deh Torna

Romance/basso continuo